“Without Julius Randle on the court this year, the Knicks are outscoring teams by 15.9 points per 100 possessions”: NBA Twitter brings up a stat that shows Knicks MVP holds an all time record for the worst impact on his team

Akash Murty | 31/12/2021
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From the New York Knicks’ MVP to the player having the worst impact on the team, Julius Randle has been having a pretty bad 2021-2022 season.

The New York Knicks were amazing last season. But their fans are absolute diehards each season, irrespective of how their team has performed over the last decade.

Everyone would agree that they receive an unfair amount of national attention considering that the team has qualified for just one postseason in the past eight years.

Their poor show ended last year, as they ended the season with a 41-31 record as the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference, led there by their first All-Star selection since 2017-18, Julius Randle.

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But the former Lakers forward and his team had an unforgiving first-round matchup with the Atlanta Hawks. Trae Young and Co effectively game-planned for Randle and won the series pretty conveniently (4-1). While doing that, they showed the entire league how to neutralize New York’s roster.

Neither Julius Randle nor New York Knicks have been effective ever since.

Julius Randle is the worst player on the New York Knicks according to a stat

The Knicks are currently 17-18 (9th in the East). Their position might not suggest it, but they are with limited reason to be optimistic. It’s simply not working as planned. Even before COVID-19 side-lined six of its players, the team was clearly out of sync which lead to Kemba Walker’s exclusion, and then the comeback with a bang as well.

But Julius Randle should be the man to be blamed the most. Ironically, the 2021 Most Improved Player is going downhill ever since he received that award. He’s not only been less impactful, strangely, he is also having the worst impact on his team.

Through 35 games, Randle has taken a significant drop from last season. He’s averaging over four fewer points per game (19.3) and shooting significantly worse from behind the arc (32.8%). Furthermore, he is turning the ball over at a career-high 3.5 turnovers per contest too.

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The Knicks can cash in on their MVP and make him available for a trade as he’s still their most tradable asset. Anyway, they are not going far with the roster they have, they might as well restart.

Post Edited By: Advait Jajodia
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About the author

Akash Murty

An Electrical and Electronics Engineer by degree, Akash Murty is an NBA Editor at The SportsRush. Previously a Software Engineer, Murty couldn’t keep himself away from sports, and his knack for writing and putting his opinion forward brought him to the TSR. A big Soccer enthusiast, his interest in basketball developed late, as he got access to a hoop for the first time at 17. Following this, he started watching basketball at the 2012 Olympics, which transitioned to NBA, and he became a fan of the game as he watched LeBron James dominate the league. Him being an avid learner of the game and ritually following the league for around a decade, he now writes articles ranging from throwbacks, and live game reports, to gossip. LA Lakers are his favourite basketball team, while Chelsea has his heart in football. He also likes travelling, reading fiction, and sometimes cooking.

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