Last season, the Knicks finished fourth in the East and made it to the playoffs. Although they were eliminated by the Hawks in the first round of the playoffs, people are quite optimistic about the future of the team, the Knicks have Thibodeau, a good manager, and a good player like Randall Barrett. However, the Knicks have disappointed the fans this season, and they have not continued the good form of last season. The season has taken a sharp turn for the worse, and the root cause is the downturn of the boss Randall.
How bad has Randall been this season? Although he currently has close to 20+10+5 data, he shoots less than 42% from the field, only 30% from three-point range, and the three-point range alone is down 10% from last season. In addition, Randall's offensive options have been criticized this season, with a lot of unnecessary singles and mid-range shots, wasting a lot of chances. The Knicks' offensive efficiency has declined, and the defense has not shown the tough posture of last season, and the record is naturally not as good as expected, and even the top 11 in the East are currently not ranked.
What made Knicks fans despair the most was that the Knicks gave Randall a $117 million contract extension last year. Considering Randle's performance this season, his trading value has shrunk significantly, and it should be difficult for the Knicks to trade Randle out in the next few years. Looking at the current Knicks lineup, only Randall can be called a leader, but as a leader, Randall is obviously unqualified. There are many reasons why Randle is not qualified, such as his attack is too inefficient, last season his outbreak was more like a flash in the pan, this season the intensity of confrontation has increased, his playing style has been thoroughly studied, And Randell has no offensive accuracy last season.
The impact of defense is not small, Randle is 2 meters 03 tall, currently playing big forwards, in fact, 2 meters 03 big forward height is not outstanding. Randle has a very troublesome problem when defending, he doesn't have a height advantage when playing big forwards, and he doesn't have a speed advantage when playing small forwards. Randall has never been a player with strong fighting ability, playing in the NBA for such a long time, he has not had more than 1 steal or block in a season, and his defensive attitude has increasingly disappointed fans, and often inattention on the court will be passed by opponents.
Randall is 27 years old and has theoretically reached the top of his abilities. It may be very difficult to expect Randall to improve again in the future, and the Knicks once again look at the wrong person. It is reasonable to say that New York is rich and rich, and the Knicks have a strong star attraction, but for such a long time, few stars are willing to come to the Knicks to play, and Anthony has been alone in the past 10 years. The reason is very simple, the Knicks' management vision is too bad: the selection of people is not good, the direction of training is not clear, Randall has long been suspected of brushing data. The Pelicans Randle averaged 20 points per game, but in exchange for a large number of shots and abandonment of defense.
The tide receded to know who was swimming naked, and this year the NBA has increased the intensity of the game, and the stars who can play a stable performance under the high-intensity defense are the real stars. Randle won the Fastest Improvement Award last season, being named an All-Star and named to the All-Team Second Team. It may be the final peak of his career at the moment, how should the Knicks deal with Randall? At this stage, we can only expect Randall to get back in shape as soon as possible and play the kind of performance that last season. Readers, how do you think Randall has performed this season?