RJ Barrett

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Basketball player
RJ Barrett
RJ Barrett (cropped) .jpg
Player information
Full name Rowan Alexander Barrett
birthday June 16, 2000 (20 years and 77 days)
place of birth Toronto , Ontario , Canada
size 200 cm
Weight 92 kg
position Small forward
NBA draft 2019 , 3rd pick, New York Knicks
Club information
society New York Knicks
league NBA
Jersey number 9
Clubs as active
2019– United StatesUnited States New York Knicks

Rowan Alexander "RJ" Barrett Jr. (born June 16, 2000 in Toronto , Ontario ) is a Canadian basketball player . The winger is part of the New York Knicks squad .

Player career

As a student played Barrett during the seventh and eighth grade basketball at francophone École secondaire Jeunes sans frontières in Brampton , In the game 2014/15 he belonged to the team of St. Marcellinus Secondary School in Mississauga and changed in the fall of 2015 in the United States to the Montverde Academy (State of Florida ). There he developed into one of the best players of his year in US high school basketball. Barrett took first place in several rankings of the most promising talents of his year.

In November 2017, he announced his decision to move to Duke University  ( North Carolina ) for the 2018/19 game year . Barrett had previously received scholarships from numerous other universities, in addition to Duke, the University of Kentucky and the University of Oregon were shortlisted. With Zion Williamson , Cam Reddish and Tre Jones , other highly talented players had decided to move to Duke University for the 2018/19 season  to play under start coach Mike Krzyzewski .

In his senior playing year as a student, Barrett received two awards for best high school player in the United States ("Naismith High School Boys' Player of the Year" and "Gatorade US National Boys Player of the Year") after winning for the Montverde Academy team had previously averaged 28.7 points, 8.5 rebounds, 4.5 assists, two blocks and 1.5 ball wins per encounter. In March 2018 he took part in the "McDonald's All-American Game", a selection game of the greatest talents in US basketball at high school level of the respective year, and scored 26 points. In April 2018, with the award as “Mr. Basketball ”added another honor.

Barrett was among the top three players in several predictions for the NBA's 2019 draft process. After he had scored an average of 22.6 points (joint maximum with Williamson), 7.6 rebounds and 4.3 basket assists for Duke University in 38 games, Barrett announced his move to the professional camp and his registration for the draft process in April 2019 known to the NBA . The New York Knicks secured the rights to the Canadian in June, who was selected as the third player after Williamson and Ja Morant .

On February 14, 2020, Barrett was selected as the starting player for Team World in the Rising Stars Challenge in his rookie year . He scored 27 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 ball wins in 23 minutes, leading all players in the points category and, together with Miles Bridges, in ball wins.

National team

In 2015 he won the silver medal at the American Championship with Canada's U16 team and recorded 14.6 points per match over the course of the tournament, at the U17 World Championship in summer 2016 he was fifth with Canada and was the best scorer in his team with 18.4 points per game .

In the summer of 2017, Barrett won the U19 World Cup with Canada's junior national team in Cairo . During the tournament he achieved mean values ​​of 21.6 points (highest value of all participating players), 8.3 rebounds, 4.6 assists and 1.7 ball wins per game and was named the best player in the World Cup.

In June 2018 Barrett was used against China for the first time in Canada's men's national team and came to 16 points on his debut.

Personal

Barrett's father Rowan played basketball at St. John's University in New York State from 1992 to 1996 and then as a professional in Israel , Argentina , Spain , France , Venezuela and Greece . In 2000 he took part with the Canadian national team in the Summer Olympics and in 1998 and 2002 in world championships. After his playing career, he became a member of the executive staff of the Canadian national basketball team and deputy to manager Steve Nash , RJ Barrett's godfather. His mother Kesha (maiden name: Duhaney) ran athletics (sprint) at St. John's University .

Barrett grew up partly in France, and in 2008 the family moved to Mississauga in the Canadian province of Ontario .

