nycericanguy wrote:newyorknewyork wrote:nycericanguy wrote:martin wrote:nycericanguy wrote:BOS is clearly on another level, KP is the missing piece there, at full health I don't see us beating them.
Not the question I posed but thanks.
Wild **** happens all the time. And if you have the chance to ask the prom queen to a dance, you go for it.
Or not.
OG and Bogs make us better, they don't make us better enough to have dumped all the youth for.
We have been one of the best teams in the NBA since the Jhart trade, we would have had a punchers shot regardless.
RJ was huge as the #2 option against CLE, who's replacing that role now if Randle can't deliver again?
As it stands now its looking like Donte. With some Bojan off the bench.
Brunson is 27, OG is 26, Donte 27, Precious is 24, Mcbride is 23, Hartenstein is 25, Mitch is 25. With Randle & Hart dead smack in their prime at 28 & 29.
Looks like plenty of young veterans on the team already who are in prime or entering prime where age shouldn't be an issue. Then there is the fact that the Knicks have 4 draft first round draft picks over the next 2 seasons not counting the ones that may or not convey from Detroit(maybe next year after they spend in FA) and Wiz(Probably wont). Could easily replenish pipeline youth.
Donte has been great, but if you're relying on him to be your #2, you're not going far.
His career playoff numbers are 5.6ppg on 38/31/66 shooting and it's a pretty large sample size.
I thought the question was who would be capable of picking up the slack with scoring output like RJ did if Randle was off his game. I believe Donte has developed into a player that may be able to do so. He's averaging 16-4-3 in 28mins in 39 games as a starter this season which he has never done before in his career so clearly we can't just go by his past.
Bojan averaged 18ppg in the playoffs for the Jazz in 2021 & 2022 if that makes you feel any better.
Not to mention OG put up 17ppg on 47% vs IQs 9ppg on 36% in the playoffs last yr. So the combination of DDV, OG, Bojan offensively should contribute more than RJ, IQ & Grimes offensively come playoff time.
If were talking about coverage for if Randle plays poorly. But there is also the apsect that the spacing that DDV, OG, Bojan provide on the wing takes bodies out of the paint to allow Randle work more effectively. And or opens up a ton of open threes for those guys as they focus on Randle.
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