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One underated aspect that could develop with Julius Randle over KAT

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One underated aspect that could develop with Julius Randle over KAT 

Post#1 » by Calinks » Fri Oct 4, 2024 5:37 am

Everyone assumes that Randle will be this ballhog and issue for Ant on the floor but that is not a given. There is also a real chance that Randle and Ant could develop the potential two man game that for some confounding reason Towns and Edwards never could.

I never understood why Towns and Ant never found a way to play off each other. They just could never find a chemistry that made teams pay and we left a ton of potency in the table.

Maybe Randle and Edwards can find that. Imagine if they can play off each other, that will take our offense to the next level. All playoffs teams never had to worry about any combination the wolves could muster, we might change that.
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Re: One underated aspect that could develop with Julius Randle over KAT 

Post#2 » by Klomp » Fri Oct 4, 2024 5:42 am

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Re: One underated aspect that could develop with Julius Randle over KAT 

Post#3 » by FrenchMinnyFan » Fri Oct 4, 2024 6:25 am

[quote="Calinks"]Everyone assumes that Randle will be this ballhog and issue for Ant on the floor but that is not a given. There is also a real chance that Randle and Ant could develop the potential two man game that for some confounding reason Towns and Edwards never could.

I never understood why Towns and Ant never found a way to play off each other. They just could never find a chemistry that made teams pay and we left a ton of potency in the table.

Maybe Randle and Edwards can find that. Imagine if they can play off each other, that will take our offense to the next level. All playoffs teams never had to worry about any combination the wolves could muster, we might change that.[/quo

Totally agree with that. JR his a much better playmaker than KAT and it will benefit ANT. I don't the issue between KAT and ANT was personal, just that their game did not match well. I'm curious also to see how they will play with Rudy as KAT-Rudy together was working quite well. .
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Re: One underated aspect that could develop with Julius Randle over KAT 

Post#4 » by minimus » Fri Oct 4, 2024 6:46 am

Yes! Who was the best guard who played with Randle in NYK who was as athletic as Edwards? Brunson is not natural catch and shoot player, not slasher. He is surprisingly a monster in post up situations. It meshes well with Towns stretching the floor, but not so much with Randle drive and kick game
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Re: One underated aspect that could develop with Julius Randle over KAT 

Post#5 » by minimus » Fri Oct 4, 2024 6:47 am

I guess McDaniels can benefit from Ranlde passing as well.
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Re: One underated aspect that could develop with Julius Randle over KAT 

Post#6 » by Calinks » Fri Oct 4, 2024 2:11 pm

I think its something to look out for, I see a lot of assumptions that Randle will be a problem but he actually might be a solution. Conely and Finch know what they are doing but even with that said I feel like a lot of KAT's talent was oddly wasted here since we got Rudy. Randle might be a better fit for this team.
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