All Rookie Team what?

BRIGGS wrote:Pretty soon the nba is going to name bad shooting the Barrett line

*Epic rolling eyes*

RJ is our only hope, so we need to play him to see if he develops into a star. If it does not happen in another couple of years, at least we will know for sure that it wasn't meant to be.

I'd cut his minutes big time and give him the ultimatum...you are not allowed to shoot if your father that 15 ft. from the hoop. Even then, he'll probably still struggle. BTW, over the last 10 years I don't see any draft picks that would be considered a pure shooters. You can't win games without them.

Jmpasq wrote:We are in serious trouble if he can't get his shooting to at least an average NBA player. All the good feelings I had a week ago are gone

The Knicks are 5-6. Were you expecting more in the first 11 games ? And Barrett for all his shooting struggles is clearly a better player this year. Better free throw shooter, rebounder and defender. I think we can’t get too high or too low and just let the process play itself out over the season.

Nalod wrote:

Knixkik wrote:

Jmpasq wrote:We are in serious trouble if he can't get his shooting to at least an average NBA player. All the good feelings I had a week ago are gone

The Knicks are 5-6. Were you expecting more in the first 11 games ? And Barrett for all his shooting struggles is clearly a better player this year. Better free throw shooter, rebounder and defender. I think we can’t get too high or too low and just let the process play itself out over the season.

Barret is all that and 20 years old. He gets all kind of passes.
Its not like he is 22 like Frank and over the hill.

Exactly!

PresIke wrote:I am not destroying RJ too hard or am I trying to go too far with "I told you so," but there were some well regarded scouts (who I felt made good sense) who were nowhere near as high on him as many of our fans were due to what we are seeing now and what others saw in college.

He started fantastic last year, and then we slowly started to see where the weaknesses were. He's not an athletic freak, but very strong and savvy around the hoop. His attitude and "work ethic" are there, so that is where a lot of the hope comes from.

I feel he can be a strong piece to have on any good team, but it will take some real growth (he might do it) to realize his potential or be anything other than maybe a 3rd option.

I'm rooting for him and there's time for growth, but Mitch does seem to be that one more so to me as other observers have noted, and who is showing more improvement this season.

Well.. after watching his performance in crunch time today. I was disappointed in RJ. We had the momentum and he tried to do some trickery. Then had another TO after that. I love the confidence but he also needs to be realistic about his strengths n weaknesses.

PresIke wrote:I am not destroying RJ too hard or am I trying to go too far with "I told you so," but there were some well regarded scouts (who I felt made good sense) who were nowhere near as high on him as many of our fans were due to what we are seeing now and what others saw in college.

He started fantastic last year, and then we slowly started to see where the weaknesses were. He's not an athletic freak, but very strong and savvy around the hoop. His attitude and "work ethic" are there, so that is where a lot of the hope comes from.

I feel he can be a strong piece to have on any good team, but it will take some real growth (he might do it) to realize his potential or be anything other than maybe a 3rd option.

I'm rooting for him and there's time for growth, but Mitch does seem to be that one more so to me as other observers have noted, and who is showing more improvement this season.

There were also plenty of scouts that said he would be better in the NBA because he would have real nba spacing (which he doesn’t have here .) This was considered a 3 player draft. It wasn’t until the Knicks landed the 3rd pick that people started ****ting on Barrett because they knew he was likely the 3rd pick. And it’s well documented that Memphis was really interested in him because wing players have more value than PGs but he refused to work out for Memphis. It’s also well documented that New Orleans was offering Ingram and a future pick (or the 10th pick I can’t remember ) for Barrett to pair he and Zion and rebuild around them. The rep around Barrett is now tied to the Knicks and their inability to fit pieces around him from the start that maximize his talent.