Awards

  • Best player of the 2017 U19 World Cup
  • Best High School Player in the USA 2018 ("Naismith High School Boys' Player of the Year" and "Gatorade US National Boys Player of the Year")
  • "Mr. Basketball USA “2018

statistics

Legend
  GP Matches played (Games Played)   GS  Games from the beginning (Games started)  MPG  Graduated minutes per game (Minutes per game)
 FG%  Throw rate from the field (field goal percentage)  3P%  Throwing quota three-point throws (3-point field-goal percentage)  FT%  Free throw rate (free-throw percentage)
 RPG  Rebounds per game (rebounds per game)  APG  Assists per game (assists per game)  SPG  Steals per game (steals per game)
 BPG  Blocks per game (blocks per game)  PPG  Points per game (points per game)  FAT  Career record

college

season team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2018–19 Duke 38 38 35.3 .454 .308 .665 7.6 4.3 0.9 0.4 22.6

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ RJ Barrett Bio. Retrieved December 8, 2018 .
  2. ^ RJ Barrett en visite dans son ancienne école de Viamonde! Retrieved December 8, 2018 (French).
  3. ↑ Canada's Top Prospect Rowan Barrett Jr. Heading to Montverde Academy. In: Tip of the Tower. September 23, 2015. Retrieved December 8, 2018 (American English).
  4. ^ Iain Colpitts: Barrett joins Florida prep school. September 23, 2015, Retrieved December 8, 2018 (Canadian English).
  5. ↑ ESPN Basketball Recruiting - Player Rankings. Retrieved December 8, 2018 .
  6. ↑ 2018 Top Basketball Recruits. Retrieved December 8, 2018 (American English).
  7. ↑ Canadian basketball phenom RJ Barrett commits to Duke for 2018 - Sportsnet.ca. Retrieved December 8, 2018 .
  8. ^ The Associated Press: Zion Williamson, RJ Barrett lead class at Duke. Retrieved December 8, 2018 .
  9. ↑ Canada's RJ Barrett Naismith High School Boys' Player of the Year. Retrieved December 8, 2018 .
  10. ^ John Chidley-Hill · The Canadian Press · March 16: Canada's RJ Barrett adds to trophy case as US player of the year | CBC Sports. Retrieved December 8, 2018 .
  11. ^ RJ Barrett Wins Gatorade National Player of the Year Award. March 8, 2018, accessed December 8, 2018 .
  12. ↑ RJ Barrett scores 26 points in McDonald's All-American Game loss - Sportsnet.ca. Retrieved December 8, 2018 .
  13. ↑ RJ Barrett Named Mr. Basketball USA! In: Ballislife.com. April 25, 2018. Retrieved December 8, 2018 .
  14. ↑ 2019 Mock Draft | NBADraft.net. Retrieved December 8, 2018 .
  15. ↑ NBA draft rankings: Zion headlines updated top 60. Accessed December 8, 2018 .
  16. ↑ Stats (PDF); Duke Combined Team Statistics (as of Mar 31, 2019). Accessed April 22, 2019 .
  17. ↑ RJ Barrett Declares for 2019 NBA Draft. Accessed April 22, 2019 .
  18. ↑ Steve Almasy CNN: Zion Williamson chokes up after being drafted No. 1 by New Orleans. Retrieved June 21, 2019 .
  19. ↑ Boxscore. February 15, 2020, accessed on March 7, 2020 .
  20. ↑ Rowan Barrett profile, FIBA ​​U17 World Championship 2016. Accessed December 8, 2018 .
  21. ^ Barrett named MVP after winning Canada's first U19 title. Retrieved December 8, 2018 .
  22. ↑ RJ Barrett shines in debut as Team Canada defeats China - BC | Globalnews.ca. June 23, 2018, accessed December 8, 2018 .
  23. ↑ CATCH YOU ON THE REBOUND: ROWAN BARRETT. Canada Basketball, accessed December 8, 2018 .
  24. ↑ archive.fiba.com: Players. Retrieved December 8, 2018 .
  25. ^ Bryan Brandom: RJ Barrett's Family: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know. In: Heavy.com. October 15, 2018, accessed December 8, 2018 .
  26. ↑ Lori Ewing · The Canadian Press · July 31, 2017: Canadian basketball star RJ Barrett to jump a year ahead to enter college next year | CBC Sports. Retrieved December 8, 2018 .
  27. ↑ Seth Davis: Canada rising: RJ Barrett's college announcement will move ... Retrieved December 8, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Barrett, RJ
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Barrett, Rowan Alexander (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH June 16, 2000
PLACE OF BIRTH Toronto