Randle development

[Tarik_shaq]

for someone with basketball knowledge, if randle came intro the draft this year again AS A FRESHMAN, where would he be on mock drafts? i

[Mirjalovic]

4th if you think Randle > Winslow, 5th if you think Winslow > Randle

[Laker_Kid]

4th or 3rd. over mudiay or winslow.

i think with towns or okafor, randle will only see it as motivation to be better. i dont think much would change with his development.

[crazyeights]

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43 days until summer league.

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[The Prodigy]

Who says he can't finish with his right?

[Laker_Lenny]

[quote="ALL HAIL"]Randle, by virtue of his sheer aggressiveness and phtsicaliyty will push Blake Griffin for "best PF in LA".

Let the kid play one full game before you make these types of proclamations.

[TrippyNate]

James Worthy but with handles

[crazyeights]

Who says he can't finish with his right?

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He's working on it

[ratra_1211]

Who says he can't finish with his right?

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He's working on it

Just look at those arms dayumm.. he got a nice developed upper body for a supposed to be rook

And driving to the line with those guns might hurt someone lol

[LApwnd]

anybody see some Barkley potential in Randle? Similar sz, less fat obviously but short arms potential perimeter game and a load in the paint.

[Mirjalovic]

Who says he can't finish with his right?

[instagram]https://instagram.com/p/3PP7vSLO-X/[/instagram]

He's working on it

Just look at those arms dayumm.. he got a nice developed upper body for a supposed to be rook

And driving to the line with those guns might hurt someone lol

yeah, just watch his pre-season games, he bumps NBA calibre bigmen body around like it was nothing. He's so strong for a rookie.

[TylersLakers]

For those of you saying he can't play with Okafor, I disagree completely. He was knocking down a mid range jumper pretty good in pre-season, and I'm sure he's even better at that now after having extended time off. He's dropped some weight, he's athletic. I would consider it really identical to an Odom/Bynum front line.

Okafor is actually a better defender at 19 years old than Bynum was.

Let these guys make mistakes and grow together. Also, drafting Okafor/Towns shouldn't stop us from going after Love or Aldridge in FA. You need a guy off the bench who can come in and play big minutes for you as a third big man. At the very least, Randle is that.

[TylersLakers]

By the way, if you guys to lakers.com, you can see an interview with Randle and Trudell. In the video, Randle's doing some step back, one-leg Dirk Nowitzki type jumpers and hitting them nicely.

[Kilroy]

anybody see some Barkley potential in Randle? Similar sz, less fat obviously but short arms potential perimeter game and a load in the paint.

Barkley is 6'6" in shoes... Madsen is 6'9" in shoes... And I think Randle looks bigger than Madsen in those clips.

There's a little bit of Worthy there for me.

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWD7ptyKYc0[/youtube]

But I don't want to make that comparison for a rookie.

*EDIT:* Didn't even realize this was my 10,000th post... And I used it on a Worthy clip... Nice.

[LApwnd]

anybody see some Barkley potential in Randle? Similar sz, less fat obviously but short arms potential perimeter game and a load in the paint.

Barkley is 6'6" in shoes... Madsen is 6'9" in shoes... And I think Randle looks bigger than Madsen in those clips.

There's a little bit of Worthy there for me.

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWD7ptyKYc0[/youtube]

But I don't want to make that comparison for a rookie.

I see but what bout the game, in terms of play. Lot of doubters say Randle is undersize, obviously not to the tone of Barkley but could his game/impact resemble Barkley? Just a beast on the boards and able to get O even against bigger/taller defenders.

[ArC_man]

Interview:
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[Kilroy]

Worthy was listed as a SF/PF because of his versatility... I think Randle's game is similar in that respect. I think his ceiling is probably a strong, versitile, Hybrid SF/PF, like Barkley/Worthy...
I think if all your expecting is for him to beast on the boards and score against bigger/stronger defenders, you'll be pleasantly surprised... Randle has great handles and decent vision for his size, is a willing passer, and has a pretty solid post game. All he's really lacking is a consistent right hand at this point but he looks like he's working at it. I think he has legit star potential. I think he may be the new prototype for that 'create-4' teams are said to be looking for.
He's going to be too quick/skilled for most PF's to defend, and way to strong for most SFs.
He just needs to stay healthy and keep working... I love his attitude.