RJ fan club member here,with some awful factual data with all kinda SAT typa woids about why RJ has been devolving.
Supposedly his Darko Defensive Plus minus wasn't getting along with his regressing 3pt % along with his RAPTOR being out of sorts or something....
Basically,IQ is outplaying him right now and Thibs trusts IQ down the stretch in games...see article link below
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nba/why-the-knicks-bench-rj-barrett-late-in-games/ar-AA16ZCng?cvid=9354115dbdbd4041b1963ccce2de29b7
He is alsp terrible defensively right now, so IQ and Grimes are going to continue to play 4th quarter monutes over him
He is alsp terrible defensively right now, so IQ and Grimes are going to continue to play 4th quarter monutes over him
Why do you think his D had devolved?perhaps he is hurt?
On O he needs a work over of his game,perhaps it can only be done in the offseason
He is alsp terrible defensively right now, so IQ and Grimes are going to continue to play 4th quarter monutes over him
He was getting cooked in the 4th quarter of the Lakers game and the effort hasn't been there on defense. Only has himself to blame for being benched and it was the right call.
If he didn't extend before this year, do you think he could top that contract this summer?
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he is not a bad player, he is a bad fit next to Brunson and Randle..Now you can say well trade Randle but the Knicks are not going to do that, he is an all star player..
He is alsp terrible defensively right now, so IQ and Grimes are going to continue to play 4th quarter monutes over him
Why do you think his D had devolved?perhaps he is hurt?
On O he needs a work over of his game,perhaps it can only be done in the offseason
I dont know he looks slow for some reason..
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In comment 16022546 nygiants16 said:
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he is not a bad player, he is a bad fit next to Brunson and Randle..Now you can say well trade Randle but the Knicks are not going to do that, he is an all star player..
He is alsp terrible defensively right now, so IQ and Grimes are going to continue to play 4th quarter monutes over him
Why do you think his D had devolved?perhaps he is hurt?
On O he needs a work over of his game,perhaps it can only be done in the offseason
I dont know he looks slow for some reason..
agreed
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he is not a bad player, he is a bad fit next to Brunson and Randle..Now you can say well trade Randle but the Knicks are not going to do that, he is an all star player..
He is alsp terrible defensively right now, so IQ and Grimes are going to continue to play 4th quarter monutes over him
He was getting cooked in the 4th quarter of the Lakers game and the effort hasn't been there on defense. Only has himself to blame for being benched and it was the right call.
If he didn't extend before this year, do you think he could top that contract this summer?
I think if a team just looked at him offensively, he could get the same contract, but i dont know, i didnt want to extend him last offseason..
i dont think Rose wanted to either but felt like he had to when thr mitchell trade crashed and burned
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he is not a bad player, he is a bad fit next to Brunson and Randle..Now you can say well trade Randle but the Knicks are not going to do that, he is an all star player..
He is alsp terrible defensively right now, so IQ and Grimes are going to continue to play 4th quarter monutes over him
He was getting cooked in the 4th quarter of the Lakers game and the effort hasn't been there on defense. Only has himself to blame for being benched and it was the right call.
If he didn't extend before this year, do you think he could top that contract this summer?
No way he gets that type of deal...
You remember last year he outplayed LeBron when these 2 teams met.....something is up with his knee
He just doesnt have that, he is go to the rim at all costs type of players, sure he is going to have nights where he is hot from 3, but he cant do it consistently
Yep. I'm already bracing for it.
He's just nowhere close to being good enough as a top 2 guy for a team and doesn't have the skillset or mindset to be a complimentary player.
I really wish they found a trade for him last summer or at least held off on the extension. Huge misfire by Rose.
Yes - He only sprints if he thinks he can score. He wanders around on defense when others are diving on the court for the ball. It just seems like he thinks he is much, much better than he is. I don't think the contract helped that problem.
He's young, so there is hope, but something needs to wake him up.
I was glad he was re-signed but now I wouldn't be sorry to see him go. On offense, he's the third option at best and — as said above — he's not a great fit with Randle. If he became a killer 3-point shooter, he'd be better. But the Knicks need better play from the wing position.
I was glad he was re-signed but now I wouldn't be sorry to see him go. On offense, he's the third option at best and — as said above — he's not a great fit with Randle. If he became a killer 3-point shooter, he'd be better. But the Knicks need better play from the wing position.
But this is who he is as a player. Does he really look any different than his time at Duke?
Rose screwed up big time not sending him for Mitchell when he had a chance.
He's just nowhere close to being good enough as a top 2 guy for a team and doesn't have the skillset or mindset to be a complimentary player.
I really wish they found a trade for him last summer or at least held off on the extension. Huge misfire by Rose.
With RJ's extension, how would a potential trade work as far as the salaries go? According to the ESPN Trade Machine, RJ has a salary value of ~$23M for whatever team acquires him, but he's only counting for ~$10M for the Knicks currently. Does that mean they'd have to get a team with cap space into the trade so that someone is absorbing the difference between what RJ costs the Knicks right now vs. what his implied cap value is to the team who acquires him?
I just bought my son his #9 NY Knicks jersey....cmon have a heart
How is quickley and Rj misused?
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Quickley, Toppin and RJ are miss used and will go elsewhere and we will wish we had them back.
How is quickley and Rj misused?
Pace, playing fast and bad spacing
I mean he's not Darko Milicic.
Hes an NBA player that will probably have a 12-15 year career. He's just probably never going to be a guy that shifts the direction of a franchise.
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In comment 16023113 larryflower37 said:
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Quickley, Toppin and RJ are miss used and will go elsewhere and we will wish we had them back.
How is quickley and Rj misused?
Pace, playing fast and bad spacing
IQ has been brought along and developed nicely-and has been a very pleasant surprise...
RJ uggg,I do think Thibs messed his game up,first he encouraged him to take 3 pt shots-big mistake,then he had him attack the rim,a good idea in principle,but RJ just puts his head down and goes 1 on 3 alot....
My hope is this off season,the coaches can get him to work on a pull up game and teach him to attack the paint like Brunson,and attack the rim like Grimes....his D is even more of a conundrum,but my hope is it is an injury
Do you remember last year,he covered LeBron did a decent job and outplayed him...
I believe this is the game..
I would guess Quickley starts
Holiday and Derozan should not have made it..
They werent going to give the knicks 2 all stars for the 7th seed