Swishfm3 wrote:Do people on this site even watch basketball games?

RJ is considered “clutch” cause he finally hit a FT and now we’re comparing him to Scottie Pippen?!

Both he and Randle shot 6-22. RAndle had one more turnover than Barrett did and was 4+ to Barrett’s 4-.

Make it make sense

Lol. Yeah, the Scottie Pippen comparison is a bit much but RJ is proving to be a keeper. He just has to continue to work on his shooting and free throws.

Reminds me of a young Tracy McGrady - less dunking though. As he improves that 3 and his passing, he has tremendous ability to lead a team.

Randle is still the best player on the team for now, but Barrett will surpass him at some point. I hope we can keep both long term and add a real third player to complement them.

I don't see him as Scottie or TMac.The guy he reminds me of is Kobe. I don't think Kobe was blessed with other worldly athleticism or shooting- he just worked his ass off and never shyed from the moment.I'm not saying that RJ will or is Kobe, but it just seems like that is more his style.

Jmpasq wrote:I don't think Barrett will ever be a star player. Not talented enough offensivly. Good teams would never let him shoot this much. His offensive production is because the Knicks force him into a scorers role.

Bingo……which has been the case with most of our players in the last few years

martin wrote:

Jmpasq wrote:I don't think Barrett will ever be a star player. Not talented enough offensivly. Good teams would never let him shoot this much. His offensive production is because the Knicks force him into a scorers role.

For RJ though, this is part of his development?

Did you think Booker would be talented enough? Cause he had similar stats over his first 3 years and shot it even more.

He gets to places to TAKE shots, he has to make them

I get what your saying but lots of NBA players can score 20 a night if they get a green light to shoot 20 shots. Barrett gets that chance because he was the 3rd pick in the draft.

Jmpasq wrote:

martin wrote:

Jmpasq wrote:I don't think Barrett will ever be a star player. Not talented enough offensivly. Good teams would never let him shoot this much. His offensive production is because the Knicks force him into a scorers role.

For RJ though, this is part of his development?

Did you think Booker would be talented enough? Cause he had similar stats over his first 3 years and shot it even more.

He gets to places to TAKE shots, he has to make them

I get what your saying but lots of NBA players can score 20 a night if they get a green light to shoot 20 shots. Barrett gets that chance because he was the 3rd pick in the draft.

Not too much different from every other top 3 pick. And they are top picks cause of the potential.

It's up to RJ to improve his shooting but it's not like he is just hoisting shots up and doing nothing else to be deserving of playing time and the shots he is taking.

jskinny35 wrote:I think he plays pretty good defense, hustles, passes to Mitch, etc... but he really does need to improve his offensive efficiency if he wants to separate himself and become a focal point of this franchise. You can't have many 6 for 22 shooting nights and be looked at as a real offensive threat. I think he'll get there but just don't think the Randle/RJ combo brings out the best in one another. They're both similar in they can look great offensively at times, and looks clueless on other nights. But RJ is 21 and hustles more so let's hope we can find a taker for Randle this offseason (in addition to finding a PG, keeping Mitch, etc)...

As someone pointed out, getting his FTs up to 80% is the key.

If not focusing on a Mitchell trade - we'll probably go for a Brunson deal which would likely keep RJ and Randle out of any trades...