RJ Barrett’s season ended growing up, especially in the playoffs RJ was often decisive. Two former teammates of Barrett, Theo Pinson and Jared Harper, said they made Barrett better during their time in the Knicks:
(via Run Your Race podcast)
“We made him [RJ Barrett] awesome, we made him a dog,” Theo Pinson said with Jared Harper on the Run Your Race podcast. “We had to put that dog in him and we were kicking his ass. And RJ, we’ll get you here. We could all three of us here and you won’t sit here and lie because I’m going to knock you out.”