sol537 wrote:SelbyCobra wrote:mpharris36 wrote:
While I agree mostly I think that would also be a really big risk for the Knicks. You can just look at this like a one year window...we didn't make the Mikal trade to have 1 year to build this.
The concern is that if you go into the year with no extension done with Randle...you certainly open yourself up to the possibility of losing him for nothing...which the Knicks absolutely can't do since you can't replace him since we are a team operating over the cap.
So they need to have some contingency plan built in if no extension with Randle happens and then he likely opts out of his contract. At that point it could be a free for all. All it would take is one team giving him the max the Knicks don't want to do (say like the rockets) and then what do we do...he is an unrestricted FA at that point and would control where he wants to go.
We can't be put in a situation like Clippers were with PG13 where they didn't want to give him a max deal and tried to give him less and then he got fed up and left for another team and the Clippers were left with nothing. That can't happen.
I get your point...I'm sure ideally the knicks want to run this unit fully healthy...but they can't look at this year as a silo...Aller and company are way too smart to leave that big variable sitting over our heads all year.
Yeah, I can see not trading Randle this year to "make one run with everyone" as a logical pathway, but I feel like the other really logical - and more importantly long-view - option out there is moving Randle for younger, lesser pieces that have a chance to grow within the championship window it appears they've opened up this offseason. As you said, their whole approach has been longterm, sustained success.
If they really do not have information that Julius will sign a contract on their terms, the option of running it back with everyone at the risk of losing a valuable, but questionable, asset that could be mitigated by a preseason trade feels much more Cashman's Yankees than it does Leon's Knicks. This FO has been meticulous with their approach and roster building, so I can't see them opening themselves up to an enormous amount of asset risk for the sake of one season. But what do I know - I'm greatly enjoying sitting back and letting Leon/Wes/Brock cook.
Houston could be that partner...
Jabari Smith, Eason, Adams for Randle, rights to Rokas, and the WAS 1st...
The rough parameters of this trade seem interesting to me but Randle is a 25/10/5 guy and 3 time All Star. I think his value should be a bit higher in a trade. Houston has more future cap flexibility and can pay him the bag too.
Jabari Smith, Eason, Adams for Randle, rights to Duane Washington, and a 2nd RP.
Do folks here like Jabari Smiths upside?
