Wise1 wrote:Bernman wrote:Wise1 wrote:That's my take Mike X. Smells like a promise. If you give a promise to an 18 year old guy that claimed that he was "the best player on the floor" after working out with Alexandar and Green, he probably would give less than inspired efforts for teams picking later than his promise. Heck, some guys don't even show up for workouts in similar scenarios, so I won't knock Randolph who at least has shown up for his workouts.
Smells like teen promise.
How bout knocking Randolph for not showing up for LSU during his freshman season.....from anything other than a stat-stuffing standpoint?
Can we say jaded, biased and uninformed opinion. Geez. The guy was a freshman PF in a tough conference that rebounded the ball extremely well and blocked a lot of shots. Say what you want, but you can't take that away from him. It's not like he was the team's point guard. In fact, selfish guard play has been attributed to the few sore spots that the kid has. His guards have been described as shot happy and inconsistent. Randolph's turnovers (less than Lamar Odom's were as a collegiate) have been attributed to his trying to do to much to help his team win. I don't think you can paint this kid as a selfish stat stuffer. His team was awful and as an 18 year old freshman, he was the best player on the floor. Not his fault. I'm sure the Bucks wouldn't mind the kid stuffing the stat sheet with rebounds and blocks in Milwaukee.
The SEC a tough conference?:
The SEC advanced zero teams to the elite eight and only one to the Sweet 16. And only 5 of 12 teams were in position for an auto bid. That's a below average ratio for a mid major conference. The SEC was quite poor last year and is traditionally one of your weaker major conferences.I can't take away from him that he was a good rebounder?: He was 14th out of 24th among the power forward crop, in per 40 minute pace adjusted rebounding. And who was he fighting on his own team for rebounds? LSU was 276th in college BB in team rebounding percentage with Randolph as one of their two frontcourt players. Clearly he and his teammates must have been outstanding rebounders. His solid, not spectacular raw rebounding total is due in part to his team and himself missing so many shots, LSU's fast pace, a high minute total, and his lack of teammates he needed to fend off. I can't take away what he never had in the first place. Now in the pros he's going to have to dive much further to the basket to be in rebounding position, and fight men with his skinny body.
He can block shots, but that quality is de-emphasized because of his transition to the perimeter.
If he was trying so hard to make his teammates better and help his team win, don't you think he would fall ass backwards into some assists every once in a while? We're talking about a guy who was 14th among the power forward crop in assists, but #4 in percent of team possessions and 5 in turnovers. Those aren't good ratios. Most ballhogs have high assist totals, case in point Stephon Marbury and Fatoine Walker. That tells you how putrid his court vision was. Not having teammates didn't stop Beasley from having high efficiency ratings, PPP, and win scores. Randolph was putrid in nearly every statistical category. He was part of the problem at LSU, not the solution.
Kirby, I know a thousand times more about college basketball than you. Don't call me misinformed. Stats prove you're the one who misinformed on Randolph.
) but I don't have a track record for being way off on players. Just last year, I was a BIG critic of Mike Conley and did not want the Bucks to draft him. I thought that he'd be a good player, but not worthy of a top 5 pick. I feel the same way about Eric Gordon this year. Time will tell.
