Hablando de todo un poco, el draft, Ntilikina... buen repaso de IanOne Knick – a player who isn’t entering unrestricted free agency – doesn’t expect to be back in 2020-21 because of the new regime in charge. He’s almost surely not the only Knick who expects to be elsewhere next year. That’s part of life in the NBA when there is a new regime in charge.
A mi Soprano me tiene realmente sorprendido, no entiendo nada de lo que se rumorea.inverno escribió:Se habla ahora de un interés serio de la franquicia por Westbrook.
Sería a cambio de Randle, Ntilikina y una primera ronda desprotegida del 2022.
No se, Westbrook es un jugador desconcertante, por una parte creo que ayudaría a elevar el nivel a corto plazo y si el plan es buscar "PO baratos" desde ya puede ser buena opción, pero por otro lado, es un jugador con tantas carencias y tan parecido a otros perfiles que se le han pegado bien fuerte en la franquicia que me da mucho miedo.
Sigo pensando que la mejor opción sería ir con una oferta fuerte a Washington por Beal y ver si hay opciones.
Buffff, esta última opción que apuntas es de película de terror. Sería tirar por la borda todo el trabajo de limpieza de estos últimos años.cebemaniaco escribió:
PD: En estos días uno lee de todo... incluso he llegado a leer que Rose podría presionar para ir a por Westbrook y CP3, quemando la FA de 2021 y preparandose para las FAs de 2023 en adelante. Salarialmente creo que habría hueco y los Knicks serían de los pocos equipos que podrían comerse ambos contratos sin problemas.
Which brings us to perhaps the most interesting question of the 2020 offseason: What the hell should the Knicks do with Randle now?
Notice I didn’t say “most impactful question” because that’s reserved for the point guard situation. But for as vital as that answer is, it’s not a particularly titillating discussion. If the Knicks don’t improve their point guard play, they will continue to stink. It’s not really all that complicated.
Randle is different. On one hand, what they decide to do really won’t matter much in the long term. Nothing Julius does on the court this year will turn him into a significant trade asset…opposing front offices are too smart for that. Whatever faint upside hopes existed were wiped away last season.
Perhaps his greatest value is to a team thinking ahead about how they’re going to save cash in the 2021-22 season. Randle can be traded now, have his full 2020-21 salary of $18.9 million count against this year’s cap, and then if he’s waived before the following season, the $4 million of his $19.8 million salary that’s guaranteed for 2021-22 can be stretched for an annual cap hit of just $1.33 million.
But that cut & stretch possibility is also the very reason why New York doesn’t have a major financial incentive to move him at the present moment. From a locker room/team chemistry standpoint, Randle’s going to know that he’s essentially auditioning for future employers. If Thibs moved him to the bench in favor of a stretchier starting option, there’s only so much pouting he’d be able to get away with.
All of this speaks the reality that Randle has been quite bad as a Knick, but ignores the possibility that the right roster upgrade could turn that frown upside down (at least on offense; we’ll get to the D a bit later).
Before you start tossing ripe tomatoes my way, consider for a second that if the Knicks did swing a Chris Paul trade and included Randle in the deal, they’d essentially be dumping his salary for nothing. OKC needs Randle like they need Russell Westbrook back; they’d be doing New York a favor by taking him on (and yes, Sam Presti might want an even sweeter trade return for that privilege).
It’s also not a favor the Knicks need (if, indeed, they want Paul). They can get far enough under the cap to simply take Paul into their space. Yes, Randle’s $18.9 million could be used to sign another player, but the wisdom of such a move would depend on whether they could get someone else with that money who offers more value than Randle on what is essentially an expiring contract.
The answer might seem too obvious to even write out - again: he’s on the Rushmore - but therein lies the fascination for me. Randle’s value is the lowest it’s been in his career, with a new nadir coming only if the Knicks buried him on the bench until the inevitable occurs.
(It’s tough to imagine that happening to the crown jewel of Steve Mills and Scott Perry’s grab bag fiasco a year ago, but aside from Perry, neither this regime nor this coach have any ties to Randle, and with the possible exception of Perry himself, they all plan on being here far longer than him)
Here’s the thing though: what I wrote a year ago about good organizations being able to take guys like Julius Randle and turn them into productive assets still holds true. A big part of that is about getting him closer to his proper place in the pecking order, as Jack Huntley wrote about in comparing Randle to Tim Hardaway Jr. a few weeks ago.
But just as important is making sure that those ahead of his on the totem pole are guys who can amplify his games, rather than detract from it, which brings us back to the most consequential question of the offseason: What will the Knicks do at point guard, and should Chris Paul be in the cards?
Pues tiene aun menos sentido para el propio Westbrook tener que recalar en el peor equipo de la liga. Debe ser su peor pesadilla a estas alturas de u carrera.cebemaniaco escribió:A mi CP3, por lo que se viene rumoreando (Randle o el pack Portis+Payton, Knox y una ronda de Mavs + una 2ª ronda de Hornets) me parece pelin caro por la edad y el contrato que tiene, pero entiendo que la cotización de este tio ha subido esta temporada y en especial en la burbuja... ademas Rose tiene que ganarse su fama con algo. De todas formas intentar repetir el proyecto Thunder en el Este no es algo que suene a quimera. Personalmente, preferiría 24/7 el trade Conley x Randle.
Con Westbrook, lo admito, se me hace bola. No me parece que vaya a potenciar a los jovenes, más bien todo lo contrario, es un divo y vendría a chuscarse todos los tiros... mientras vemos como año a año, va a menos. El IQ justo para no cagarse encima y unas condiciones atleticas fuera de lo comun, que le permiten estar bordeando noche si y noche tambien el triple doble... que cada uno ponga en la balanza lo que más pese.
Que entiendo, viniendo del lustro de mierda que venimos (por no hablar de los ultimos 20 años, salvo años contados) que no estemos en disposición de decir no al 7º jugador de las votaciones a MVP (CP3) ni tampoco a un jugador que forma parte del tercer equipo ideal de esta temporada (Russ)
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