Randle is the exact player Fiz is looking for: interchangeable at 4/5 with jump shot and can drive to the basket; in addition to being a good rebounder.

fishmike wrote:Randle cant shoot. How much do you want to sign a guy for who cant shoot?

FG% & rebounding around the same as Kantor but better in every other aspect of the game. Randle would be the Knicks best player till KP gets back.

Cartman718 wrote:Randle is now an unrestricted FA!!

Wow, I’m like to try him out, but he’ll get a much bigger deal than we can offer. Wonder why the Lakers did it

homeskillitprigioni wrote:Lakers are doing some strange things. Rondo to a 1 year/9 mil after renouncing Randle. Rondo, Pope, Stephenson, and Magee to kind of expensive 1 year deals. That team around LeBron isn't looking great.

Lakers moves have been awful, but at least they’re one year deals. Surely they could have done better though

smackeddog wrote:

Cartman718 wrote:Randle is now an unrestricted FA!!

Wow, I’m like to try him out, but he’ll get a much bigger deal than we can offer. Wonder why the Lakers did it

i know why the lakers did it...you dangle someone like that out there to take teams' eyes away from the big FAs in 2019 and
maybe a rival team takes him on taking them out of the running for KD Klay Kyrie Kevin etc

fishmike wrote:Randle cant shoot. How much do you want to sign a guy for who cant shoot?

Can't shoot or not given the opportunity to shoot?

I always refer to Paul Millsap when it comes to players like Julius Randle. In Utah, Millsap attempted 133 three pointers and hit 31 at a percentage of .274 in seven seasons. When he went to Atlanta he attempted 903 three pointers and hit 302 at a percentage of .335 in four seasons. Last season with Denver he attempted 113 three pointers and hit 39 at a percentage of .345 in his first year.

Now as you can see, Millsap didn't shoot a great deal when he was in Utah because that wasn't his role on that team. He didn't play as a stretch four in Utah, but he was used in that type of role in Atlanta and this last season in Denver. When you look at Randle's usage in LA he was used in a similar manner because he was not asked to take a lot of shots, especially from beyond the arc, but he did post a career high in field goal percentage. So maybe Randle can develop an outside shot if he's asked to take on that role? If Millsap can develop a three point shot in his eighth season and Al Horford in his ninth, then there is no reason why Randle cannot develop a three point shot if he works hard on it and is given the opportunity to shoot from range in his role.

Whenever I've seen Randle he doesn't look to have a broken shot, he's always looked ok. Granted we don't really have a need for him to come in and play center, but we could always take him on a one year rental deal at PF and give him the chance. Who knows he might do well enough to play himself into a long term role with KP at the five (or four if Randle goes five), or perhaps he adds trade value before the deadline that we can take advantage of if we don't intend to keep him long term. At the right price he could be worth a one year rental like Hezonja, however I doubt we have the space available to get him and he'll get a pay day or one year prove it kinda deal like KCP's elsewhere.

knicks1248 wrote:

newyorknewyork wrote:Randle has unique ball handling and agility for a 4/5. Needs to improve his defense and decision making though.

dude was 20 and 10 (in the west) in march and april.

If mills/perry/fiz can get him here, that would be a BIG BOSS MOVE, I mean very impressive.

When you build a team you have to build based off of the uniqe skills they present. If you have 3 20-10 players in your frontcourt but none of them can shoot for example or play defense for example. They aren't all going to get 10 rebounds so someone will drop in rebs. And they all would need the ball to get their pts. So someone will drop in pts. They also wouldnt provide the spacing nessesary possibly lowering their efficiency.

So saying he dropped 20-10 for March and April don't really wow me. What wows me is how did he drop that 20-10? His ball handling ability at the 4/5 is a wow factor. Thats the ability to take one of those 10 rebounds and create a fast break. Beat the opponents big down the court for easy high efficent transition buckets/3s. Which is where his decision making can turn him into a generational type talent.