Could RJ Become the Next Ginobili? | Raptors Show Clips

Could RJ Become the Next Ginobili? | Raptors Show Clips

THE ALL-STAR BREAK. GOT THE HEAD COACH FIRED AND THE NEW COACH WASN’T DOING MUCH EITHER. R.J. BARRETT I THOUGHT, WE HAD A DISCUSSION YESTERDAY ABOUT IMMANUEL QUICKLEY. >> AND WE SAID WE WANTED TO SEE AGGRESSION AND HIM LOOKING FOR HIS SHOT AND THAT’S WHAT HE GAVE US.

I THINK ONCE HE PUTS HIS HEAD DOWN, EVERYONE HAS A GOOD IDEA. HE HAS BEEN ABLE TO PENETRATE AND THEN KICK OUT. WE DID SEE SOME OF THE PLAY MAKING IN THIS ONE WHERE HE FINISHES WITH SEVEN ASSISTS. A GOOD CHUNK OF THEM CAME IN THE

FIRST HALF AND I THOUGHT THAT SET A GOOD TONE FOR THE TEAM OFFENSIVELY, BUT WHEN IT CAME TO HIS INDIVIDUAL OFFENSE, HE DID STRUGGLE A LITTLE BIT. >> Will: HONESTLY, FOR ME, IT LOOKED LIKE THE NETS KNEW EXACTLY WHAT HE WANTED TO DO AND

HONESTLY, MOST SHOULD KNOW WHAT HE WANTS TO DO. HE DOES ONE THING REALLY, REREAY WELL R.J. BARRETT SINCE JOINING THE RAPTORS. HIS SHOT CHART HAS BEEN VERY, VERY PECULIAR. HE’S ONLY TAKEN SINCE THE JOINING THE RAPTORS TWO MID RANGE JUMPERS. HE’S 1-2, DOESN’T EVEN MATTER,

IT’S TWO SHOTS. YOU COMPARE THAT TO HE’S TAKEN 193 SHOTS WITHIN THE RESTRICTED AREA AND I THINK THAT’S HOW YOU GET TO R.J. GETTING MUCH MORE EFFICIENT AS A PLAYER. HE’S ALWAYS LOOKING TO GET AND FORCE HIS WAY, AND HONESTLY, EVEN WHEN HE’S FORCED AGAINST

GOING TO HIS LEFT, HE USUALLY COMES BACK TO HIS LEFT ANYWAY, AND I SUPPOSE MAYBE THE LEFT-HANDEDNESS OF THE WHOLE THING INSPIRED THIS COMPARISON BECAUSE DARKO RAJAKOVIC HAD A NICE QUOTE POST GAME WHEN ASKED ABOUT R.J. BARRETT AND WHICH FORMER CHAMPION THAT HE WAS

STUDYING. LET’S RUN THAT CLIP. >> R.J. MADE SOME GOOD READS, ESPECIALLY EARLY IN THE GAME, SEVEN ASSISTS. WHERE HAVE YOU SEEN THE BIGGEST AREAS OF GROWTH IN HIS ABILITY TO READ THE GAME AND MAKE PLAYS? >> MANU GINOBLI. WE HAD A CONVERSATION AND JUST

COUPLE WEEKS AGO AND I HAD TALKED THAT I SEE SOME OF THAT TYPE OF PLAY IN HIM THAT HE CAN ATTACK, THAT HE’S THE FLOAT REALLY WELL AND WE NEED FOR HIM TO SCORE AND ATTACK AND MAKE PLAYS AND BE PLAYMAKER FOR US.

VERY FORTUNATELY, MANU GINOBLI IS HIS FAVOURITE PLAYER AS WELL. SO LITERALLY HELPS THAT HIS MIND SET IS THE RIGHT ONE OF FINDING THE GOOD BALANCE BETWEEN BEING AGGRESSIVE AND REALLY FINDING HIS TEAMMATES AND HE ENDED UP GAME TONIGHT WITH SEVEN ASSISTS

AND TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I EXPECT THAT FROM HIM EVERY SINGLE NIGHT. >> I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU IF YOU HAD HIM STUDYING MANU, BUT THAT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING HE’S BEEN DOING FOR A WHILE NOW? >> THAT’S HIS FAVOURITE PLAYER

AND OBVIOUSLY HE LOVES HIM A LOT AND I’M PLANNING ON SITTING DOWN WITH HIM AND WATCHING THAT FILM TOGETHER AND ENJOYING THE FILM TOGETHER. >> Will: SO FIRIRST OFF, MANU I AN ALL-TIMER FOR ME. HE’S SUCH AN AWESOME PLAYER, OBVIOUSLY WINNING THE FOUR CHIPS WITH THE SPURS, I THINK.

