Here's the thing, today's regular season, the Knicks lost 108-123 to the Bucks, this win and loss is not much suspense, the Knicks were played a wave of 30-39 in the first quarter, the whole game was not in the lead, at most once behind 17 points.
After losing this game, the Knicks suffered three consecutive losses, losing 6 of the last 7 games, and the current record is only 23 wins and 27 losses, ranking fourth from the bottom in the East, as a comparison, the Knicks last season's record was 41 wins and 31 losses, ranking fourth in the positive number in the East.
Obviously, the Knicks' performance this year has been a bit disappointing, and as the Knicks' star, Randle is really to blame.
In this game alone, Randall played 37 minutes, shot 4-of-9, scored only 9 points and 3 assists, and made 4 turnovers, he did not score a single point in the first and fourth quarters, and the whole game was -11 plus-minus, the lowest starting point.
In the past 7 games, Randall La's has not been once or twice:
—— Against the Hornets, he scored 6-of-16, with 18 points, 3 assists and 1 turnover, plus-minus -22
Against the Pelicans, he scored 1-of-9, with 4 points, 6 assists and 3 turnovers, plus-minus -26
Against the Cavaliers, he scored 6-of-17, with 18 points, 4 assists and 4 turnovers, plus-minus -22
Against the Heat, he was 5-of-12, with 11 points, 4 assists and 4 turnovers, plus-minus -34
Against the Bucks, he made 4 of 9, had 9 points, 3 assists and 4 turnovers, plus or minus -11
Another statistic is that counting this game, Randall has scored 7 games this season, namely 2 points, 4 points, 5 points, 8 points, 8 points, 9 points, 9 points, you know, Randall has scored 30+ games this season is only 5 games.
For comparison, Randle scored just one game last season without double-doubles, and 15 games with 30+ points.
So far this season, Randall has played in 48 games, averaging 18.5 points, 9.9 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 3.5 turnovers per game, shooting 41.3%/30.6%/75.6% of the three and shooting 50.7% of the true shooting rate.
Also in contrast, Randle's average last season was 24.1 points, 10.2 rebounds, 6.0 assists, 3.4 turnovers, 45.6%/41.1%/81.1% shooting in three fields, and 56.7% true shooting.
Compared to last season, Randall has regressed in all aspects, his points, rebounds, assists have all decreased, his efficiency has decreased, and his turnovers have increased — if nothing else, Randall has only shot more than 50% in 6 games this season, and you probably know how crotched he is.
The data can also prove how "cancerous" Randall is now:
— When Randle was on the floor, the Knicks scored 105.5 points/111.3 points per 100 possessions, netting 5.8 points against their opponents
— Randall is not on the floor, and the Knicks score 111.0 points/101.0 points per 100 possessions, netting 9.9 points against their opponents
So far, the Knicks' cumulative win-loss score is -48, but Randall's cumulative positive-minus is -173, ranking first in the team, in other words, he is not on the floor, and the Knicks have a net victory over their opponents by 125 points.
Looking at this string of numbers above, can you believe that Randall is really the Knicks' current home star? What's even more incredible is that Randall also reached a four-year, $117 million early contract extension with the Knicks in the offseason last year, and this contract has not even begun to take effect.
It's obviously impossible to say no disappointment, and there's no denying that Randall, as the fastest-improving player last year, did play an All-Star level, but this year, his regression has exceeded his progress last year. If this continues, Randall's contract is likely to become a premium contract, and the future that the Knicks have seen so hard may be gone again.