Kilroy wrote:Disclaimer: This is a real **** attitude, but still...
MIN FGM-FGA FG% 3PM-3PA 3P% FTM-FTA FT% REB AST BLK STL PF TO PTS
40 11-22 .500 2-7 .286 11-12 .917 6 3 1 1 4 2 35
MIN FGM-FGA FG% 3PM-3PA 3P% FTM-FTA FT% REB AST BLK STL PF TO PTS
37 13-24 .542 4-9 .444 3-8 .375 6 10 1 2 2 2 33
Playoff mode activated... We let the first one walk for nothing, to get the second one...
I'm not knocking LeBron's play last night... I thought he was great.
I just think Randle was also great at a fraction of the investment, with a whole lot less baggage, and with actual upside... And Defense...
I'm just wondering what it would look like if we had PG13 and Randle along with Ball/Ingram/Kuz/Zu, instead... I'm guessing that's at least a 6th seed this season.
I know you really like Randle but comparing him to LeBron (and I'm not the biggest Bron fan by any means)? Randle is a good 3rd wheel on a really good team but in no way is he(at this point anyway) a central player you build around. The reality of the Magic/Jeannie plan for the youth was exposed a month ago and I'm with most here is questioning the signing of LeBron but the fact remains that it was him or wait another year for the plan to form again around another FA that wouldn't sign here anyway. We've been in a horrific cycle and Bron is the only one who's changed that trajectory. They young guys are all fun to watch and root for individually but I'm not thinking anyone turns into THAT guy for us so we had to go get one. That cost us guys like Randle and Nance (my favorite of the recent picks btw) who are the guys you fill in around the top guys. The problem is that's the case with most of our youth.... they are more finishing pieces over being central franchise pieces.
As far as Randle this year he's shown some improvement in hitting shots from distance that he never did here which is great but his defense (i've only watched the LA games) was not nearly as good on the perimeter as it was here last year. You say Bron had a great and Randle was the primary defender against LeBron.
He scores in bully fashion, which would be great to have here for sure, but the long range plans of the team negated spending to keep him. We can debate that and we are all over the place. Kuzma and Ingram are not physical forwards at all. We miss that on the floor big time. I was puzzled by what NO signed him for last year and will be curious to see how the league values him this offseason. I'm guessing that he's a second tier signing for someone missing out on the big names.