Who is RJ Barrett? - well he is now back home as a Toronto Raptor [ Follow RJ progress here]

[NYGM]

we can’t trade Donte or Josh, so if a trade is to be made, it’s RJ, Grimes and/or IQ going out. if that happens, we can’t talk about this team drafting and developing young talent

Why not?

You can draft, develop and trade.

[bobhait]

cause RJ and Grimes’ value is for shit now, and IQ is essentially an expiring. can’t really get much in return for any of them at the moment

[taowave]

RJ has gotten the minutes from day 1 and really hasnt gotten better at any part of his game..

Hes really erratic

Hes not terribly athletic,slightly undersized at the 3...

Playing with Randle and Brunson is tricky..They are very ISO -centric..Thats not RJ's fault

Don Che, again, this is not to pile on Brunson, cause I love the dude, but he wasn’t on anyone’s radar until about a year before we got him. my one thing is, between Jalen and Julius there are clear examples on this very team of players’ careers not even taking off until they’re 25 or older, but somehow it’s a wrap on RJ at age 23? I for one would like to figure out why RJ can play really well alongside Shai in FIBA, but not next to Jalen against, say, the Utah Jazz.

the most peculiar thing overall is, a lot of the potential trade targets for RJ include us taking on other teams’ question marks

[Don Che]

It's actually pretty easy in my book. Right now you keep Randle, Brunson and Quickley (and that's pretty clear for quite some time BTW) and everyone else is on the table for a 2-for-1-plus trade to improve immediately and for the future.

We have enough assets to have a) a well balanced roster after such a trade and b) stay well positioned to make another trade after that and c) be able to add talent via the draft if b) doesn't materialize or isn't needed.

Putting a second rotation player and a pick or two in a trade for one star (caliber) player should make a big difference in the quality at the top of our roster, because of the drop off after our top three guys. In such a trade scenario improving is basically a given.

Idt this regime sees Quickley the way we do

I also don't think this regime sees RJ the way we do.

Last 2 years hasn't made that quite clear. Which is why this board/fan base is discussing it the way we have.

[ISIAH_THOMAS]

A lot of this team iso centric offense is due to the coach and his scheme

Knicks one again in bottom in terms of assist per game..3rd worst right now

If you swapped thibs out for Steve Kerr I think there would be more movement on offense

The spurs and wizards who are not good teams are top 8 in assist

[Don Che]

Thats interesting

if the spurs and wizards are top 8 maybe assists isnt really indicative of having a well run offense.

Steve kerr has his own problems.....as does Thibs.

[NYGM]

A lot of this team iso centric offense is due to the coach and his scheme

Knicks one again in bottom in terms of assist per game..3rd worst right now

If you swapped thibs out for Steve Kerr I think there would be more movement on offense

The spurs and wizards who are not good teams are top 8 in assist

Key sentence right there.

We are a better team who is not playing particularly good at the moment.

[big_j_NY]

a Toronto Raptor.......guess it's time for Irv to boot this thread to the NBA section of the site now LOL

[nazrmohamed]

I wish him nothing but the best except when he faces us. They'll be fun to watch

[big_j_NY]

So Tao, guess who else is on #TeamRJisaShootingGuard alongside us..........

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[Don Che]

Thats also why Scott Perry is out of a job

guys evaluation process is still in 2002.

RJ isn't athletic/mobile enough to play the 2 in today's NBA full time.

[rebound]

he did well against a bad gsw team. raptors coach has him at the 2 pretty much full time and is using him in the post.

[spree#8]

A kid from Toronto. At least he is happy to be home (which probably is also great for Quick):
https://andscape.com/features/toronto-r ... rk-knicks/

[big_j_NY]

Well damn Melo, OK THEN..............I mean he's technically not wrong, but DAYUM MELO

[big_j_NY]

Oh, so RJ had to go home to finally FIND HIS BAG, HUH?

[Irv]

What a move to cut the Clippers lead down to 13.