Posted by newyorknewyork:

He looks more like a SF who can play some PF but more of a SF. He will probably end up being a SF in the NBA.

He looks about 6'9 what were his measurements?

He's a legit 6-10.25 in shoes. Yeah his physical makeup says SF right now, but he's so young that it's hard to know how he'll develop. Some guys are stronger than they look too. The way we'll play under D'Antoni will work in his favor, since normal conventions of positions won't be as important. D'Antoni's system is about BB players, who cares what box they're supposed to fit in. Play fast and with skill and you'll be fine. Now of course on D, he'd have trouble holding off a big strong PF, but that can be dealt with by have a team that is quicker on help D than we've been in recent years. Like GS you play smaller and force teams to deal with your team speed. It can be done even better than they did it, if Waltoni does things right over the next few years.


[Edited by - nixluva on 06-07-2008 10:16 PM]

Posted by BRIGGS:

Im more concerned with bringing in players that fit this system with major talent than worrying about who I may eliminate. Elimination of players will take care of itself--right now the cogent plan is to add players who will be here for the long run and make sense for the program. People get to caught up in unrealistic expectations. Making solid move after solid move will help us quickly.

Posted by purple012870:

Nice video. To me he's far more of a Tayshaun Prince type than a Chris Bosh type (except that he's not a good shooter). Is Josh smith a decent comp?

Posted by BRIGGS:

Posted by purple012870:

Nice video. To me he's far more of a Tayshaun Prince type than a Chris Bosh type (except that he's not a good shooter). Is Josh smith a decent comp?

He is much more of an inside player than Tayshaun Prince. To be honest he reminds me a lot of Chris Bosh at Georgia Tech. He has the ability to play a little PG yet can also go 3-4 with all of the skills ballhandling passing rebounding shotblocking 12-18 foot range speed length athletic ability in a 6-10+ package and is only 18. He has a LOT of talent for a player NO WHERE near physically mature. The one thing that did stick out in his physical was he was able to lift 185 *7 which was as much as Lopez. So I can see him putting on a hard 15 pounds and getting much stronger. He could easily have a KG type body when he is done growing. Notice how he keeps his head up with his dribble looking for the play.

[Edited by - BRIGGS on 06-08-2008 11:38 AM]

Posted by BRIGGS:

Im more concerned with bringing in players that fit this system with major talent than worrying about who I may eliminate. Elimination of players will take care of itself--right now the cogent plan is to add players who will be here for the long run and make sense for the program. People get to caught up in unrealistic expectations. Making solid move after solid move will help us quickly.

Posted by nixluva:

Posted by Anji:

That guy was 6'10 doing all of that???? He looked like a guard on that Youtube Vid.

I don't see how Mike D could see all the tape on this kid and not like him. He is like Marion and Daiw in one player.

Randolph has a little bit of Lamar Odom in him. He's not quite the shooter, but his ability to get a bound and lead a break is very impressive. He's SO YOUNG too. He's got tons of upside. We have to believe that Waltoni will be looking for a guy with size who can do things in this offense that Randolph can do. Shotblocking is another plus. The guy has a 9'-1" standing reach, which is excellent. He's a baby still and yet his skills should allow him to adapt to the NBA level quickly IMO.

Posted by nixluva:

Posted by nyk4ever:

Posted by nixluva:

Posted by Anji:

That guy was 6'10 doing all of that???? He looked like a guard on that Youtube Vid.

I don't see how Mike D could see all the tape on this kid and not like him. He is like Marion and Daiw in one player.

Randolph has a little bit of Lamar Odom in him. He's not quite the shooter, but his ability to get a bound and lead a break is very impressive. He's SO YOUNG too. He's got tons of upside. We have to believe that Waltoni will be looking for a guy with size who can do things in this offense that Randolph can do. Shotblocking is another plus. The guy has a 9'-1" standing reach, which is excellent. He's a baby still and yet his skills should allow him to adapt to the NBA level quickly IMO.

Nix trust me on this one. He is more Chris Bosh than he is anything else, even has that left handed shot.

To me, he's still the guy I want at 6. I will not be disappointed if we went with Westbrook, but if we are talking matter of preference, I'm going Randolph.

Theres no doubt that Randolph is going to take a few years to mature as a player and a person for sure, but I think after 3 years or so in the league, you are looking at a very very very versatile athletic offensive and defensive presence.

Perhaps some of the Bosh comparison applies, but Randolph seems far more agile and fluid. Randolph dribbling down court and weaving thru traffic like a guard doesn't remind me of Bosh at all. I think this kid is something else overall and especially in a full court uptempo system like D'Antoni's