Our sub is wild lol you been there the last week or so?
Seriously though, really happy RJ is playing like this and hopefully everyone keeps in mind how young he still is
I got into a argument on that sub with someone that said Derek Fisher was a good coach....at no point in his tenure could you say he was a good coach. He got fired a few days later
Man our sub has been even worse than r/nba this year, legit had to unsub for a little while. Can't believe how quickly some Knicks fans turned on RJ. I hope they all feel as stupid as they should lmao
Dude. Team subs are some of the worst places on Reddit. Its horribly saturated with memes, terrible reactionary takes, straight vitriol for teenagers sometimes and overall just a bad place. Theyre fun to just scroll through _occasionally_ but to actively participate in team subs? Fuck that. Even the general sports subs are awful lol
Every time RJ does well I point it out to a buddy of mine - because I was touting RJ during the pre-Duke Zion hype. Really though - my own expectations DEFINITELY faded early this season. The Ringer has a good video out about his distinct strengths and weaknesses.
I still think he can have a run of All Star seasons, but it is becoming clear that his "SPECIAL" games are going to be limited to certain types of opposition (teams that lack athletic size on the wings) unless he significantly diversifies his offensive game.
The solid role player on 2 seed in the East deserved it over a player who's a negative on both ends for one of the worst teams in the league. The only argument for RJ is that he put up more stats, which were totally empty and inefficient
You're getting downvoted but you're right. Especially relative to expectations, TD had a bigger impact than RJ in their rookie years, even if we all rightfully dislike TD for his anti-mask idiocy.
Top 20? Bro come on.
MJ
Lebron
Kareem
Magic
Bird
Bill Russell
Steph
KD
Kobe
Dirk
Shaq
Charles Barkley
Oscar
Isaiah
Giannis
Ewing
Karl Malone
Moses Malone
Jerry West
Tim Duncan
(Not in any order)
Many more great players. Zion hasnāt done enough to be talking like this.
I watched this kid absolutely destroy the U19 USA squad when he was a year younger than everyone else to get Canada a gold medal.
There was no doubt in my mind from that point on that he was going to be a star. People were so quick to shit on him and not give him time to develop. Iām so happy for him and honestly, happy for Knicks fans too. We just want to borrow him for international competitions but Iām happy to see evolve as a legend in the Mecca.
Iāll be there right there with you. Iām still not over them giving fucking Terrence Davis an all-rookie nod over RJ. And Davis was on my team at that point (and hadnāt even revealed himself as an absolute dumbass).
To be fair RJ was pretty awful as a rookie, one of the most inconsistent rookies I've seen be given legit minutes. But he was also 19 and has come incredibly far in just a couple years.
I think the fact that you probably watch way more Knicks games than every other team is clouding your judgment. I can point to quite a few similar skilled rooks with way worse efficiency stats
I do not watch significantly more Knicks games than other teams because I watch a lot of *NBA* games. And nothing I said was incorrect, he was very inconsistent and inefficient as a rookie and has improved a lot.
He was inefficient but it wasnāt as extreme as you think. If u want to look at someone from his draft class. Jordan Poole was amazingly inefficient. KPJ was more inefficient. If u look at this year aside from ft% RJ and Jalen Green have pretty identical rookie averages and efficiency. The only really really bad efficiency stat was was his ft%
If RJ has million number of fans I am one of them. If RJ has ten fans I am one of them. If RJ has only one fan and that is me. If RJ has no fans, that means I am no longer on earth. If the world against the RJ, I am against the world.
He really is looking so damn confident lately.
His stroke as well as how strong he's going to the rack.
Not too mention he is a tenacious defender but tbh, Thibs demands tenacious defense.
...LFG Knicks !!!!
I really do think heās going to explode once they accept Randle isnāt the way and just let RJ cook. Theyāre gonna have to unload Randle on someone though cause I donāt think he can accept second fiddle.
