No matter how much Knicks head coach Thibodeau pushes and praises Randle, it can't stop his trade rumors. According to U.S. media reports, Knicks core Randle can be traded if the offer is appropriate.
What led randall to become a non-seller was obviously mainly his performance.
This season, Randall averaged 18.7 points, 9.9 rebounds and 5 assists per game, shooting just 41.2 percent from the field and 30.7 percent from three-point range. Compared to last season's average of 24.1 points, 10.2 rebounds and 6 assists per game, shooting 45.6% from the field and 41.1% from three-point range, Randall's performance this season is difficult to satisfy.
In the 47 games he played, in addition to his performance at the beginning of the season, his performance has fluctuated greatly, and even twice there has been a downturn in the N-shot one.
Such individual performances, coupled with the Knicks' poor record this season, are currently only 11th in the East, which also makes it difficult for the Knicks' management to be satisfied with Randle.
You know, Randle's performance last season was very good, and he was selected as an All-Star for the first time, and the Knicks also made the playoffs last season.
It is precisely because of Randle's excellent performance last season that the Knicks will renew a four-year, $117 million maximum salary contract with Randle in August last year, and the Knicks obviously do this in the hope of using the maximum salary to stimulate Randall to continue to play well and lead the Knicks to better results. Not to mention the nets, which have Durant, Harden and Irving, at least make the Knicks gradually become the east's giants.
Unfortunately, the Lakers' veteran player, as the season deepens, his performance fluctuates greatly, and he has not shielded the outside world from questioning him at all. In this way, the Knicks can not avoid the idea of trading him, as long as the offer is appropriate, I believe that the Knicks are not willing to keep Randall, who has just won a high salary.