RJ Barrett is obviously a talented player. He has underrated on-ball skills as a shot creator and playmaker and has taken a step up in his career since landing on his hometown Toronto Raptors. For yet another year, however, a team has completely ignored what Barrett truly needs to thrive.
The modern NBA is about spacing. Perhaps once upon a time it was about strength and size and moxie, but the name of the game in this century is spacing. How are you using the vertical space, the horizontal space? How do you open up space on the perimeter for shooters to get open, space in the paint for cutters and drivers to score, space around playmakers for them to dime up teammates in the right spot to score?