d-mar:
We used to ask the question: “how far can the Knicks go with Randle as their best player?”

Now the question is, “how far can the Knicks fall with Randle as their 12th best player?”

Depends on whether he’s playing the minutes of a 12th best player… or leading the league in minutes, which is gonna happen

I’m still pleased that the Knicks chose SGA’s worse college teammate instead of him.

Now the question is, “how far can the Knicks fall with Randle as their 12th best player?”

Z-man:
OTOH, what 6’9? rugged all-atar is frazzled by the defensive monster Payton Prichard? That was disgusting…

Totally agreed.

Z-man:
I hope Kemba upped his trade value tonight. That’s about it.

Exactly.
Kemba’s defense had been terrible and close to unplayable all year long.
I think no one is campaigning for Kemba to start or play 37 minutes like tonight (he was already gassed after 25), but we’ve had games were nobody can hit the side of a barn and maybe you can just try him from the bench to see if he’s in a good shooting night, like tonight’s 3rd quarter.

Once the Burks as a starting PG experiment went down the drain (not for Burks’ fault, it’s not his position) it’s strange and widely discussed (not only here but in every national basketball outlet from Lowe to Katz, to Windhorst and so on) to exile a player that way.
He’s an asset, the job it’s to use it wisely, not to depreciate it.

1) DRose, Fournier, Burks, Julius, Noel
2) Deuce, IQ, RJ, Obi, Mitch

Float Grimes as needed, and close with who is good that night.
Trade Kemba off the strength of this game.

BTW, I know Boston is Kemba’s former home, but he specifically made a stupid mistake down the stretch getting his 6th foul and then right after the final whistle, he was laughing and hugging all the Celtics for a loooooong time. I get it: Life > Game, but that’s not likely the “Thibs way” and I’m sure someone reminded Kemba when he finally got into the locker room: Hey, we lost.