Allanfan20 wrote:I agree with Nalod here. I don’t think RJ should be guaranteed a starting spot from the get-go. If he’s immediately inserted into the starting lineup, sucks and gets demoted, his confidence will get shattered. I think we all realize that his current less than stellar play is definitely partly because of a lack of confidence so we all know what it looks like when that happens.

Him earning the spot with improved defense and consistently hitting shots will do him wonders.

I've been struggling to figure out how this team fits together, and honestly, I think it fits together a lot better if RJ comes off the bench. With RJ coming off the bench, you can construct a starting lineup that better compliments Randle (RJ isn't a good 3 pt shooter, so him alongside Randle and Mitch makes it a bad fit):

PG- DSJ or Payton
SG- Dotson or Trier
SF- Knox or Bullock
PF- Randle
C- Mitch

Maybe his Summer League struggles make it easier to do that

smackeddog wrote:

StarksEwing1 wrote:

Allanfan20 wrote:With that said.... lets see him finish the Summer league for starters. Maybe he’ll light it up tonight.

Agreed. I wouldn't be surprised if RJ has a big game. hen all of a sudden these two previous games will hardly be mentioned

I hope so, just to shut some people up (if his first 2 games are rock solid grounds to judge him, then surely a breakout game has equal weight?

Allanfan20 wrote:

Nalod wrote:He is 19. Of course he needs to work on his inconsistency. He looks awful! Lets hope he gets a game in to create a baseline to work from. At least it will calm us down!! Fans freaking out!

Not me. I just want to see him have 1 solid game in Summer league so he’s confident the rest of the Summer. Imagine if he sucks all 4 games? That $hIt messes with your head! At least he’ll know he has ability.

Barrett seems driven. I see him working his butt off until he pushes through.

KNICKSBIGCATS wrote:

ekstarks94 wrote:Calling it....RJ is gonna have good game tonight....book it

I think that he will still stink the joint up.
He doesn't have a magic switch that he can just turn on when he wants to.
There's NOTHING in his game so far that tells me otherwise.

For those tuning in late,.this poster's screen name is another way of calling Knicks "big pussies" by his own admission, he's a Celtics fan, but for some reason spends all his time on a Knicks fan board. GET BENT

KNICKSBIGCATS wrote:I'm miles above your low life level
of name calling. Grow up.

Right, like your infantile screen name? You made a point of telling posters your screen name is an insult to Knicks fans, you child, Im going to treat you like one.

StarksEwing1 wrote:RJ looks better. Despite struggles he is pretty damn good at getting to the hoop

He’s basically showing all of his positives and negatives this game. A beast going left. Zero right whatsoever. Great rebounder. No long range shot. He’s playing pretty decent defense.