RoxSteady wrote:Most people would rather have Porzingis on their team, and that's a fair take. But I think it's worth pointing out that Randle (who came to NY through cap space freed up by the Porzingis trade, I believe) is only 9 months older than KP; has played in every game at an average of 37 mpg; and is averaging almost 23, 11, and 7. Probably playing better D than earlier in his career too.
The Knicks didn't sign KD and Kyrie; DSJ hasn't been good so far; the Mavs' picks the Knicks will receive likely will not be lottery picks; but think I think Randle's play makes the KP trade look a little better in retrospect and once again proves my theory that Frank Isola is always wrong:
As a Mavs fan, I'd rather have Randle in all honesty. I wasn't a fan of trading for KP to begin with (never really considered him anything more than a solid rim protector who could stretch the floor but settled for too many threes). Sure one could make a case for Randle potentially not being a good fit next to Luka, but in the end I think Randle is a much better basketball player.
To be fair, it's probably just the left arm at around 4 seconds grabbing the jersey. Doncic getting passed him at around 6 seconds and Randle bumping him from the side isn't going to get called unless Doncic tries to take a shot at the exact time it happens and he's Harden.