YEAH, I MEAN, DO YOU SEE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT WITH R.J.? BY THE WAY, THERE WAS A D.J. CARTON WHO WAS ON A TEN-DAY CONTRACT, HE GOT HIS FIRST BASKET AS A RAPTOR, I THINK HIS FIRST BASKET IN THE LEAGUE TOO.

I HOPE THEY GOT THE GAME BALL FOR D.J. AS WELL. THE RAPTORS WERE UP 30, HE COMES IN, THIRD UNIT. HE’S ALSO A LEFTY, FINISHES AN “AND ONE” THROUGH CONTACT AT THE RIM. THE ENTIRE RAPTORS BENCH JUMPED OUT OF THEIR SEATS TO CELEBRATE FOR THE NEW GUY.

THE CAMERA PANNED OVER TO R.J. WHO WAS DOING THE MOJI, SWITCHED IT UP WITH THE LEFT OF THE GINOBLI, INCREDIBLE CONNECTION FOR R.J. YEAH, YOU SEE SOME GINOBLI IN THE WAY R.J. CAN POTENTIALLY GROW HERE. >> I DON’T REALLY SEE THE COMPARISON, IF I’M BEING

COMPLETELY HONEST. I THINK GINOBLI IS A GREAT PERSON TO LEARN FROM, AND I THINK THAT IS THE TYPE OF PLAYER THAT R.J. WOULD WANT TO STRIVE TO BE LIKE. IT’S A GREAT EXAMPLE TO HAVE SET, BUT RIGHT NOW, IF I WERE TO COMPARE THEIR GAMES, I WOULD SAY

THEY’RE EXTREMELY DIFFERENT. I THINK GINOBLI, YOU KNOW — >> Will: WHAT’S THE MOST DIFFERENT PART ABOUT IT? >> I WOULD SAY JUST THE VARIETY, RIGHT? AND I THINK — >> Will: THAT’S THE THING WITH GINOBLI, YOU NEVER KNEW WHAT HE WAS GOING TO DO ON THE DRIVE. UNPREDICTABILITY.

>> POP WOULD SAY IT TOO, I DIDN’T KNOW WHAT HE WAS GOING TO DO. IN THE BEGINNING, HE WOULD GET MAD ABOUT IT, AND HE REALIZED HEY, THE ONLY WAY I’M GOING TO GET THE BEST OUT OF THIS PLAYER IS LET HIM BE. THE CHAMPIONSHIPS SPEAK FOR

THEMSELVES. I THINK WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT R.J.’s SHOT DISTRIBUTION, TO YOUR POINT, 70% OF HIS SHOTS COME WITHIN TEN FEET OF THE BASKET, THERE’S ANOTHER 26% THAT ARE THREES. SO THAT’S 96% OF HIS SHOTS. >> Will: YEP, YEP. >> SO IF YOU LOOK AT OVER THE

COURSE OF HIS CAREER, HE SHOOTS 30% FROM 10 TO 16 FEET. AND SO I THINK IF HE CAN JUST WORK ON THAT IN PRACTICE AND GET TO A POINT WHERE HE’S ACTUALLY COMFORTABLE ENOUGH TO TAKE THEM I GAMES, THAT’S WHEN I THINK

WE’LL SEE MORE OF, YOU KNOW, THE LESS ONE-TRACK MINDED, HEY, AT THIS POINT, IF I’VE GOT A SLIGHT ADVANTAGE, IF I’VE GOT A SLIGHT STEP ON MY DEFENDER, I’VE GOT TO TAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO THE BASKET, RIGHT? BECAUSE HE DOESN’T HAVE THE

