'I got basketball, but he got everything else,' Barrett said on Friday, his first time speaking publicly since his brother’s death.
TORONTO — What can you even say? There is no way to put the grief associated with mourning your younger brother — or son — in the context of professional basketball. has been back around the for five days now after being away for two weeks due to . Advertisement Outwardly, Barrett has been enjoying his time around the team. There is only so long that you can think about something that makes no sense. Nathan, who went to Montverde Academy like RJ did, was studying aviation.
They have lived in the public eye. Nathan was behind the scenes, a calming, grounding presence for the Barrett family. That surely came in handy when RJ was the third-overall pick in the 2019 NBA Draft for the , not a low-pressure situation by any stretch. There is little stability to be found in the shadow of Madison Square Garden, so having family to provide some of that is crucial.
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