How about Jimmy Butler to NY for Julius Randle?
Howard Beck is reporting that Miami is lookin to trade Jimmy. They are worried about giving him a big financial extension given his injury issues and number of missed games in recent years.
NYC gets a 2nd star to go alongside Brunson.
MIA gets to pair Randle with Bam and rebuild around them.
Miami
G: Rozier
G: Herro, D Robinson
F: C Martin, Highsmith
F: Randle, Jovic
C: Adebayo
Randle reminds me a bit of when Pat Riley signed Lamar Odom years ago in his rebuild after the Alonzo / Timmy era. Both are versatile ball-handling rebounding PFs.
New York
G: Brunson, McBride
G: DiVincenzo
F: J Butler, J Hart
F: OG Anunoby
C: Hartenstein, M Robinson
BAM and Randle seem like a bad fit.
Why?
Not enough shooting. Randle is a 33.3% lifetime three point shooter, Bam doesn't really take threes hardly at all.
Granted Jimmy isn't a great 3 pint shooter either, but he brings you more as a creator than Randle does so its more okay.
I don't know. I think Randle is getting a bit of a short shrift here. Consider Siakam. Would Siakam be able to play with Bam?
Siakam is a similar shooter to Randle. Both around 33% over last couple of years. Randle on larger volume. But would we say Siakam cannot play with Bam?
Randle has a versatile offensive range. He is a 20-10-5 guy. He can handle the ball. He can drive. He can pass. He can post. He can finish inside. He has some midrange game. He has some outside game. He is a strong rebounder at PF who gets your team extra possessions.
I would say that he could play with Bam, but its certainly not optimum offensively. One of the reasons Siakam makes so much sense for the Pacers is they have a shooter center to put next to him. Its the same reaosn Giannis works so well next to Lopez. If you have one non shooter who likes the ball in his hands its best to have 4 other shooters out there.
Likewise I think Randle certainly could play with Bam, it's just that its hard in the modern NBA to play one non-shooter + one mediocre shooter and still have a very good offense.
Its not terrible, its just not a great fit. Both guys would be better off playing with 4 shooters around them. Even Butler/Bam at the 4/5 wasn't great offensively, the Heat were the 21st ranked offense last year, and I imagine it would be similar with Randle.
I get that the Knicks are not known as offensive force (though they were 7th in ORTG this year), but Robinson and Hartenstein combined for a grand total of 3 3 point attempts making 1 this year. So it didn't really seem to stop the Knicks all that much.
The Knicks half court offense was generally pretty mediocre, they survived because they get a ton of offensive rebounds and forced turnovers. They were also the only real decent offense that played 2 below average shooters regularly, and it really only worked because Brunson was incredible.
I really don't get why the idea that "more shooters equals better offense" is so controversial. Look at the best offenses in the league this year:
Celtics: Play five out.
Pacers: Siakam only below average shooter amongst starters.
OKC: Played five out or with Gidey as worst shooter.
La clippers: Zubac generally the only non-shooter in their starting lineup.
Denver: Aaron Gordon the only below average shooter in their starters.
Milwaukee: Four shooters around Giannis pretty much always.
Dallas: Took off when they went 4 shooters and a rim running big.
GSW: Usually only plays one non shooter in Draymond or Kuminga. Sometimes both, but also have Steph Curry and Klay Thompson.
New York is basically the only offense among the top 10 that doesn't play a bare minimum of 4 shooters regularly which is kind of my point. I think if you sent Randle to play next to a non-shooter in Bam without a maestro PG like Brunson that offense will likely be below average.
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