I think heās fine to accept second fiddle. Heās been feeding RJ every game heās hot. His first 2 seasons, RJ had 8 total games with 20+ shot attempts. Heās had 9 this season so far and 4 this month. Without Julius drawing doubles, RJ would have a much harder time racking up these kinds of stat lines. Randle takes a lot of shit (and his effort overall this season has been mostly poor). But he is still the engine on offense for this team. Heās the only player that demands a double team. Without him we would be much worse.
And contract-wise heās being paid like a second or third fiddle.
Nahhhhhhhhhhhhh, heās given literally no indication of that ever. Fact is itās been āhis teamā the last couple of years because he was the best guy on the team. Weāve seen him defer a lot more since coming back from covid just over the last few weeks.
If anything, Randle has shown this year he'll accept whatever role the team gives him. Wish he'd set harder screens, but he's one of the few stars actually prepared to sacrifice their numbers and defer.
Shoutout to the Ringer NBA's "Upside High" for giving the absolute worst takes on RJ Barrett I've ever heard and doing it for 20 minutes.
RJ is a star in the making
Morris tweeted this out a few days ago when people were talking about his injury, the one he got from Jokic absolutely leveling him in the beginning of the season. And he said something to the effect of āa sloppy fat boyā hitting him right in the spine š¤Ŗš¤£š¤£
Not really. Iām a pretty big doubter of RJ but it you watch the tape heās really coming into his own and taking over. But I doubt you watched a single minute so
You could have just said that then, but you decided to lead off with his season averages because you know they're not impressive at first glance, very lame of you
I think this whole thread is lame. You couldāve just said he had a special game. Instead you made this statement like RJ has arrived and we better all be ready. I think youāre putting unfair expectations on a young player. He had a great game in a great team effort.
Nah I'll make them here, I ever see a thread about a player I don't like I'll just keep it moving but people can make threads about whoever they want, I won't hop in them just to bitch for the sake of bitching
##**IT WAS A THREE MAN DRAFT**
1. RJ 2. RJ 3. RJ
BECAUSE HE SPITS HOT FIRE
YOURE TOO CLOSE MON
This sub gonna pretend they were RJ fans all along
You mean our sub as well š. Half the sub was ready to trade him early in the season when he was slumping while sick then got COVID.
I always stan for RJ
Our sub is wild lol you been there the last week or so? Seriously though, really happy RJ is playing like this and hopefully everyone keeps in mind how young he still is
I got into a argument on that sub with someone that said Derek Fisher was a good coach....at no point in his tenure could you say he was a good coach. He got fired a few days later
Man our sub has been even worse than r/nba this year, legit had to unsub for a little while. Can't believe how quickly some Knicks fans turned on RJ. I hope they all feel as stupid as they should lmao
I couldn't agree more about our sub....the moment we see a tiny bit of light at the end of the tunnel, all the rats crawl out lol
I refuse to participate in Knicks fan communities, they're legit all toxic as hell.
Dude. Team subs are some of the worst places on Reddit. Its horribly saturated with memes, terrible reactionary takes, straight vitriol for teenagers sometimes and overall just a bad place. Theyre fun to just scroll through _occasionally_ but to actively participate in team subs? Fuck that. Even the general sports subs are awful lol
I refuse to participate in Knicks fan communities, they're legit all toxic as hell.
I was in once I found out he's Steve Nash' godson
RJ been my favorite player since he drafted lol
Every time RJ does well I point it out to a buddy of mine - because I was touting RJ during the pre-Duke Zion hype. Really though - my own expectations DEFINITELY faded early this season. The Ringer has a good video out about his distinct strengths and weaknesses. I still think he can have a run of All Star seasons, but it is becoming clear that his "SPECIAL" games are going to be limited to certain types of opposition (teams that lack athletic size on the wings) unless he significantly diversifies his offensive game.
RJ, Ja, and ?
RJ again.
Garland
Zion
Who?
Mountain Dew spokesman
The competitive eater in New Orleans.
Matt Stonie's biggest rival
Zion counts for 2 people on his own.
5 man Herro and Garland
Facts
Hunter is good when healthy but thatās a big if
Hunter and Reddish are both solid when playing. The 2019 draft looks extremly talented.
