RJ Barrett brother Nathan Barrett plays high school basketball at Montverde. RJ is a guard and a regular starter for the team.
He is the youngest member of the athletic family of four and has shown his skills as a 6′ 1” player. Nathan, who is four years younger than his elder sibling, has chosen a different style of play as a guard.
He is the only brother of Rowan Alexander, a Canadian professional basketball player for the National Basketball Association team, the New York Knicks. After one season with the Duke Blue Devils, he was drafted third overall by the New York Knicks in the 2019 NBA Draft.
His brothers grew up playing basketball with their family, who are also professional basketball players.
RJ Barrett Brother Nathan Is Four Years Younger Than Him
RJ Barrett younger brother Nathan is a basketball player for Montverde Academy.
Barrett calls Ontario his home but the brothers were born and raised in France. The Barret brothers were trained by their father in the early days.
Born in France in 2004, Nathan took over the basketball world as a young prospect. Guard Nathan Barrett, 6’1″, was only a sophomore in high school in 2019 and participated for Montverde.
According to complex, Nathan shares RJ’s desire to play in the NBA and lists Duke and Oregon as his ideal institutions. Nathan might even eventually join RJ in representing their national team.
According to a Twitter post by the New York Knicks player, Nathan’s favorite player is Russell Westbrook and his motivation to play basketball is to play NBA. Moreover, he describes himself as having Energy and Effort.
Like his brother RJ, he became interested in basketball early in life and played with a toy hoop in his playroom in France, where his father was a professional basketball player. The Barrett boys lived in France and went to a French school, but their mother taught them English.
He lived in several other nations and traveled following games and sessions due to his father’s job. Additionally, the Barrett family participated in basketball games with kids his age at the clubs his father belonged to.
When his father retired from the NBA in 2008, his family relocated to Mississauga, Ontario. He competed in various sports while he was growing up.
Barrett Comes From An Athletic Family
Nathan Barrett grew up watching his father Rowan Barrett Sr. play basketball at the top level. His brother has also inspired him to play the beautiful game.
Rowan Sr. is a former Canadian professional basketball player. He played small forward and shooting guard as a 1.98 m (6’6″) tall player. He led the Israel Basketball Premier League in scoring in 2002. Currently, he oversees Canada’s men’s national team as general manager.
Barrett, raised in Toronto, Ontario’s Scarborough neighborhood, went to West Hill Collegiate Institute and played basketball there. Barrett participated in NCAA Division I college basketball for St. John’s University St. John’s Red Storm team from 1992 through 1996.
Although Barrett had contracts with the Philadelphia 76ers (1999) and Toronto Raptors (1997, 1999), he never participated in any NBA regular season games with any of those clubs.
Barrett played professionally for several teams throughout his career, including Etosa Alicante in Spain, Boca Juniors in Argentina, Cocodrilos de Caracas in Venezuela, Keravnos Keo in Cyprus, Dafni in Greece, Maccabi Rishon LeZion in Israel, Hapoel Haifa in Israel.
He led all scorers in the FIBA Saporta Cup; a second-tier league played across Europe in the 2000–01 season.
Nathan Barrett Mother And Aunt Are Also Former Players
Rowan met Kesha, Nathan’s mother, at St. John’s when she was a sprinter on the track and field. R.J.’s aunt and Kesha’s sister competed for Jamaica as a sprinter at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Dahlia Duhaney. Dahlia also ran track at Louisiana State University.
Along with Juliet Cuthbert, Beverly McDonald, and Merlene Ottey, she captured the gold medal in the 4100-meter relay at the 1991 World Championships.
Moreover, his elder brother, Rowan, is a Canadian professional basketball player for the National Basketball Association team, the New York Knicks.