The rhythm of the Knicks‘ offense seems liable to be thrown out of whack with All-Star power forward Julius Randle now shelved due to a dislocated right shoulder, according to Stefan Bondy of The New York Post.
New York has been rolling of late, with six straight victories to its credit. 6’4″ swingman Josh Hart has functioned as Randle’s primary backup this season.
Bondy posits that, though players like Hart, OG Anunoby, Precious Achiuwa, and Jericho Sims can assume bigger roles in Randle’s stead, the team will still miss the way his presence has bent opposing defenses. The two-time All-NBA vet is the club’s second-leading scorer, averaging 24.0 PPG, while also chipping in 9.2 RPG and 5.0 APG.
“You don’t want to see that from anybody,” teammate Jalen Brunson said. “Especially the way he’s been playing… He means a lot to us.”
There’s more out of New York:
- Among the Knicks who should look to increase their output with Randle unavailable, OG Anunoby especially needs to be more aggressive as a scorer, writes Steve Popper of Newsday. Across his 14 contests since being traded to New York from the Raptors, the 6’7″ wing is averaging 15.6 PPG on .516/.391/.842 shooting, 4.6 RPG, 1.8 SPG, 1.5 APG and 1.1 BPG. The Knicks have gone 12-2 in those games and are currently the East’s No. 4 seed with a 29-17 record.
- After missing two games due to an Achilles tendinopathy, Knicks reserve center Isaiah Hartenstein looked like his old self upon rejoining New York’s lineup against the Heat, writes Mark W. Sanchez of The New York Post. Hartenstein had previously played in 164 straight contests for the club. “I’m past it,” Hartenstein said. “It’s like normal tendinitis. It’s nothing like, ‘Oh, it’s the end of the world.’ You just manage it so it’s nothing crazy.”
- In case you missed it, the Knicks are said to be considering a move for Jazz shooting guard Jordan Clarkson ahead of this season’s February 8 trade deadline.
Dislocated shoulder but MRI results are not public yet. He could be done for the yr.
If so Knicks will have to get a PF. Or another scorer at SG (DeM). I’m hoping for the best. But you have to plan for the worst.
This Feb 8 TD is going to be wild. Hoping
Please, for the love of everything holy, stop with the Knicks picking up DeMar. Have you made a Knicks post this year that does not include NY trading for him?
I hate repeating myself over and over, but for one last time:
1) Can’t shoot the 3.
2) Doesn’t play defence.
3) His teams either get better after dealing him (Raptors), or worse once they have acquired him.
This is not to say he isn’t a talented basketball player, but he’s a high usage player who is one-dimensional on offense, and has never been a good defender. Adding him, especially if Randle returns, is going to cause the offence to grind to a halt. All you have to do is look at the pre-post OG trade to see that they needed a lower usage, multi-positional defender to turn things around. Going after someone like Mikal Bridges, or a lesser version of him (depending on who’s available/what the cost is to acquire them) is a much better answer than DeMar is.
He’s easily the most annoying user on here. Everyone else has good takes and knows what they’re on about it but this guy lmao just says the same stuff every single day and acts like everything is an attack on the Knicks post the Anunoby trade. Not sure what his obsession with DeMar is.
DeRozan for President!
Maybe if you hung you would know.
I don’t obsesses about anything.
My OG posts are for one person. And he knows it.
Does your butt get jealous of all the stuff comes out your mouth….
No …..
DeM >>>>> to Knicks for the love of god.
Praying
47% FG, 35% 3PT, 85% FT
37 mins, 22 pts, 5.5 ast
And he’s one of best 4Q scorers in history.
A first ballot HOFer who doesn’t have a ring ….
You really should do your research……
For the love of basketball lol.
DDR is honestly a decent Randle replacement, tbh. Similar offensive games, but DeRozan is more experienced. He’s just not going to be anywhere near Randle on defense.
If Randle is out.. They will have to address scoring.
Thank god …
Precious has his 15 mins
link to fieldlevelmedia.com
Bring back Taj…