After playing less than 32 minutes just twice in his first 24 games, RJ Barrett has now done so 5 times in his last 6 games. Over those 6 games, Barrett is averaging just 11.2ppg, 4.7rpg, 2.5apg and shooting 36% from the field.
The topic was already simmering among Knicks fans, but Wednesday night it came to a boil. It wasn’t just the fact that Barrett played only 27 minutes in an embarrassing 18-point loss to the Magic, it was the fact that Tom Thibodeau only played him 27 minutes when he seemed to be the only player other than Julius Randle getting his shot to fall.