Is RJ Barrett a beast?

cgmw · Post #841 » by **cgmw** » Sat Mar 13, 2021 9:54 pm

Man among boys today. Which is pretty damn impressive considering he can't legally drink yet.

bigfnjoe96 · Post #842 » by **bigfnjoe96** » Sat Mar 13, 2021 9:58 pm

RJ has been playing excellent basketball. What's more impressive is he doesn't get frustrated when he doesn't get the ball. He plays within the system...

Keep doing your thing Young Gun!!

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Post #843 » by **dakomish23** » Sat Mar 13, 2021 10:11 pm

I hope they never close this thread.

BugginOut · Post #844 » by **BugginOut** » Sat Mar 13, 2021 10:13 pm

Read on Twitter

eagle54 · Post #845 » by **eagle54** » Sat Mar 13, 2021 10:23 pm

I loved this kind of bust.

only 20 years and he starts to get serious offensively.

NoDopeOnSundays · Post #846 » by **NoDopeOnSundays** » Sat Mar 13, 2021 11:18 pm

Yall are lucky we can't see who voted yes, I hope all your dreams are just Elfrid Payton jumpers on replay.

Post #847 » by **mpharris36** » Sat Mar 13, 2021 11:38 pm

NoDopeOnSundays wrote:Yall are lucky we can't see who voted yes, I hope all your dreams are just Elfrid Payton jumpers on replay.

there was a strong contingent that was calling him "R" at the beginning of the year.

Post #848 » by **DOT** » Sat Mar 13, 2021 11:43 pm

mpharris36 wrote:
NoDopeOnSundays wrote:Yall are lucky we can't see who voted yes, I hope all your dreams are just Elfrid Payton jumpers on replay.

there was a strong contingent that was calling him "R" at the beginning of the year.

Which is just honestly a stupid nickname even if I get the idea

Like, you don't hear people calling Ja "a" cause he can't shoot, that would be ridiculous.

aggo · Post #849 » by **aggo** » Sun Mar 14, 2021 12:28 am

it's easy to say "I told you so"

but for me the biggest improvement I saw during the early part of the season was how much better he was at the FT line. That signaled to me that he was more confident in his shot and was absolutely improving. Everyone knows his work ethic and his mentality to I was not too worried about his early season shooting slump because his FT shooting never really fell off when his 3pt shooting was at 30%.

I also do like the fact that he DID shy away from taking threes for about 2-3 weeks and didn't force up bad shots. He obviously worked on it and once he got more confidence he started shooting them more again.

Really as a rookie we already saw he was NBA ready in terms of his body. His ability to get down the lane, finish over defenders, hang and bang showed me that if he could ever fix his shooting he had an opportunity to put up Allstar level production. He's deadly in transition, deadly down the lane, and really he's just 5 plays a game away from being a 25ppg/5ast player IMO. I really hope he gets more responsibility soon for running the offense bc hes so good down the lane.

shmeakone · Post #850 » by **shmeakone** » Sun Mar 14, 2021 12:30 am

Lock this thread...

Ban the idiots that preached "send him to the G-League"...

Post #851 » by **moocow007** » Sun Mar 14, 2021 12:42 am

BugginOut wrote:We were ready to throw the game away and then RJ came in and scored 8 quick points and assisted a Randle 3 and brought us back.

Read on Twitter

Kid is only 20. if you don't see the potential you are blind at this point:

Watch on YouTube

Yeah RJ kept the Knicks close and then once IQ got in they were balling. Randle then really stepped it up in the 2nd half to stomp the will out of the Thunder. But Barrett def gets the game ball.

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Post #852 » by **Capn'O** » Sun Mar 14, 2021 1:46 am

Stud. Very similar letters in the word. Easy to confuse.

robillionaire · Post #853 » by **robillionaire** » Sun Mar 14, 2021 2:05 am

Hell yeah RJ is a BUST

Becoming
Unbelievable
Superstar
Talent

Fat Kat · Post #854 » by **Fat Kat** » Sun Mar 14, 2021 2:05 am

Read on Twitter

Post #855 » by **dakomish23** » Sun Mar 14, 2021 2:52 am

Knicks played the kids and lived with the results. The took what the lottery gave them. They gave this kid a lot of opportunity from day one.

Knicks did the right thing and it worked out.

Imagine that

N Y K · Post #856 » by **N Y K** » Sun Mar 14, 2021 3:40 am

K-DOT wrote:Me coming back to this thread after RJ has a couple good games:

this aged very nicely.

akhan786 · Post #857 » by **akhan786** » Sun Mar 14, 2021 4:17 am

This might be a weird comparison but...does anyone else see a little Chris Paul in his game?

Post #858 » by **DOT** » Sun Mar 14, 2021 4:21 am

N Y K wrote:
K-DOT wrote:Me coming back to this thread after RJ has a couple good games:

this aged very nicely.

Just went back through and read a bunch of those takes like

NowWHYcee7 · Post #859 » by **NowWHYcee7** » Sun Mar 14, 2021 12:23 pm

Keep this thread open until the young God is MVP.

Post #860 » by **DOT** » Sun Mar 14, 2021 1:46 pm

https://stathead.com/basketball/pcm_finder.cgi?request=1&sum=0&player_id1=barrerj01&p1yrfrom=2021&player_id2=tatumja01&p2yrfrom=2019

https://stathead.com/basketball/pcm_finder.cgi?request=1&sum=0&player_id1=barrerj01&p1yrfrom=2021&player_id2=ingrabr01&p2yrfrom=2018

I'm just saying. He's not as good as Tatum, but it's a legitimate conversation. He's at least as good as Ingram was his 2nd year, and he's arguably closer to Tatum than people say.

Is RJ Barrett a bust?