DLeethal wrote:martin wrote:DLeethal wrote:Call me crazy but I could see the FO trading Randle for him, in a world where they don't see themselves giving Randle the supermax in 2 years anyway. I don't approve of this message really, but it's possible.
Maybe that’s what the Klutch-CAA talks were about, who knows
I think based on LeBron's commentary he might be putting feelers out there. He has leverage with his contract. Knicks would be a clear suitor for him from his perspective, a legacy cementing move and doing what he loves to do which is team up with a young superstar.
From Knicks perspective, if you are looking at the next two years before Brunson's supermax, and you are not planning on giving Randle his supermax at 32, it is a move that makes some sense to make a 2 year run at it before retooling around Brunson again.
I don't love the idea, but I must say the thought of LeBron playing Randle's role and everything else largely staying the same is pretty damn salivating from a sheer basketball perspective.
DLeethal, I am enjoying your thought process here.
In your mind, for this to work, what has to happen? And why?
Lakers, Knicks, Adam Silver (upcoming TV negotiation, draft control), CAA-Klutch.
The What and then the Why as to how each player in this interaction would benefit?