If Kawhi wants to meet with you, you do it, but here we are on the eve of July 4th with very few decent FAs left and he still hasn't made a decision. It's obvious the Knicks were a distant 4th in the Kawhi sweepstakes and I am sure they knew that. I imagine they just didn't want to be left out in the cold.
But I get it, if they were 'forced' to sign Morris and Cousins instead of Portis and Gibson, I think they would have been alright (or definitely better). Randle seems like the only guy that they wanted to lock up early.