Pat Bev suggests a God awful trade idea for the Sacramento Kings

Patrick Beverley is known for his wild ways – both on and off the court. That's part of what makes his podcast, "The Pat Bev Podcast," such a good listen (or watch if you consume podcasts on YouTube).

However, on a recent episode, Beverley had a down right awful take regarding the Sacramento Kings and someone they should look into trading for.

Before we probe into this a little further, a little background context is needed. After the New York Knicks made a strong playoff run without Julius Randle (who suffered a dislocated shoulder in January that led to a season-ending injury), people began to question his importance to the team.*

(*Sidebar: Jalen Brunson helio-ball played a large role in the Knicks playoff success – before the entire team was decimated by injuries.)

These feelings were only heightened by the Knicks throwing the kitchen sink at the Brooklyn Nets to acquire one of the best role playing forwards in the sport, Mikal Bridges. Now, people are contemplating the possibility of the Knicks trading their three-time All-Star.

Pat Bev Thinks The Kings Should Trade For Randle

Anyway, as the headline above and the embedded tweet say, Beverley thinks that the Kings should nab Randle from the Knicks. And man, is that just an all-around bad idea.

This isn't me saying that Randle is a bad player. His skillset just overlaps too much with the Kings' other personnel. Randle is an offensive-first player who prefers to operate with the ball in his hands. Do you know who else fits that description? De'Aaron Fox, DeMar DeRozan, Domantas Sabonis, and to a certain extent, Malik Monk.

What the Kings' roster lacks (outside of Keegan Murray) is a wing/forward who touts size and the ability to space the floor and defend. Randle is a big dude (6'9 with a 7'0 wingspan), but he isn't much of a defender (-0.2 Defensive Estimated Plus-Minus) or 3-point shooter (31.1%).

To add to the point about his defense, Randle is a really weak secondary rim protector (something the Kings desperately need with Sabonis as their starting center), placing in the 13th percentile in block rate leaguewide last year despite playing 93% of his minutes at power forward.

To get Randle, the Kings would need to part ways with one of Monk or Kevin Huerter. And while Randle is outright a better player than both of those guys, the two of them provided way more spacing than Randle does. Remember, roster-building isn't all about stacking as much talent as possible. You need to make sure that your lineups have balance.

This all goes to say that Monte McNair and the Kings' front office should not heed Beverley's advice and should steer clear of trading for Randle.