Ray Williams wrote:Nazrmohamed wrote:WargamesX wrote:I don’t like that deal for the Knicks.
Randle and #10 is an overpay for Fox and I don’t think the “new” team is better than the team we have now.
Yeah, Knicks fans are often very emotional. Let's for a second understand what we have here. We have an established allstar who brought his team to the playoffs but is now underperforming and we are upset about it. The Kings have a young player who's never won before or gotten close to the playoffs.......who is underperformed.
Idk why we often assume that other players on underperformed teams are much better than our own and this goes for Christian Wood as well. I mean, if everyone is OK with guys who simply put up stats on bad teams then why trade Julius in the first place. What makes us think that other players on teams who are underperforming are way better than ours players who are underperformed.
And hey, it definitely could be the fit, playstyle and all that stuff. I'd love to get Fox but does anybody even know why Fox is being made available or why the Kings don't perform. Well for one Fox doesn't play any defense. He ranks in the bottom 5 of defensive guards so just be careful when assigning value to other players. The grass isn't always greener on the other side. While you now have what you believe is a PG who will get the best of others (well wait, is that's what's happening with the Kings cuz I remember them losing allot) what you also get is poor defense on a team who's coach wants everything to start and finish with defense. How do we even know that Thibs will allow Fox to be Fox?
My point isn't to bash Fox or say don't trade for him using Julius. I'm only saying it's not like it's this winning allstar where I feel he has anymore value than Julius. In fact I think Julius' value should be higher. To me maybe Sacramento should be parting with picks
We have different definitions of the word established.Making the all star team 1 year and then playing like a scrub in the playoffs that same year is not what I would call established, I’d call that a fluke, especially when his success came with no fans in attendance. If that trade is available you jump on it.
This guy melts under pressure, a PF that can’t dribble and thinks he’s a point guard.
Again, try to pretend you're not a fan of the team in the biggest market with the biggest mixeoscope. You're the GM, you have to sell this asset and every GM with a player to trade knows the flaws of thier own player. You as the Knicks GM will inherit those strengths and weaknesses. Even if last yr never happened, from a pure statistical standpoint Randle is a talent. The fact that the team was trending to make the playoffs got him an allstar selection in addition to his statistical output......regardless of whether or not you think that it was empty.
Compared to....Fox who's never been in the position Julius was last yr and even never taking into account Randles "fluke year" is right on par.
Essentially what I'm saying is I'm not trying to fool the Clippers to give me Kuwhi Leonard here. I'm asking the Kings to give up a young player who technical hasn't won anything himself who one can argue puts up empty stats himself while his backup is starting to outperform him. In a tiny market where nobody gaf. And I fully plan on separating myself from my anger that on our team WITH HIGHER STANDARDS that my best player is underperforming albeit with amazing counting stat production.
but the salaries work 
but the salaries work 
