NY Post · Jun 21, 2019
RJ Barrett’s first night with Knicks couldn’t have been better
RJ Barrett Charles WenzelbergWell, this was a different kind of draft-night moment. At 7:51 Adam Silver, the NBA’s commissioner, walked to the podium at Barclays Center. This is when some of the best YouTube moments of all have been born: the hometown team makes a pick, the hometown fans take a moment to absorb said pick.
And have a full-throated meltdown.
Jeff Lageman to Kristaps Porzingis, you could practically set your watch by it.
Not this time. All day, it felt like Knicks fans were delivering a communal version of the Jedi mind trick, aiming it at the Knicks’ corporate offices, making sure Scott Perry and Steve Mills were warned: Don’t screw this up. Not this pick. Not this player.
