Nalod wrote:I know your not a Randle lover, but I suspect you think we should dump Randle and Promote OBI? Say Randle and kemba for Fox? Fox has a very big contract! D’Aron has to step up. Their problem for ours?
For the record, EF>Buddy Heild.
IF RJ plays 35 min a game, where doe Reddish get his minutes?
For me, moving on from Randle is just not a one-to-one reflection of promoting Obi. It'll promote every other player on the team, from RJ to Obi to Grimes to Cam etc. and the team as a whole.
Especially when you do not have a CP3 type or perhaps Garland in a few years, as a team you run sets that you have specifically prep'ed for an opponent, basic stuff you have been practicing all year but focused on what nuance you think will work that night. When they don't work, you adjust. And when something works or a guy gets hot, you keep doing it. The Knicks don't adjust and they barely recognize as a team what is working and what is not, they flat don't have the team IQ to do that. When things go wrong, RJ and Randle mostly just have the ball in their hands and do whatever they want. The Randle iso or post up is just trash and that's the default when team can't get going or whenever Randle feels like he has a mismatch or when the defense messes stuff up.
When Randle's shots are falling, he is magnificant. IMHO his is not a high IQ guy. Dribbles into double teams, can't handle a double team, awful passer, assist to TO ratio is awful, barely knows what's going on with the clock, has a hard time just fitting into the flow of a game (when he is in pass mode it feels forced), loves the ball in his hands but can never tell when double team is coming. Like that.
Randle is also sticky. When Giannis is sticky you don't care cause he just powers to the rim. Certain guys can be sticky in the right moments. Pre Phil Jackson, Jordan was not good sticky, late game Triangle Jordan is the better version of iso sticky.
Suns and GS and Miami run really nice offense and move ball and man. Randle literally doesn't want to do either after a bit. It's not all his fault, sometimes the execution is poor all around and he gets stuck with the ball. But to deny he isn't a main culprit is not looking closely enough. Same with RJ to an extent but he buys into ball and player movement a lot more.
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