franco12 wrote:He should be great in the first round! After, not so much!

He’s a big dude who must sweat a lot. I’m sure it has a lot to do with ball feel from deep. In w 1 you’re relatively dry and fresh— you feel good from shoot around. As a big guy sweats/tires no way will he have the same feel for the deeper shot. We’ll see how he does— should be decent environment for him

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Oh god, Allan.

I need a Men In Black memory wipe.

https://theathletic.com/4217999/2023/02/17/julius-randle-nba-knicks-3-point-shooting/

They have tweaked certain sets to get him more 3s. More of his touches come from beyond the arc. In some actions, Randle plays the role that long-range sniper Evan Fournier did in 2021-22, such as on the ‘Spain’ pick-and-roll, which involves multiple teammates screening for a ballhandler at the top of the key.

On the first day of training camp, Fournier predicted something like this.

The guard had received a question about New York’s most-anticipated flaw. The Knicks’ starting lineup housed four players who were at their best inside the 3-point arc. Fournier was the one conventional shooter.

So, how could they possibly make this work? How could a group of ragtag drivers vault into the top half of the league in offense?

“From just the back of my mind right now, I would say Julius will probably have to shoot more 3s than he’s ever done,” Fournier said. “Especially as a stretch four that can do a little bit of everything, it’s gonna open up a lot of things.”

We can call Fournier clairvoyant — or maybe he just watched last year’s Knicks.

By midway into last season, teams started leaving Randle alone on the 3-point arc. That couldn’t happen again. In 2022-23, he had to take just enough and make just enough for defenders to stick to him away from the basket.

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Randle almost always begins games with a 3-pointer. Over his last 52 matches, his first shot has come from behind the arc 39 times. That’s 75 percent. In fact, Randle is far more aggressive in first quarters, in general. He shoots more in the first than he does in any other period. He averages the fifth-most first-quarter points in the NBA.

It’s strategic.

“Often times if the guy gets going, now you’re going to get more double teams,” Thibodeau said. “The double teams will come quicker.”

Defenders will also think twice about helping off Randle if he’s already drained one or two 3s. And at this point, if whoever is guarding Randle does shuffle into the lane on a Brunson drive, he must know a spot-up 3 is only seconds away.

Thibodeau has told Randle to shoot more. So has Bryant. And so has Brunson. And Barrett. And Fournier.

Confidence is a funny thing. When a whole team tells you you’re pretty good, you may just start to believe it. That concept isn’t lost on Randle.

After all, this isn’t the first time leadership has empowered him behind the arc.

Nalod wrote:That sly rascally old Thibs just done laid us with some new fangle uppity fancy pantsy shoot em. up! We done pegged him as some defensive guru type and even yelled he need them one of them thar football like "offensive coordinator" type to helped the old guy but darn it to hell of the old man just done evolved into some high tech Godman of sorts with we just shoot em up!

haha yeah I think the expectation was also... Why didn't all of this happen after 1 training camp together?

HofstraBBall wrote:Trade Randle thread?
Just checking...

You bored

There no post you can police anymore?

That’s what winning will do to you. Gotta switch up your policing strategy.