NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 11: Julius Randle #30 of the New York Knicks in action against Pascal Siakam #43 of the Toronto Raptors (Photo by Rich Schultz/Getty Images)
If you didn’t watch the Toronto Raptors closely, you’d think that Pascal Siakam is the worst power forward who ever played given how his poor play in the bubble was discussed. Likewise, Julius Randle was almost hailed as the second coming for finally getting the New York Knicks back into the postseason.
While Siakam is sitting out the postseason, in part because he and the Raptors struggled against Randle, the Knicks got the doors blown off of them by the Atlanta Hawks despite home-court advantage, and the play of Randle is a huge reason why.