Post season:
Scottie Barnes: 24/8/6
Fans: OMG Scottie is gonna be a MVP next year
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RJ Barrett: 24/7/4 (best net rating on the team)
Fans: Deport him! Let him walk for nothing. Don’t pay him!
Then they tell me I’m not a fan for wanting to keep RJ on a good contract
@DoubleFFss RJ was not great tonight. But also lead the team in assists tonight. What does that say about the rest of the squad? - with all due respect to Shead, who has been solid. RJ needs to be the 3rd option behind Kawhi & Scottie. He will shine. Everyone needs to breathe.
This game really shows why Derrick white made all-nba first team defense over Scottie.
He’s just a beast defensively. Scottie is nice but white is so much more consistent and versatile.
@Baldg0d A shooting guard who forces the offense will ALWAYS be better than a PG who forces it.
One guys jobs is to score.
The other guys job is to give his teammates an advantage.
@ohdamn444 RJ has legitimately been a good 3pt shooter any time he has star players who could shoot beside him.
Great in the Olympics. Great early last season & playoffs (when Scottie shot it well), this just a guy who clearly is dying for space & gravity from the dudes who get big bucks.
@rapzcity_ Hi, RJ fans know that RJ can't be the only scoring wing on the team since NYK days.
It'll be tough until our best 2 players (who happen to be wings) return.
@ohdamn444 RJ has gravity. Had more gravity than our franchise player last season... Even in the playoffs without our leading scorer.
RJ works with other good wings. We've seen it in 4k, especially early last season.
He can't do it alone, that's all it is.
@geoffho LMFAO
More like Ingram/Kawhi
Those guys actually have gravity.
Scottie definitely helps tho. He's the only guy on the wing that teams are gameplanning to shut down rn .
This is probably the worst I've seen RJ play since he got to Toronto.
He's not even getting any lift when he jumps.
I wonder if he's healthy...
If he's not healthy he probably shouldn't be forcing it this much.
Either way he's gotta be better.
This ain't gonna get him paid