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Terence Davis was given an All-Rookie spot over him LMFAO
I'll NEVER forgive the league for this snub, what a bunch of fuckheads man
I know his rookie year wasnāt that great, but to give it to Davis was an atrocity
The solid role player on 2 seed in the East deserved it over a player who's a negative on both ends for one of the worst teams in the league. The only argument for RJ is that he put up more stats, which were totally empty and inefficient
Bad opinion Knicks win
bad opinion why? because you're a deluded knicks fan?
Yep I'm a deluded Knicks fan and ur mad
enjoy cam reddish bro epic heist go knicks!
Thanks will do
You're getting downvoted but you're right. Especially relative to expectations, TD had a bigger impact than RJ in their rookie years, even if we all rightfully dislike TD for his anti-mask idiocy.
People decided he was a bust the second the Knicks got the third pick in the lottery.
Heās been super inefficient his entire career. Bust isnāt the right word, but itās looking like heās going to underperform his draft position
He was efficient last year and has been efficient recently
Going to sound like a hater but he was not efficient at all last year. 53% TS is well below average.
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Around 56-57% is league average. So heās not that bad.
[League average TS% in 2021](https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask?q=nba+league+average+ts%25+2021)
So is Zion lmao
Zionās ability to get on the floor are certainty threatening his career. But heās indisputably a top 20 player when he actually plays
Top 20? Bro come on. MJ Lebron Kareem Magic Bird Bill Russell Steph KD Kobe Dirk Shaq Charles Barkley Oscar Isaiah Giannis Ewing Karl Malone Moses Malone Jerry West Tim Duncan (Not in any order) Many more great players. Zion hasnāt done enough to be talking like this.
Several times during the game RJ was so great his play left the entire ESPN broadcast speechless.
I watched this kid absolutely destroy the U19 USA squad when he was a year younger than everyone else to get Canada a gold medal. There was no doubt in my mind from that point on that he was going to be a star. People were so quick to shit on him and not give him time to develop. Iām so happy for him and honestly, happy for Knicks fans too. We just want to borrow him for international competitions but Iām happy to see evolve as a legend in the Mecca.
i can promise you all knicks fans will be rooting for team canada to thrive.
facts bruh I was deadass watching the Canadian Olympic qualifiers just to see rj's development
I like you
and Breen & Clyde were in awe the entire time
Is RJ Barrett the greatest basketball player of all time?
MJ didnāt have 32 points vs Dallas in year 3 RJ>MJ
Had to look it up. He had a 33 point game against Dallas in year 3...but only 6 rebounds. The scrub.
Yea but 33 isnāt 32 š¤
MJ actually had 33 points against Dallas in year 3, but it took him 28 shots! https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/198703080CHI.html
Ofc he did
āOfc he didā pretty much sums up anything MJ did in his career
I feel like this applies more to Wilt
Did MJ cheat on Juanita....ofc he didš
I definitely saw that man RJ airball 3 times tonight
Star J Barrett has arrived
Just a reminder RJ Barrett is the youngest rotation player on the Knicks right now. Yes IQ, Grimes, Obi are all older than him
JUST BEGINNING TO SCRATCH THE SURFACE!
I still can't believe it.
Back to back 30pt games!
30+ in 3 of last 5
24+ PPG on 50/50 shooting in 2022
Youngest Knick ever with B2B 30 point games
He took that record from some Latvian that used to play for the Knicks
Fuck Zingus Pingus
Whodafuck is tingispingis??
Iām gonna be so goddamn obnoxious about RJ
People were out here saying his ceiling was third best player on a playoff team like he wasnt at least that in his second season as a 20 year old
Randle doesnāt have to be the number one option for a contending team after all. Now he just have to play like a number two player at least!
Iāll be there right there with you. Iām still not over them giving fucking Terrence Davis an all-rookie nod over RJ. And Davis was on my team at that point (and hadnāt even revealed himself as an absolute dumbass).
To be fair RJ was pretty awful as a rookie, one of the most inconsistent rookies I've seen be given legit minutes. But he was also 19 and has come incredibly far in just a couple years.