CONFIDENCE RIGHT NOW TO HIT THAT PULLUP, RIGHT, FROM THE 10 TO 16-FOOT RANGE. SO I THINK IF HE CAN WORK ON THAT IN PRACTICE, ADD THAT TO HIS GAME, THEN YOU GET TO A POINT WHERE IT’S LIKE, OKAY, THIS IS AN OPTION FOR ME OUT ON

THE FLOOR NOW. AND I THINK THAT’S WHERE YOU WILL SEE HIS GAME EXPAND. AND I THINK THAT’S WHERE WHEN YOU LOOK AT A GINOBLI, IT’S LIKE, OKAY, I NEED TO PULL UP FROM THREE, I CAN PULL UP FROM THREE. IF I NEED TO HIT A MIDRANGE, I

CAN HIT A MIDRANGE. >> Will: IF I NEED TO DUNK ON CHRIS BOSH AS A 35-YEAR-OLD. >> EXACTLY. HE CAN DO IT ALL. THAT’S THE MAIN THING THAT I WOULD SAY WHEN R.J. IS WATCHING FILM OF GINOBLI, IT’S HEY, HOW DO I EXPAND THE VARIETY OF MY

GAME TO MAKE IT MORE LIKE I’M MANU. >> Will: I THINK THAT’S A FAIR POINT. IN TERMS OF THEIR SIMILARITIES, AT LEAST RIGHT NOW, THE BIGGEST SIMILARITY IS JUST THE ABILITY TO GET A STEP ON THEIR GUY AND THEN FIND A WAY TO GET TO THE

HOOP. I ALWAYS ADMIRE THAT FROM GINOBLI. HE PROBABLY MIXED IN A LITTLE MORE CREATIVITY, BUT R.J. HAS A LITTLE OF THAT AS WELL. SOMEMETIMES YOU CAN PULL OUT EU STEPS, LITTLE MOVES LIKE THAT TO GET HIMSELF DOWN HILL. IF THERE’S ANY CRAFTINESS HE CAN ADD TO HIS GAME.

I’M NOT SAYING HE’S ONE DIMENSIONAL, BUT IT’S VERY CLEAR HE DOES ONE THING REALLY WELL. AND MY THING IS WHAT IS THAT SECONDARY SKILL THAT COMES IN? DARKO HAS TALKED ABOUT S SEVEN ASSISTS. QUITE FRANKLY, I EXPECT HIM TO DO THAT. FIRST OFF, LOVE THAT. HIGH EXPECTATIONS.

IMMIGRANT DAD, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. IS THAT AN AREA YOU WANT TO SEE? SOMETHING LIKE R.J.’s ALWAYS — BECAUSE HE GETS TO THE PAINT A LOT. IF YOU GET TO T THE PAINT, YOU’ ALMOST ALWAYS SEEING TWO DEFENDERS, UNLESS YOU’RE PLAYING THE BROOKLYN NETS AND THEY’RE

NOT PLAYING DEFENDERS. DO YOU FEEL THAT THAT PASSING IS SOMETHING THAT R.J. CAN REPLICATE ON A CONSISTENT BASIS? >> Vivek: I THINK AS HE GETS TO THE BASKET AND LEARNS THE OFFENSE, YOU LOOK AT THE OPPORTUNITIES HE HAD IN THIS GAME TO SHOOT AND GARY TRENT Jr.

HAD TO SHOOT, A LOT OF GOOD LOOKS. THAT’S WHERE YOU LOOK AT IT AND SAY, OKAY, ONCE I’VE GOTTEN IN TO THE PAINT, IF I DON’T HAVE A LAYUP OR A DUNK, SOMEONE SHOULD BE OPEN. I SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET A CLEAN LOOK FOR SOMEBODY.

I THINK THAT’S WHERE JUST READING THE GAME, STILL A YOUNG PLAYER. AS THAT CONTINUES TO PROGRESS, THERE’S DEFINITELY

Will Lou and Vivek Jacob review RJ Barrett’s game against Brooklyn last night and discuss Darko Rajakovic’s comparisons between him and Manu Ginobili.

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