
RJ Barrett’s rise from Knicks draft doubts to budding All-Star
NY Post
As the Knicks’ brass debated whether to stay at No. 3 in the 2019 draft and take RJ Barrett or trade down to pick up another asset, general manager Scott Perry stuck to his instincts.
Legitimate offers were out there, including one from the Hawks, who wanted to send the eighth and 10th picks to the Knicks to move up to No. 3 for Barrett. Some members of the basketball operations staff thought that could be the route to take: They were unconvinced about Barrett’s athleticism and 3-point shooting and concerned by his inability to use his weak right hand on rumbles to the basket.
SAN DIEGO — As you may have seen elsewhere in this newspaper (and also if you haven’t deleted me yet from your social media), I have a book coming out Tuesday called “The Bosses of The Bronx.” Much of it details the 37 years’ worth of antics, winning, losing, winning again and overall mania of George Steinbrenner’s time with the Yankees.

Cade Cunningham, almost inarguably the best player in the East this season, is likely out for the remainder of the regular season. That’s the word out of Detroit following the depressing news that Cunningham punctured a lung when he took a knee to his side Tuesday from Washington’s Tre Johnson while chasing a loose ball.











