I don't look at it as bashing; I look at it as being honest. In truth, I think it would have been fair to give Randle no stars. Other guys - Hartenstein, for sure, and arguably IQ as well - were "better" in their roles, or at the very least, more universally positively impactful. Myself, I give extra credit to guys who have a higher usag…
I don't look at it as bashing; I look at it as being honest. In truth, I think it would have been fair to give Randle no stars. Other guys - Hartenstein, for sure, and arguably IQ as well - were "better" in their roles, or at the very least, more universally positively impactful. Myself, I give extra credit to guys who have a higher usage, and thus, more responsibility to do the toughest thing, which is make baskets (and even this, others would push back on and say that Randle, at times, looks for his own offense too much to the detriment of the team).
Point is, the last thing I want to do is paint an inaccurate picture, and in giving Randle the honor, I'm implicitly saying how much I think of his overall performance.
Randle continues to play defense when he feels like it and also continues to believe he is the sun, moon and stars as far as the Knicks are concerned.. When he grabbed the ball to take the technical foul shot (Brunson hit on an earlier tech foul shot) I thought I was going to jump from my seat to the court. Of course, he missed the shot.
I don't look at it as bashing; I look at it as being honest. In truth, I think it would have been fair to give Randle no stars. Other guys - Hartenstein, for sure, and arguably IQ as well - were "better" in their roles, or at the very least, more universally positively impactful. Myself, I give extra credit to guys who have a higher usage, and thus, more responsibility to do the toughest thing, which is make baskets (and even this, others would push back on and say that Randle, at times, looks for his own offense too much to the detriment of the team).
Point is, the last thing I want to do is paint an inaccurate picture, and in giving Randle the honor, I'm implicitly saying how much I think of his overall performance.
Hope this helps clarify.
Randle continues to play defense when he feels like it and also continues to believe he is the sun, moon and stars as far as the Knicks are concerned.. When he grabbed the ball to take the technical foul shot (Brunson hit on an earlier tech foul shot) I thought I was going to jump from my seat to the court. Of course, he missed the shot.