03-16-2022, 11:48 PM
(03-16-2022, 10:21 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: Wow
That is a great comparison. I mean Walker was a different player. He had a more varied offensive game but sheesh they seem very alike in "feel" to me.
Walker put up big stats but was always less efficient than the true stars putting up similar numbers. I don't find it surprising he never really won anywhere playing big minutes.
Don't really think Randle is anywhere near as bad as Walker efficiency wise. He's had seasons of over 55% efg, which is great. Took a dive this year obviously due to the situation he's in and taking lots of forced bad shots. He can easily have a Dinwiddie style boost playing in a better system and teammates where he's playing with Luka instead of trying to be Luka.
Assuming he's in some sort of deal with Brunson, can have a 3 ballhandler lineup of Luka, Dinwiddie, and Randle and still have decent size. I'm not sure what the main lineup would be with him though, the lack of rim protection does suck and he doesn't really have a good history defensively playing as a small ball 5. Maybe if they believe in Chriss enough as a future starting 5, they could run that down the road. Randle can be the roll man but he's a bit too bulky to be an above the rim player so he mostly scores with his inside moves instead of dunks. Getting him the ball up close usually leads to good things tho. Maybe he's fine to play with Maxi.
Would rather have Wood or Collins for sure though, but I think Randle could easily work out really well. Not sure what the lineup preference would be if the Mavs got Collins either though. Depends on how much they like running Doe Doe at 4 instead of 3. Collins + Maxi would work pretty well I'd think if Maxi could fix his broken shot.