RJ Barrett is Taking the Next Step

This is a segment from Samson’s mailbag about the Toronto Raptors. RJ Barrett has been phenomenal to start the season, passing and scoring better than ever. Samson & Keeks dive into why he’s been so good.

Recorded on the morning of November 2nd.

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26 comments

  9. Amazing video! Great breakdown! Him and Brunson weren’t a good fit, It’s great seeing him in a system where he can be on ball and create offense. In the pick and roll he’s making plays, he’s dominating at the hoop. if he can get the FT% up he should average ~25 points a game this season.

  11. It’s crazy we got fans hating on RJ because “Scottie is the guy” 😂😂😂

    They can both coexist and yes RJ can still be option 1

  18. This is why I get frustrated with Scottie. Dude gets too caught up in playing with his back to the basket, he needs to just drive into the heart of the defense with power and authority, that will make his passes that much more impactful. Lets be real, RJ isn't even half as talented as Scottie is as a playmaker. But RJ does attack the rim with reckless abandon and that keeps defenses honest. Defenses know Scottie likes to slow the game down and back down defenders more, he's huge, he needs to make more use of that strength and length and attack.

  19. Also to be fair, comparing last years Raptors roster compared to this one might as well be night and day. The Raptors bench last year was awful. This year we might have bench mob 2.0 who are filling while IQ and Scottie are out.

  22. I was all-in on tanking after Scottie went down, but after seeing what Gradey has been able to do, and what RJ is doing, this team is capable of a 5th-to-8th seed if RJ and Gradey can stay healthy and IQ comes back soon.
    Getting Scottie back will just be icing.

  23. Just give Darko a year with mogbo, shed, jakobe, and battle… considering what dick is doing now after a year… and we dont even know how this year will finish. At this rate, raps can compete very soon, given they can stay healthy.

  26. Don't get me wrong, Scottie's injury is real. God knows it would certainly keep me from playing basketball. The same can be said for IQ, Bruce, Kelly. All of them are tough guys who have played through injuries in key meaningful games. But injuries in the modern load management era of the NBA are often used as opportunities for players further down the bench. Especially early in the season. It gets them minutes, allows them to learn from failures & successes, compile tape that they can analyse of themselves, gel with teammates etc. These opportunities created by load management allow two things to happen: 1) injured players are able to rest and save themselves for games down the road that matter; and 2) create minutes for others to develop and therefore increase the quality of the team as a whole.
    Speaking of opportunity, can you imagine being Ja'Kobe Walter playing your first NBA game against Lebron? You know with the name Ja'Kobe your parents were ball fans. So facing Lebron must have been so intimidating. Yet he played great in spite of surely being awestruck. Even getting over that is part of development for a young player. What a fun weekend of Raps hoops.

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