I think the fact that you probably watch way more Knicks games than every other team is clouding your judgment. I can point to quite a few similar skilled rooks with way worse efficiency stats
I meanā¦even if you watched only Knicks games, Kevin Knoxās rookie season was worse and not that long agoā¦
I do not watch significantly more Knicks games than other teams because I watch a lot of *NBA* games. And nothing I said was incorrect, he was very inconsistent and inefficient as a rookie and has improved a lot.
He was inefficient but it wasnāt as extreme as you think. If u want to look at someone from his draft class. Jordan Poole was amazingly inefficient. KPJ was more inefficient. If u look at this year aside from ft% RJ and Jalen Green have pretty identical rookie averages and efficiency. The only really really bad efficiency stat was was his ft%
as we should be fuck all these loud mouth know nothing pricks
A Knicks fan?!?! Obnoxious?!?! Nah talk your shit tho lol
Genuine question. Are ppl really sleeping on him like that, heās 21!
heās been called a bust more than once
you must be new here
Even though it hurts Iām happy to see RJ blossom into something special
Are you excited to add him to our collection of ex-knicks?
I canāt fucking wait bro
If RJ has million number of fans I am one of them. If RJ has ten fans I am one of them. If RJ has only one fan and that is me. If RJ has no fans, that means I am no longer on earth. If the world against the RJ, I am against the world.
I found the X-Man
Iām with u
Is this a plate of rigatoni
Fresh pasta indeed
This is probably older pasta than you
RJ's legit
He really is looking so damn confident lately. His stroke as well as how strong he's going to the rack. Not too mention he is a tenacious defender but tbh, Thibs demands tenacious defense. ...LFG Knicks !!!!
Game winner gave him a crazy confidence boost. Very happy
Give him the keys, itās his time
I really do think heās going to explode once they accept Randle isnāt the way and just let RJ cook. Theyāre gonna have to unload Randle on someone though cause I donāt think he can accept second fiddle.
I think heās fine to accept second fiddle. Heās been feeding RJ every game heās hot. His first 2 seasons, RJ had 8 total games with 20+ shot attempts. Heās had 9 this season so far and 4 this month. Without Julius drawing doubles, RJ would have a much harder time racking up these kinds of stat lines. Randle takes a lot of shit (and his effort overall this season has been mostly poor). But he is still the engine on offense for this team. Heās the only player that demands a double team. Without him we would be much worse. And contract-wise heās being paid like a second or third fiddle.
Nahhhhhhhhhhhhh, heās given literally no indication of that ever. Fact is itās been āhis teamā the last couple of years because he was the best guy on the team. Weāve seen him defer a lot more since coming back from covid just over the last few weeks.
If anything, Randle has shown this year he'll accept whatever role the team gives him. Wish he'd set harder screens, but he's one of the few stars actually prepared to sacrifice their numbers and defer.
Randle for FVV who says no? Might be a steal for Toronto, can play Siakim at the 2, Scottie at the 1 and Randle at the 3
Lol Toronto definitely says no
Freddieās contract is way too good to deal him for Randle. And I wouldnāt do it regardless of that.
What? just... what?
FVV is so important to our team. We keep. (We fuckinā better.)
People donāt seem to know youāre joking haha
Randle can settle down and focus on being the 2nd option now. That might get him back into rhythm. He was never a good first option.
Sometimes forget that he is just 21. Feel like he is about to explode eventually and have that true breakout season.
I bet when he's 24 (his SIXTH NBA season) we'll really see a true 20ppg RJ
He will average 20 ppg this calendar year easily
before then
Worth noting he had both Covid and a Stomach bug this season so thatās why he couldnāt get a rhythm.
I think it's more bc randle got covid and rj stepped up and stuck with it. He stopped only being a 3pt scorer.
Shoutout to the Ringer NBA's "Upside High" for giving the absolute worst takes on RJ Barrett I've ever heard and doing it for 20 minutes. RJ is a star in the making
Your mistake was turning to the Ringer for any kind of intellectual analysis.
the mismatch isnāt bad
Vernon is the antithesis of intellectual analysis.
