robillionaire wrote::nod:sol537 wrote:Is KAT a great shooter? Yes. Is he a talented basketball player? Yes.
HOWEVER... his bball IQ on offense and defense is relatively low. He gets lost on rotations often and makes dumb fouls at the worst times. Then, on offense, he takes a lot of forced/bad shots... ie momentum killing shots. The cherry on top is his interviews and mindset... just listening to him, you get the sense that he's not a championship caliber player. He'll fold on the biggest stage more times than not. The Wolves would be wise to try to move him for better pieces... heck, they should go all in for Spida and send KAT and some picks to get it done. Spida + Gobert + Ant + McDaniels + Reid actually has a terrific chance of winning. KAT will continue to disappoint in this series despite his clear size/talent advantage over Washington. He lacks the dog in him...
I agree with a lot of that. I think here he would do well because Brunson is the 1A guy here so he doesn’t have to be that on offense here, and also with defenders like OG and if Mitch is still here to play the matchups with him and just the general scheme and culture for motivation I don’t think be a major liability on that end at all. He defended Jokic ok. Meanwhile he provides elite level shooting for a big man. His advanced stats have always been solid. Hartenstein and Mitch do not provide offense and while Randle is a very talented offensive player in general his shooting at times often leaves a lot to be desired. Randle also needs a lot of touches and isolation in order to do his thing, we have had success with that at times, but with towns we could really spread the floor. I think it would be great. There could be some matchups where we play him at the 4 for shooting with Mitch as rim protection and others where we can use him at the 5
Everyone knows I am a Randle fan, I do think towns is slightly better due to his outside shooting and the value that has in the modern nba but it’s only marginally better. There are some aspects Randle is better in. And there’s the continuity. I’d be sad to see Randle go after his run here
Randle and Bojan would work in a trade for him but I wouldn’t tack on very much else . Randle has value as a 3x all star. But eventually we gotta pay him again. If they decide to move him for a trade this would be a viable target
rob, the argument here most likely is that, for the salary that he is supposed to be paid, he has to put up all star performance nearly every game. If Randle can give you those numbers at similar consistencies for a much lower salary per, why switch?
Randle's shooting profile and locations improved as this season went on; perhaps he learned to acclimate with brunson's style
