The New York Knicks lost their top star, Randle will be absent for a while because of the security deal, despite some ugly games recently, but the Knicks have quietly won a winning streak, currently the No. 9 seed, no Randell for the time being for the Knicks this season may be a good thing.
Because they can let other players on the team show themselves during this period, Randle needs more helpers on the playoff stage, and he also needs to be promoted, randle played a mess in the playoffs last season, and the Knicks didn't have more helpers to stand up. 3 players need to stand up and prove themselves in the meantime and help the Knicks move forward.
3. Topping
In the Knicks' frustrated season, one of the highlights of the first 35 games was undoubtedly The comeback of Topping, the 23-year-old who has 19.6 points, 8.7 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.2 blocks per 36 minutes this year, filled the data column, shot a whopping 54%, and is full of energy and constantly running.
Topping is likely to replace Randle as the starting striker, and how much performance he can come up with after extending the time is very important, in fact he has never played more than 28 minutes. So people are looking forward to him.
2. Mitchell Robinson
After struggling for most of the season, Robinson has been quietly growing recently, averaging 10.0 points, 9.6 rebounds and 1.7 blocks in the last seven games, shooting 83% from the field.
In the next few games, he must pay more attention to the protection of backcourt rebounds than ever before, and even in the trough, Randall is a good rebounder, and his vacancy needs to be filled by others, and Robinson has averaged 11.7 rebounds per game this season, a career high for the 23-year-old interior.
3. Barrett
Although at a different level than Randall, the 21-year-old has also experienced quite a bit of struggle this season, with Barrett averaging just 14.6 points, 5.5 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game and shooting 40-34%-72 percent from the field.
While the addition of Walker and Fournier in the offseason will help him to some extent, Barrett is still the second-largest scorer, and if Randle is not there, he will be the best option to launch offense, which is what Knicks fans want to see.