After little-used guard Theo Pinson assured fans Friday on social media that he would make sure Randle got his customary braids done in time for the series opener, the All-Star forward and Most Improved Player finalist allowed before Sunday’s game that braiding his hair “might be” a superstition for him after all of the success he and the Knicks enjoyed during their 41-31 regular-season finish.
Theo Pinson Rumors
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Position: G
Born: 11/05/95
Height: 6-5 / 1.96
Weight:220 lbs. / 99.8 kg.
Salary: $802,182
Born: 11/05/95
Height: 6-5 / 1.96
Weight:220 lbs. / 99.8 kg.
Salary: $802,182
“Theo won’t let me slack. If it’s not a superstition for me, which it might be, it definitely is for my teammates, it definitely is for Theo,” Randle said with a laugh after the team’s morning shootaround. “So I guess Knicks fans don’t have anything to worry about, because Theo said if my hair is ever not braided, he’ll braid it himself.”
Steve Popper: When Julius Randle began his zoom call this morning Theo Pinson jumped in front of him and introduced him: “Your 2021 Eastern Conference player of the week, Julius Randle, Kentucky University, national championship runner-up.” Randle laughed before correcting him on U of K.
Marc Berman: G Theo Pinson will remain with the Knicks and not head to Orlando bubble even though he’s a two-way player. President Leon Rose was Pinson’s former CAA agent and loves him as a locker-room guy.
Bobby Marks: Theo Pinson is signing a Two-Way contract with the New York Knicks, league sources tell ESPN.
Dinwiddie also addressed his clear love of tweaking Knicks fans on social media, saying he’s not trolling so much as truth-telling. “No, so it’s not really shots. Like, I tell the truth: Y’all just don’t like truth and it turns into this whole big [thing]. Hey look, if y’all are bums, y’all are bums,” Dinwiddie said jokingly, before shouting out former Nets teammate Theo Pinson, now on the other side of the East River with the rival Knicks. “Y’all got my guy Theo Pinson. I know y’all bench is going to be lively and dancing and stuff. It’s gonna be phenomenal to see. Still going to get your heads cracked. It is what it is.”
