KnicksGadfly wrote:Slava wrote:righterwriter wrote:I think you guys have it backwards. Randle is the more valuable player. Russ not only makes a crazy amount of money, but he's absolutely toxic to team chemistry, and he's also terrible on the court.
Randle had one bad season in a career that has been quite good. He's definitely young enough to get back on track. I think you give him another year before trying to trade him for the least desired player in the entire NBA. If he still shoots a low percentage and acts like a fool, he's only paid $25M/yr for three more seasons after this one. That's pretty easy to get off of for a guy that can average 20/10/5.
Westbrook is a has been, Randle is a never been.
One thing I really think though. It takes a really special player to play with Lebron and really eff things up. That's Westbrook.
Think about all the clowns who have played with Lebron and won a chip: Kyrie, JR Smith, Iman,...half these dudes are ex-Knicks, and got paid beyond what they were worth. I really detest Randle, but his issue is really mental. If Lebron can beat him down and bully him into playing real basketball and not being a diva, you'll have yourself a good player who can space the floor and defend without whining and ballhogging and being a terrible teammate. Course, I wouldn't blame you if you don't wanna take that risk on. Still, despite all of Randle's flaws, he's not as bad as a teammate as Kyrie and Lebron made that work for a while.
Even if Randle potentially worked as hard as he could, it still means the Lakers are tied long term to a guy that has significant positional overlap with LeBron and AD. He could be a reclamation project for someone but its not the Lakers.
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