From Stein's recent article:
https://marcstein.substack.com/p/more-new-exclusive-nba-chatter-on?utm_content=buffer628b4&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=email-post&r=3shtjf
by DragonEevee1
@New York Knicks
From Stein's recent article:
https://marcstein.substack.com/p/more-new-exclusive-nba-chatter-on?utm_content=buffer628b4&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=email-post&r=3shtjf
by DragonEevee1
20 Comments
Bro
I don’t believe the FO would move off Randle the only way this works is if do a trade with Bojan, Mitch , and a sign/trade with Precious.
paul george is, judging by his own words, not interested in winning anymore
Don’t want him. We want people who want to win whatever the cost. All George wants is to get paid.
I refuse to believe this is true because Leon isn’t a moron
Bojan, Mitch, Deuce and Sims just barely gets there as matching salary. And then the draft pick compensation doesn’t necessarily have to be that huge. Opt-in and trades like this don’t end up costing that much (CP3 to Houston, KP to Boston). If there’s a credible threat that he’d leave for nothing, the clippers would surely prefer getting tradable salaries back and a couple of whatever draft picks.
I think it’s unlikely, but definitely something they should be looking at. Now is as good an opportunity to win a championship as we may ever get, before JB and Randle’s extensions kick in. Any player that significantly improves the team for the next couple years has to be strongly considered.
Someone with cap knowledge, can we get this done without giving up Randle? Replies seem to be confused
Randle clears
please no. weve built something special after getting away from these cancerous team concepts where one man is the main show.
This is a wait and see what happens at the trade deadline type thing; you put in your valuable trade chips now and he gets hurt during the year, that’s a huge setback.
If they traded Randle for anyone it would be such a slap in the face. What he has built here, and has gone through here only to be shipped off when things go well would be detrimental. Players would keep tabs on that and it would make NY less desirable. People would probably feel like you need to be in the Nova click to even stay on the team. If we trade Randle for one year of fucking PAUL GEORGE, holy shit I’ll be so upset. If we didn’t have Brunson I might denounce my fandom over that move. Give me current Randle over current PG any day of the week for a season, and I love PG.
That being said, I trust Leon and do not see this happening ever. I think trading Randle is a possibility unfortunately, but not for PG
id argue its more likely we go after him if he doesnt opt in. its kinda hard to match that salary well without giving up more than its worth
Not happening
if we can get him without giving up much other than picks it’s hard to be against it. who else is going to become available? we’re going to be up against the aprons soon anyways which limit the ability to acquire a “star” without including the likes of randle/hart/DDV etc.
if we can pull off getting him with just including bogs and maybe mitch (3rd team involved?) and picks (not too many hopefully) then it kind of makes sense.
clips could call his bluff but then they could lose him for nothing. at least getting some value back is better than nothing.
If NY makes this trade then they do it because They’re worried that after a Hartenstein, possible OG max extension, and a Brunson extension, that they can’t resign Randle without going into the second apron and they wanna get something for him while they can.
This rumor also tells me that OG is definitely gonna get closer to 45mil a year than 35, and that extra 10 annually makes a HUGE difference.
I can’t lie I haven’t seen Paul George play since way back when he was a Pacer. How do we think he would fit in with what we have been establishing?
The trade basically has to be Randle + Bojan for PG to make it work salary wise
Media BS
They put this shit out that makes no sense from a cap standpoint, a team comp stand point. Just throwing shit at the wall.
Randle for PG makes us better, period. PG is a much better floor spacer, and a better defender even if he isn’t what he used to be on that end. He’s another guy you can throw at the Tatum’s and BRowns. He’s also a more proven playoff scorer, Randle is a question mark there until he shows he can do it. PG is also an elite FT shooter, which is something that has hurt us late in games. it’s probably a 2-3 year window with PG but Randle isn’t exactly getting younger either. I think PG would benefit from playing on a deep team where he wouldn’t have to be the BIG 2/3 every night like he’s had to in LA