NEW YORK — Pull up a chair, get cozy. It’s time to have a serious conversation about RJ Barrett.
This is an uncomfortable topic for a number of reasons, namely that $107 million extension that hasn’t even started yet. There’s so much hope attached to Barrett’s future, the full-on hype of representing the franchise’s highest pick since Patrick Ewing and its first draftee to sign a second contract in 23 years.
Only two months ago, Leon Rose, who is batting well below the Mendoza Line with his moves, justified the extension by making comparisons even Garden propagandists should’ve thought audacious.
