Trade no. 1 for Oladipo. ALl the reasons why Indy won’t pay him should be a concern. Indy has Sabonis, why pay Randle 23 mil to come off the bench for one year. Dallas pick that valuable? And this is the year HS kids can come out. I want lots of picks and stash for the future. The cite Brogden as their star player. Not really. Good kid but no star.

Trade 2, Zellers value as a back up is valid. I saw Randle eat up the whole Charlotte team this season. They could not stop him.
He looked like young Willis Reed. The one from videos I never saw in person. PJ Washington is not nearly as good as Randle. I don’t hate this trade but both contracts end next season and they don’t match up. I don’t hate this trade but its illogical.

3. Swap for Aaron Gordon. Randle is a better player and for Orlando its a salary dump. Two years of Gordon who is at 18mm and then 16mm for one year of Randle at 23mm. Will need more fodder but at the core you have to see Gordon who is still young as a role going forward. Not loving the logic presented in the video but I get the jest of it but I think Orlando can do a better trade than “Randle off teh bench as potential 6h man of the year”........

4. For Gary Harris and a fist round pick. The pick won’t be a good one but they should throw in a second pick also. Its a Denver salary dump for a guy oft injured. I like the concept. Just not sure I hate Randle enough to do this.

5. Randle for Spurs combo of Mills, And change. No. I think Briggs said it best “no small for big”. Why Spurs do it? “To turn Randle into a winning player”. Nope. Knicks just turned over front office again and likely their coach. Thats their job.
Paddy MIlls is a good player on a good team. He won’t be the same on a knicks team.

I like this thought provoking video even If I don’t agree with its simple analogies and core that Randle is our problem. He is the best player on a weak team. I like him next to mitch but liked that miller took the ball out of his hands on the parimeter.

smackeddog wrote:

franco12 wrote:I don't understand the hate for Julius. It reminds me of the hate some had for Kurt Thomas, that removing him would make us better, more athletic.

The turnovers are a problem, but how are you just replacing everything else he did?

And he has one more year left of guaranteed salary, and we're heading into what will probably be a few years of declining cap.

Reminds me more of the hate for Zach Randolph, and how that blew up in our face! The issue for me is fir- I guess we're building around Mitch and RJ, so does Randle fit next to either of those? I just don't see it.

that's our next coaches problem! And look, if someone new comes in and says this doesn't/can't work, ok. I get it.

But Zach is an even better comparison and he just went on to be productive for like 20 years after we traded him!

Personally, I can see him having a role and fit with the franchise moving forward. I think he was exposed somewhat as he was asked to do too much. That happens on bad teams. That's why they're bad.

He's not a #1 or 2 option, but he could be a great #3-5 on a team.