If Randle can handle the beefy bigs better than Kanter, maybe. If I were the Knicks I’d recognize that I’d want to protect him from physical wear and tear as much as possible so he can continue to do his unicorn thing - so the physical presence at the other big spot is what I’d be going for.
Per 36 Kanter is averaging 19.6pts, 14.0rbd, 3.4orb, shoots .603fg and .868ft. He’s a beast by standard metrics, very arguably better than Randle.