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WATCH | RJ Barrett drafted by Knicks: Canada's RJ Barrett was taken third overall by the New York Knicks in the 2019 NBA Draft. But his draft stock skyrocketed as Morant averaged 24.5 points last season — seventh in Division I — while also handing out 10 assists and grabbing 5.7 rebounds. R.J. Barrett announced on Wednesday that he will be leaving Duke and heading to the NBA draft.In his one season in Durham, Barrett averaged 22.6 points, 7.6 boards and 4.0 assists, becoming the first high-major player since Anfernee Hardaway to do that.Barrett is likely going to end up being a top three pick in this year’s draft, and while there are some valid concerns about him as a player — specifically, he is an inconsistent shooter that is left-hand dominant, hunts his shots a bit too often and not as quick as would be ideal — but part of what makes him so appealing is that his intangibles are off the charts.

RJ is force personified, using explosiveness to beat opponents while Culver slaloms towards the goal, shifting direction with crossovers, and creating moments of pause with hesitations.
Both players are expert at drawing in help defenders though they do it in different manners. R. J. Barrett parle couramment le français mais admet être « un peu rouillé » en 2018 [7]. R.J. BARRETT, Duke. The Portland Trail Blazers knocked off the Memphis Grizzlies over the weekend to claim the final spot in the Western Conference. He has a high release and high arcing shot that often looks like it’s short, but just sneaks over the nose of the rim. Six leagues, including the Big 12, ACC and SEC, are moving forward with plans to play in the fall.The Pac-12 has said its postponement includes basketball, but other conferences have not mentioned plans for hoops.Students at colleges across the country have started returning to campuses in recent weeks, leading to new COVID-19 clusters, and numerous football programs have been hit by positive tests.KANSAS CITY, Mo. You can't compare Barrett to those two. 'Brandon Clarke was the third Canadian taken in the first round of the NBA Draft.Zion Williamson knew he would play in NBA 'when college coaches started coming to my house'Zion Williamson takes question from 15-year-old Sports Illustrated reporterThe New Orleans Pelicans used the first pick of the 2019 NBA Draft to take Duke's Zion Williamson.Pelicans trade Anthony Davis to Lakers in blockbuster deal: reportGrizzlies trade Conley to Jazz for 3 players: report Hardaway was a PG with far better handles and shooting. He recently returned to Boulder, Colorado, where he’s going through quarantine before joining his teammates for workouts.“The work I put in and the time I spent in the gym compared to all my other offseasons, it’s a big gap,” Wright said. One source close to Barrett told NBC Sports that he has the same determination to be great that guys like Kobe Bryant and Kawhi Leonard do.SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse guard Alan Griffin has been granted a waiver of the transfer residence requirement by the NCAA and is immediately eligible to play for the Orange, the school announced Tuesday.A junior guard from Ossining, New York, Griffin spent his first two college seasons at Illinois and has two years of eligibility remaining.Griffin saw action in 30 contests for the Illini as a freshman, averaging 2.8 points and 1.6 rebounds per game. "Virginia Tech guard Nickeil Alexander-Walker of Toronto was selected 17th overall by the Brooklyn Nets, the second Canadian picked in the draft. If we would’ve spoken back in October, I would’ve told you, with confidence, that RJ Barrett of Duke, of Durham, was a better NBA prospect than Jarrett Culver of Texas Tech, of Lubbock. Special. While the difference in scoring volume is a hair over 5-points (5.1), it takes RJ an extra 6.6 shot attempts to get there. 2:19; NBA Rising Stars try to name the 90s with hilarious results.

From watching him in high school and hearing that his dad was a college player, that his godfather was For the purposes of this piece, we’re ultimately simplifying through comparison; a head-to-head comp to answer the question: Who’s the better prospect: Culver or Barrett? Several media reports indicate that the Kings have a deal in place to send Brazdeikis to the Knicks, where he will join Barrett. In his sophomore season he averaged 8.9 points and 4.5 rebounds over 28 games and made 47 3-pointers. Rowan Alexander "RJ" Barrett Jr. (born June 14, 2000) is a Canadian professional basketball player for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He and athletic forward Tyler Bey declared for the draft in late March. Anthony fits that description well. Culver has the edge in efficiency as he’s able to generate roughly the same numbers as Barrett (with the exception of scoring volume) despite handling a smaller usage rate (33.3% for RJ to 30.5 for Culver). While he and Barrett average roughly the same number of assists, Culver’s assist rate is 28.4% to RJ’s 21.1%. On July 8And for me, this spotlight sharing is at the crux of the shoot-first, second, and third RJ. Barrett's jumpshot is far from being consistent but he's a hard worker so that may come soon. Vancouver-born and Arizona-raised Brandon Clarke of Gonzaga was taken four picks later, going to the Oklahoma City Thunder at 21st overall.The new record of six was set when Iowa State guard Marial Shayok of Ottawa was taken 54th by the Philadelphia 76ers.The younger Barrett was the highest Canadian picked since Andrew Wiggins went first overall to the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2014.Anthony Bennett of Brampton, Ont., also went first overall to the Cavaliers in 2013.Barrett wore a pink suit with black shirt, tie and pocket square.