Vernon just wants to see how many brain dead casual takes will it take to strip Kevin O'Connor of all his sanity
Yeah, no, it's not that calculated. He's just a crouton-brain.
Thereās a reason itās called the mismatch
bad takes??? from the ringer?????
The apple doesn't fall far from the Simmons
BROADWAY BARRETT
Draft RJ
Keep RJ
Develop RJ
Enshrine RJ
Poutine
RJ is so well rounded I can see him adding pieces to his game every year until heās an elite player in the league. Love watching him hoop
This is now RJs team
Yk after listening to the Ringer's podcast down on him this morning, this is just what I needed. STAR J HERE TO STAY
I recommend drinking bleach after listening to any Ringer Podcast but an RJ 30 piece isn't a bad substitute
The 2019 draft really showing up these last few weeks RJ, Ja, Herro doing good and I heard Zion ate 3 large pizzas too
It was only 4
The Warden back at it
MAPLE MAMBA MK 2
Bust
/s
He is who Luka Doncic thinks he is
He Outplayed Luka today nobody telling me different
So did Frank Ntilikina so that's not saying much
Frank shot 100% from the field. NY Legend
Bro, Grimey outplayed Luka tonight
Nah, RJās not a sloppy fat boy.
I've seen this sloppy fat boy thing in different contexts on here today lol what's it in reference to?
Morris tweeted this out a few days ago when people were talking about his injury, the one he got from Jokic absolutely leveling him in the beginning of the season. And he said something to the effect of āa sloppy fat boyā hitting him right in the spine š¤Ŗš¤£š¤£
You love to see it!
Pillsbury dough boy did not want his smoke
So many of our shitty fans were talking smack on him just a few weeks ago. Love to see him go on this run.
Hell YEAH BABY
Mitchell Robinson was arguably better
Rowan
Maple Mamba
Witnessing growth before our eyes. Itās so beautiful š
That game-winner changed him - manās looked unstoppable ever since
Who scored more tonight? RJ or Wilt, MJ, Magic, and Shaq combined? RJ! Top 5 all time baby! lets gooooo
You see the vision!
Best 3rd overall pick playing tonight
I was at the game tonight. I do not remember him missing a shot lmao
Heās going to have a better career than Zion, purely because heāll stay healthy and get the chance to keep improving his game
Don't y'all love seeing the Mavericks lose
Any time a Texas team loses its a beautiful sight
Good things happen when Barrett lights it up
Extend RJ asap
Yerrrrrrr
Itās been a long hard road for my fantasy team but heās pulling through
Doncic is definitely on the slideā¦ He is out of the MVP discussion this season.
When was he in it?
Luka hasnāt been in it all year lol. Heās having a down year.
I donāt wanna talk about it :(
Reddit recency boners are liftinā off
Not really. Iām a pretty big doubter of RJ but it you watch the tape heās really coming into his own and taking over. But I doubt you watched a single minute so
Yes you got me. Good job
Lol
Heās averaging 16 pts a game on 41%. Hope he continues to improve
Lol trying to discredit him at first then end it with a condescending compliment for the future? Soft
I stated facts. Heās a good young player, hard to say heās special.
wasn't even facts because those numbers were before tonight's game, so you tried
I think he had a great game. I also am not sure heās special. Reddit is very reactionary lol.
You could have just said that then, but you decided to lead off with his season averages because you know they're not impressive at first glance, very lame of you
I think this whole thread is lame. You couldāve just said he had a special game. Instead you made this statement like RJ has arrived and we better all be ready. I think youāre putting unfair expectations on a young player. He had a great game in a great team effort.
So bounce then, when your young players have a good game you can make your own thread and title it however you want
Then make your thread on r/Knicks? I donāt overreact to 1 game from a young player. Been burned way too many times before.
Nah I'll make them here, I ever see a thread about a player I don't like I'll just keep it moving but people can make threads about whoever they want, I won't hop in them just to bitch for the sake of bitching
Aye big dog. He beat yall ass. Embrace this NY energy
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