What are you trying to say? Is his value going to go up or not? Will D'Antoni manage to find a winning rotation that will allow the Knicks to raise Zach's profile or not?
Lets be real....the Knicks 2009 first round Protected Lottery pick belong to Utah. Do we want the 2009 or 2010 first round pick?
We want the 2009 pick, so to not look like we are throwing the season away we bench Zach at the start of the season to develope offense & defense plays with the future young players in the rotation getting playingtime vs the different teams in the league. So what the Knicks gain alot of loses early while developing chemistry. In the middle of January when players got plays intake you throw Zach Randolph in the rotation to win some games against elite teams to make him look like the Star player. That will boost Zach Trade value and Dantoni coaching value.
Alot of people would not see the future outcome of benching a star player or $14 million per season player for a month or three, unless they were coach Pat Riley, Don Nelson, Eddie Jordan, or Karl, who has done this before.
The Knicks should be looking seriously into whether they are going to resign PF-David Lee and combo-guard Nate Robinson at the end of this season.
Is PF-David Lee 30 mpg "double-double" performance worth resigning?
Is combo-guard Nate Robinson running transition performance for 30 mpg worth resigning?
The two players have great chemistry together since their rookie season however, this could be PF-Lee & Combo-Nate last season with the Knicks, so now is the time to let both players raise their value of performance early in the season playing alongside of unselfish teammates.
The Knick coach will have SF-Chandler and SF-Gallo this season to find teammates that will co-exist with them on both ends of the court, because they are long term players. Or will they sit this season out on the bench for SF-Q.Rich & Jefferies?
The Knicks signing Pass First PG-Duhorn to a two year $11.5 contract could result in Duhorn being the Knicks 30 mpg PG the next two seasons.
Whether we want to admit it or not but the new Knick coach been quiet on the topics of Curry & Crawford which could only mean that this season C-Curry and SG-Crawford is the coach shoe in for 30 mpg performance.
Working with just these two players "Selfishness" at the start of the season is easier than having to add selfish players Zach, Marbury, and Malik Rose too.