Julius Randle could help fill Isaiah Hartenstein void as Knicks continue center search
NY Post
Tom Thibodeau is open to playing Julius Randle at center next season, but he fears that overexposing the All-Star to too much physicality could wear down his body.
“We’ll probably have to do [center] by committee,” Thibodeau told veteran writer Steve Aschburner in a Q&A published Tuesday on NBA.com. “We’ll look at some different things, because we have versatility — we could see Julius more at the 5. I don’t want to do that for long stretches, it would take its toll, but to have him do it for 10 or 15 minutes, I think he can do it well. He also would create a lot of [offensive] advantages.”
In the wake of Isaiah Hartenstein’s departure to Oklahoma City, the center rotation is the biggest concern internally with the roster, a team source said recently.
Mitchell Robinson is the starter but injury-prone after undergoing multiple surgeries, most recently on his ankle.
The backups are Jericho Sims, who is unproven but athletically gifted, and the undersized Precious Achiuwa, who is viewed more as a power forward.
With training camp in two weeks, they’re still in the picture for backup center.
With the Yankees on an impressive run of mostly correct decisions, there’s some reason to leave them alone and just let the best team in the American League continue to roll. But they did raise serious doubt and leave room for suggestions (and even ridicule) following maybe the most inexplicable decision of this season, or any season.
The Giants have never been 0-2 under Brian Daboll, until now. They were 2-0 and flying high in 2022 and 1-1 after a rousing comeback in Arizona in 2023. So, this represents a low point as far as early-season difficulties for Daboll and the Giants. They had no business beating the Vikings in the opener and no business losing to the Commanders in Week 2. But here they are.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Harrison Butker kept making a lonely walk to midfield after each quarter Sunday to check on the direction of the wind, which tends to swirl inside Arrowhead Stadium. He did it one last time during the 2-minute warning, when his Chiefs were trailing the Bengals by two and trying to give him a winning field-goal attempt.