Is Kat really gonna be worse to watch than Randle?

[3toheadmelo]

Karl Anthony Bargnani has not been a difference maker for the Knickerbockers after 7 games.

Oof

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[spree2kawhi]

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[FrozenEnvelope]

My only complaint about KAT is the lack of rim protection. He does try to challenge shots at times but he's just bad at it.

[Iron Mantis]

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My goodness KAT is a scoring and rebounding juggernaut. 100% All-NBA, All-Star...No way he can keep this up, right?


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[NYKinMIA]

no, he is not worse to watch.

/thread

[Iron Mantis]

no, he is not worse to watch.

/thread

He plays within the offense and is not a ball-stopper.

Knicks were 29th in assists last season, they're up to 16th early in the season. Pretty incredible for a Thibs offense. I expect them to rise more as the team gels.

[spree2kawhi]

no, he is not worse to watch.

/thread

[NoDopeOnSundays]

no, he is not worse to watch.

/thread

He plays within the offense and is not a ball-stopper.

Knicks were 29th in assists last season, they're up to 16th early in the season. Pretty incredible for a Thibs offense. I expect them to rise more as the team gels.

He's only averaging 57.9 touches per game too, the ball moves freely cause a guy that can score 24ppg doesn't need to stall out the offense to get his.

[3toheadmelo]

Timberwolves is thriving with Randle right now. Currently 6-3. Ant said last night he loves playing off him cause of the gravity Randle brings when he drives to the rim. Ant and Randle have the most 20+ pts by any duo in the league.

Last night KAT played amazing and the rest of the team looked great. I really want to see that type of energy against contenders and not only bad teams.

[spree2kawhi]

[Iron Mantis]

My only complaint about KAT is the lack of rim protection. He does try to challenge shots at times but he's just bad at it.

Yes. Doesn't have great rim-protecting instincts, but looked like he was trying more last night. He could have just drawn the charge here, but instead went for the contest/block; good effort.

Looked like Brunson had an easy interception, stopping Brook from getting the pass.......not sure what he was doing....

[NoDopeOnSundays]

Timberwolves is thriving with Randle right now. Currently 6-3. Ant said last night he loves playing off him cause of the gravity Randle brings when he drives to the rim. Ant and Randle have the most 20+ pts by any duo in the league.

Last night KAT played amazing and the rest of the team looked great. I really want to see that type of energy against contenders and not only bad teams.

Randle isn't a Knick anymore, trying to sell people here on him is a losing battle.

[3toheadmelo]

Timberwolves is thriving with Randle right now. Currently 6-3. Ant said last night he loves playing off him cause of the gravity Randle brings when he drives to the rim. Ant and Randle have the most 20+ pts by any duo in the league.

Last night KAT played amazing and the rest of the team looked great. I really want to see that type of energy against contenders and not only bad teams.

Randle isn't a Knick anymore, trying to sell people here on him is a losing battle.

I don’t need to sell people on him the thread is about KAT vs Randle. I’m just pointing out my observations whether people agree with it or not.

[NoDopeOnSundays]

Timberwolves is thriving with Randle right now. Currently 6-3. Ant said last night he loves playing off him cause of the gravity Randle brings when he drives to the rim. Ant and Randle have the most 20+ pts by any duo in the league.

Last night KAT played amazing and the rest of the team looked great. I really want to see that type of energy against contenders and not only bad teams.

Randle isn't a Knick anymore, trying to sell people here on him is a losing battle.

I don’t need to sell people on him the thread is about KAT vs Randle. I’m just pointing out my observations whether people agree with it or not.

It's Knick vs non Knick, we're here to hate on a non Knick.

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And the baseline for KAT vs Randle is the Wolves gotta make the WCF, anything less than that is a failure cause Big Purr helped them get there. All we gotta do is get out of the first round with KAT.

[3toheadmelo]

Randle isn't a Knick anymore, trying to sell people here on him is a losing battle.

I don’t need to sell people on him the thread is about KAT vs Randle. I’m just pointing out my observations whether people agree with it or not.

