05-21-2022, 02:10 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-21-2022, 02:15 PM by Jakeospikez.)
(05-21-2022, 01:01 PM)mvossman Wrote: Don't recall seeing anyone on this board suggesting Powell was better than Randle.
I have seen several posts seriously questioning Randle's fit. Generally due to the fact that he can't shoot, can't rim run and can't protect the rim. He would clog the paint for Luka without providing any gravity (spacing or vertical). His offensive involves dumping it off to him and letting him go ISO in the paint. He can do some playmaking from that position but also turns it over a lot. I have heard it suggested that he is struggling in New York as the number one option, but would be better off as a 2 or 3, but I don't really see his game as complementary to a number 1 like Luka.
He makes things difficult on the defensive side of the ball the same way Powell does. He does not protect the rim and is not a great perimeter defender, but its hard to find rim protectors who can space the floor so there is no anchor on the floor. At least he does rebound well.
Why can't he shoot? He has a 70+ game season shooting 41.1% on over 5 attempts/game from 3 which is better than any of our main 3&D guys have ever done in their entire career taking mostly spot up 3s only. You can fluke your way to a high percentage in 20-30 games, but 70+ on over 5 attempts/game while being the number 1 option? Their #1 need right now is a PG for a reason. Whatever happened where he was disgruntled couldn't have helped either.
One thing I'll give a ton of credit to this FO for is believing in Dinwiddie as a shooter once he's placed in this situation. Gives hope that they know how to project fit and probably watched some actual game footage. Dinwiddie shot 40% here and is still at 40% in the playoff run with high intensity when he's never done that before. He's had like 1 year where his wide open 3s were 40% on low volume. Randle is pretty much the only guy potentially available that brings playmaking to the big position. If the FO believes in him and gets him then I'll be on board for sure.
Just a thought, but if they can pull off Randle + TPMLE for Jalen Smith, maybe this team can have position flex to go big sometimes and actually bully the hell out of small teams. Pretty amazing a team with Luka on it is complete trash at rebounding. The current lineup is getting absolutely burned by quick guards (Poole, Curry, hell even Klay???) anyway. Really need Josh & Frank to step up next year cause those are the guys that should be defending them.