Post#315 » by Richard4444 » Wed Jun 9, 2021 4:54 pm
1) Randle does not hold much value. He will be a UFA player in 2022. He had one outlier Allstar season under Thibs system. He is hard to fit in any team (tweener size, high usage). He had a concerning performance in the playoffs. Nobody will pay good money to rent him.
2) We have to analyze Randle for potential. It's easy to make a conclusion that he is a bad player because of his playoff performance. The question is: Can he improve playing under pressure? Of course, he can. He was not ready to play in a noisy playoff atmosphere knowing he was supposed to be the main scorer. He can be more ready next time and the team can sign other players to share the responsibility to score and consequently to punish the opponents to double Randle.
3) I am unsure to max Randle now. But we have another team option year to make a decision and the is a chance of signing an extension (120% of his current salary), which is a pretty good value.
4) I doubt the Front Office will go backward and try a more slow approach next offseason, to try to develop players. The media, fans, owner, coach staff, everybody is thrilling about the Knicks resurgence. Randle is the main piece of our current successful underdog team. We will go shopping to consolidate our team into a playoff team getting another star or at least some good players. We are not trading Randle to get prospects to develop. And there are not many stars in the market. The only way I see getting rid of Randle is getting others stars to his place (something like LAC did with Tobias Harris and Nets did with Dlo).
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