RJ Barrett’s first introduction here was overshadowed.
The encore was not.
A day after the Knicks selected him in the NBA draft, the club’s Twitter account captured Barrett slowly walking onto the Madison Square Garden floor. Moments later, the lights flickered, bringing the third-overall pick to a halt, and his attention to the jumbotron.
“Ladies and gentleman,” Garden PA announcer Mike Walczewski says, “At guard, at 6-7 from Duke University, please welcome RJ Barrett.”
Of course it was with Duke that Barrett made his Garden debut in December. That night, of course, was all about Zion Williamson.