knicks1248 wrote:

VCoug wrote:

knicks1248 wrote:

fishmike wrote:

knicks1248 wrote:

In two games without Williamson, who suffered a Grade 1 right knee sprain in the opening minute of Wednesday’s loss to No. 8 North Carolina, the 6-foot-7 Barrett averaged 31.5 points, nine rebounds, six assists and made 25-of-42 shots from the field. He carried No. 1 Duke past Syracuse at the Carrier Dome on Saturday, making sure the Blue Devils wouldn’t lose consecutive games for the first time this season.

Whoever doesn’t land Williamson with the top pick in the draft is going to be thrilled to get a player like Barrett.

really like this kid, if KD is really on board, then you go with Barrett over Zion

try watching Duke. Barret over Zion? Boy you say some dopey stuff bro but that is special

If you like talent over need, thats you preference, it's not dopey, your such a one track mind idiot..

KD, Knox, Zion..all play the same position

If you had steph curry would you draft westbrook over KD..

Even if you're insistent on drafting for fit, Knox is nowhere nearly good enough to be drafting around. He's shooting 33% on 3s (which is what he shot in college), 38% on 2s, and doesn't make any other positive contribution on the court. I understand why people feel you should draft for fit/need even if I completely disagree but if you're going to draft for need can we at least make sure that the player we already have is actually good?

Barret is going to be really good, Zion is obviously the better athlete, but Barrett is a 6 7 sg sniper, who can shoot from anywhere and he can rebound and pass, play the PG/sg/sf position like he has a chance to be "kobe good" and he's true a leader on the court.

It's fine if you like RJ better, though he also plays the same position as KD and Knox, even if you're wrong. I don't know how you're calling him a sniper, dude's shooting 33% on 3s and 68% on FTs; that's barely better than Zion.

Then you look at his 47%fg, 41% 3p% and 83%ft shooting and you start thinking that this guy is a really good shooter... maybe he can be a 3pt specialist in the NBA. Can't be a 3&D player cuz he's not athletic enough.

Four years after being drafted #13 overall in the 2015 draft, he is averaging 24.7ppg, 6.7apg, 4rpg in the NBA in his 4th season. He's arguably the best player of the vaunted 2015 draft class that included KAT, Russell, and KP. Last summer he signed a 5yr/158m contract.

College numbers aren't often indicative of NBA success... though if a player's already a good shooter in college, it generally is a good indicator that he can find a role in today's NBA.

Now back to Barrett. He's a guy that looks like the total package... he's probably more advanced than Booker at all skills, except he's not a great shooter. They say he has a flat, albeit improving shot. What he does have going for him though is that he has a great sense of space around him, he flashes legit PG skills and has a lot of deception to his game, a lot of that euro-step lefty thing - perhaps a good comparison might be Manu Ginobili. Or how about Lonzo Ball with a more conventional shot? Or a lefty DeRozan?