dakomish23 wrote:Was listening to the KFTV post game and they think Randle off the bench would kill his value even more. Idk about that. As the fulcrum for the 2nd unit he might be able to find his groove again.
But before deciding what to do with Randle, I’d hope they reconsider the Thibs year 3. Also they gotta make a choice b/w Burks & Fournier (doubtful we’d be able to dump both). Grimes got to be locked in the rotation. Give Noel away to anybody who wants him. I was wrong about acquiring DRose and he showed he had some chemistry with the kids. It might make sense to keep him & Taj to be the vet leaders.
Knicks have a lot of decisions to make. Hopefully they’ll make the smart ones that try to help the youth flourish
I think Taj and Rose are the best "vet leaders" to keep as they contribute well with whatever they get. Also, they are both at the stage in their careers, but also life - it's important to note their maturity level as people, as men, that they don't have the same ego and need to put up numbers like Noel or Burks or Fournier, where each of those guys has enough years left and another contract to chase, that they are more likely to "get theirs". And they can be good influences too, just that they all need to go to make room for kids who are possibly better, as good, or not much less, but much younger with room for improvement.
What worries me about the FO, and this comes down to including Thibs or their attitude to him, is I feel like they aren't unified in purpose. I initially thought they would be, but they don't seem to be, or it's just the fact they aren't that good that makes them look that way.
So, Randle COULD be good off the bench, backing up 4/5 and getting the same minutes, but Thibs would never stand for the hit on defense.
I feel like Thibs didn't want Walker/Fournier together because of defense and played them together out of spite, maybe as a FU to WWW or whoever pushed the Walker signing.
Part of it is who is available, but we see Thibs is comfortable with a limited offensive C who is good on defense: Mitch, Noel, Sims.
One of those guys HAS to go. Everyone but Robs wants it to be Noel.
It'll probably be Mitch, but I worry that Mitch fell out of favor because he's a little goofy and Thibs hates it and Thibs is driving it, but I don't really trust Thibs for a single personnel decision. Anyway, I think Thibs actually wants a little more offensive production from the C. It's why Taj still gets to play. It's why Taj is taking corner 3's. I think it's Thibs who absolutely wants Myles Turner, where he gets some offense while still maintaining enough defense. I was kind of hoping for Myles Turner offseason and up to the deadline, but not so sure about it now since it's probably Thibs who is driving it and it would cut into Obi's minutes, since Thibs won't play Obi and Randle together, late season MSG disinformation to the contrary.
I think MSG is letting the "Obi will play with Randle" out to maintain leverage in trading either Randle or Obi.