It's Knick vs non Knick, we're here to hate on a non Knick.

Watch on YouTube

And the baseline for KAT vs Randle is the Wolves gotta make the WCF, anything less than that is a failure cause Big Purr helped them get there. All we gotta do is get out of the first round with KAT.

While I usually hate on non Knicks, hard to hate on Randle cause he was the only FA that wanted to join us when nobody else did. He’s the reason why we’re in this position we are today. So I’ll be rooting for him on the other side too.

KAT played really good last night. I want more of that bredren!

[Iron Mantis]

Timberwolves is thriving with Randle right now. Currently 6-3. Ant said last night he loves playing off him cause of the gravity Randle brings when he drives to the rim. Ant and Randle have the most 20+ pts by any duo in the league.

Last night KAT played amazing and the rest of the team looked great. I really want to see that type of energy against contenders and not only bad teams.

The Timberwolves look good and Ant is on a TEAR. However, the Timberwolves haven't changed much...just re-tooled.....swapping out their All-Star starting PF for another All-Star PF in a trade, and bolstered their bench, so They should look much smoother early on. 6-3 is fine.

As of right now, the Knicks Have changed their starting: C, PF, SF, SG...Basically a new team, so they will have to learn to play together...and unfortunately they have the least productive bench in the NBA.

KAT though looks amazing, and the Knicks are moving the ball like never before. Under the circumstances, being 4-4 is fine. With time to gel, and getting serviceable guys back in the bench rotation....they should get better and better.

[CometGM]

I don’t need to sell people on him the thread is about KAT vs Randle. I’m just pointing out my observations whether people agree with it or not.

It's Knick vs non Knick, we're here to hate on a non Knick.

Watch on YouTube

And the baseline for KAT vs Randle is the Wolves gotta make the WCF, anything less than that is a failure cause Big Purr helped them get there. All we gotta do is get out of the first round with KAT.

While I usually hate on non Knicks, hard to hate on Randle cause he was the only FA that wanted to join us when nobody else did. He’s the reason why we’re in this position we are today. So I’ll be rooting for him on the other side too.

KAT played really good last night. I want more of that bredren!

I don't hate on Randle but man, that 2023 playoff performance left such a bad taste in my mouth. For all of KATs playoff downers, it was nothing like that. I know it's probably not true, but it was so bad I imagined he faked being hurt last playoffs just so he didn't have to go through that again.

Randle is a regular season warrior, and stepped up during the regular season, but it ended there. I still have a soft spot for him, like you said cause he came to NYC, but our ceiling was limited.

[DaGawd]

Timberwolves is thriving with Randle right now. Currently 6-3. Ant said last night he loves playing off him cause of the gravity Randle brings when he drives to the rim. Ant and Randle have the most 20+ pts by any duo in the league.

Last night KAT played amazing and the rest of the team looked great. I really want to see that type of energy against contenders and not only bad teams.

bucks a contender low key .. they’ll figure it out

[spree2kawhi]

Timberwolves is thriving with Randle right now. Currently 6-3. Ant said last night he loves playing off him cause of the gravity Randle brings when he drives to the rim. Ant and Randle have the most 20+ pts by any duo in the league.

Last night KAT played amazing and the rest of the team looked great. I really want to see that type of energy against contenders and not only bad teams.

bucks a contender low key .. they’ll figure it out

Yup, and the initial question/argument has clearly been settled by Towns. He’s the far better player and also not worse to watch - to put it mildly, respectfully and hopefully without hurting anybody’s feelings too much. In times of alternative facts, everybody is especially entitled to their opinion, but the notion that we’re missing any part of Randle’s game is just delusional, irrational, pointless… you could say shameless too by now. He’s alright, but Towns has been on a **** tear and has easily outplayed everything Randle has ever shown here. This thread should be locked. It is ridiculous and not getting any better.

[Wildcat]

My only complaint about KAT is the lack of rim protection. He does try to challenge shots at times but he's just bad at it.

He's better as a weak side rim rocker.