Quote from: Shinpako09 on Today at 06:44:42 AM

Quote from: MK-74 on August 01, 2024, 10:14:25 PM

34-year-old Gordon Hayward announced his retirement.
Gordon Hayward played for the Jazz, Celtics, Hornets and OKC teams in his 14-year career in the NBA.
I remember he had his best seasons with the Utah Jazz. After the Utah Jazz, his career started to decline.

Just when his career was on a good run and about to ascend to its peak, that injury in Boston changed his career completely, and he never came back. I remember Boston was a favorite ring contender with Irving during that time. Another 'what if' player whose career was ruined by injury. His career became quiet after that; it seems like he hadn't overcome what happened mentally.

I want to say that Hayward is the 2nd version of Brandon Roy, but Roy was way better on his career before he got injured.
Still, that very first game was the career changer and it went the other way which is a bit unfortunate. After that injury, he tried to come back, but he wasn't the same anymore. Anyway, best wishes with him, but who knows. He might still play overseas and play with other teams there. I mean if he still feels that he can still play professional basketball then going overseas might be his best option.

Quote from: Jating on Today at 06:43:39 AM

I was quiet surprised to see Julius Randle's name in my feed, I thought he was traded or something. Then there was his image of him fully jack after not playing for the past 6 months. And then this tweet,
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So for the Knicks fans, do you think that Randle deserves this huge contract? And isn't it the Knicks could be over the salary cap in the next coming years as they have Brunson as well being paid handsomely and I think he is now the new leader of the Knicks?

They played so great in the playoffs without Randle, of course it will be good if he was there, but not sure what will be the outcome of that series.

HELL NO!!!

I'm not a hater of the Knicks nor Randle, but he isn't worth of giving a max contract. He's a high-volume shooter which is either a bad or good for them depending on his performance, but I see it as a bad thing. Also, when times that they need him, he fumbles and he can't step up in the crucial minutes and at times when they needed him. Like you said, the Knicks will be over the salary cap if they will do this so if Randle wants to stay with the Knicks, he has no choice but to take a paycut like what Brunson did for the sake of the team. Randle has 2 options. It's either take a paycut or request a trade.

The Knicks played better in the playoffs even without Randle because of Brunson, and now, he's the main guy on the team and not Randle anymore.