Led us to the playoffs for the 1st time since 2012-2013.

NBAs most improved player.

NBA All-Star.

But yet some of you guys are "celebrating" his covid protocol and quitting on him only 35 games into the season?

Some of you Julius Randle critucs are too clueless to comprehend NY was 17-18 after 35 games last year and also only 25-27 after 52 games last year.

(thnx God coach Thibs didn't quit on Julius Randle like you guys do).

Thankfully the only games we'll be without Randle are against 3 crap teams OKC/Toronto/Indiana/.

So even if we go 3-0 without Randle it means absolutely nothingness in regards to "proving NY doesn't need him".

knicks1248 wrote:

Philc1 wrote:Oh no what are we going to do without Carmeloball for a couple games

Who's better on this team than Randle, and it's not even close.

He leads the teams in Points, Rebounds Assist, double doubles.

But we'll see what OBI does with the extra min, his perimeter game is super suspect

Not only does Julius Randle lead his team in points, rebounds and assists.

but he's also has NYs #1 Defensive Win Share Rating.

He's also 2nd and 3rd on the team in blocks/steals.

Phil crapping on Julius Randle means absolutely nothingness. Why? Because Phil also likes Lin more than Ewing and crapped on Ewing still 20 years later. Grain of salt.

BigDaddyG wrote:

Sambakick wrote:This is honestly something I've been anticipating. It was bound to happen and now we can see what we have without Randle. Kemba can finally own the offense. Fournier can cook. The black hole is gone.

Don't want to be too harsh, but you're right. Randle doesn't look right and the team seems to be suffering because of it. I wonder if it means RJ will see some time at "PF" as well. No Randle means less double teams, but I'm hopeful it will lead to crisper ball movement.

In many ways Julius struggling is a good problem to have.

Is he declining physically?
Does he have a work ethic issue?
Is he coachable?
Will the coach hold him accountable?
Is winning his priority?

I feel pretty good about these questions and the potential for Randle to have a much better 2nd half. If/when he does it will be a huge and positive impact for this team

NYKMentality wrote:

Clean wrote:OK, now we will know for sure just how much of a problem Randle is or is not. Hopefully Thibs rotations keep Obi with guards that will hit him on his cuts to the hoop. I am also interested to see if the Knicks starters will now run the same offense the bench does. This is exciting times. We will learn a lot about Thibs and this team during this period.

No we won't.

Knicks next 3 games are against 3 teams who are below .500 teams (OKC/INDY/Toronto).

So even if NY goes 3-0 without Randle it'll mean absolutely nothingness in terms of fans trying to "crap all over Julius Randle".

huh? did you forget we were just about to be blown out by the G league Pistons if it were not for the bench? There are no easy wins for this team. There is plenty we can find out about this team. If the starters don't have minus stats of almost 30 that will be an improvement. Looking to see what type of offense the starters play will be interesting. Does the pace of the starters increase? How does the starters defense without Randle look? Is the ball moving more freely without Randle. How does RJ look without Randle? Will RJ still be mostly a spot up shooter without Randle? There is so many thing we can learn if your interested in more than last years Knicks.

He’s been disengaged this year, is struggling with his shot and isn’t the same player is a big reason why we are out of the playoffs.

He was a monster last season and one of the best players in the league. That we can all agree with.

I think it’s a good time to see how the ball moves when he’s off the floor. Too often Randle has held the ball and guards are forced to take bad shots.

It’s a good barometer for the guys to see where they are and where we are without him.