Anthony Randolph

[BeasleyTheBeast]

He is still that player where his athletic abilities are All-Star worthy, but his BBIQ is the same as a 2-year old. I really hope he can put it together someday, but he really hasn't show any progress in his time here.

His basketball IQ isn't that bad.

[Klomp]

I still don't get why Tolliver is ahead of Randolph in the rotation. Makes absolutely no sense. Even if Tolliver outperforms Randolph in practice, Adelman should see what we all see, and that is that Randolph plays better than Tolliver does.

It actually isn't that hard to understand.

There's this thing called defense. I'd say about 85-90% of the time that Tolliver is out there, he is defending the opposing SF because Beasley and Williams are too slow to do so. Last night was no exception, with Tolliver guarding the SF and Beasley guarding the PF. Do you really want Anthony Randolph defending out on the perimeter? Adelman clearly thought that Beasley wasn't quick enough to defend on the perimeter last night in that lineup.

[moss_is_1]

To be fair, Tolliver can't defend either. even if he is a slightly better defender, AR is a much better rebounder.

[Klomp]

To be fair, Tolliver can't defend either. even if he is a slightly better defender, AR is a much better rebounder.

Its not about how good a defender he is or isn't, it's about matchups.

[kevin44]

AR will be gone by the trade deadline or at the end of the season. No way you guys pay him 4 mil qualifying offer. He is running out of chances, but I still think he will make an impact somewhere.

[Narf]

AR will be gone by the trade deadline or at the end of the season. No way you guys pay him 4 mil qualifying offer. He is running out of chances, but I still think he will make an impact somewhere.

I think that depends on what Adelman says. Adelman said he wanted this job to "develop young players" because it was fun for him. If Randolph is taking to his coaching and we don't have a huge plan for the cap space I could see the Wolves offer the QO.

[shangrila]

I realize he's got a low BB IQ, but so does Webster.

No he doesn't. He's not Einstien out there, but don't even imply that Randolph and Webster are in the same category smarts-wise.

Randolph brings things to the table that NONE of our other bigs do.

Stupidity, mostly.

Look at Love, Pek, Darko, Miller, Tolliver...no one would call any one of those guys athletic.

So they can't jump as high, big deal? I imagine that's more damning for Randolph, since most if not all of those guys are more productive despite having less physical gifts.

Randolph is a freak athlete with naturaly basketball skill and talents.

Ok, now you're just being silly.

With that said, I only want him on the court when Rubio is out there. He always seemed to be in the right place at the right time earlier in the season with Ricky on the court with him.

That's because Ricky makes everyone look better. Any chump can run up and down the court, hang around the baseline for dump offs and catch lobs. He doesn't do anything special in that regard and he kills the team with turnovers and weak defence when he's in, so he's a net negative anyway.

He makes big-time hustle plays and has too much upside to be rotting on the bench game after game in my opinion.

He makes one hustle play a week, if he's lucky, and that's all it really seems to be; luck. Him running around without a clue is always bound to pay off sometime.

I give Adelman credit for turning the ship around so fast, but my biggest complaint with him all season has been some of his rotations. I wish AR would get some more playing time. Love and Pek are going to be dead tired a month before the season ends if they keep playing as much as they have been. With talented players on the bench like AR and D-Will, they shouldn't have to play 40+ mpg.

And that says far more about Williams and Randolph than Adelman. If they were earning minutes, they would have them. But we (finally) have a coach who doesn't just hand minutes to players, and it's showing. If you don't perform, you don't play. Randolph doesn't perform so he doesn't play.

I don't understand why people have beef with Adelman over this. I doubt he's trying to wear out his best players on purpose, it's just that he plays to win and nobody is giving him another choice.

But I trust Adelman. We don't see what goes on during practice or anything of that sort. There may be other contributing factors why AR never plays anymore.

Honestly, we don't even need to know what's going on in practice. All we need to do is sit and watch Randolph make bone headed play after bone headed play to see why he's not playing.

[kevin44]

Narf if Adelman wanted to develop AR he would play him more than once a month.

[turk3d]

Randolph is shooting almost 51% for the season when playing (that's 2nd highest to Pekovic) and is 3rd in rebounding to Love and Pek. This guy is always getting stiffed. I think he has the worst luck in the hiistory of the game when it comes to coaches (first Nellie, then Pringles and now the Fuhrer).

I mean his per in rebounding over his young career is 10.5 and it's 17.4 in scoring. And still just 22 years of age. Ridiculous that he doesn't even get at least a few minutes a game.

[mandurugo]

Randolph is shooting almost 51% for the season when playing (that's 2nd highest to Pekovic) and is 3rd in rebounding to Love and Pek. This guy is always getting stiffed. I think he has the worst luck in the hiistory of the game when it comes to coaches (first Nellie, then Pringles and now the Fuhrer).

I mean his per in rebounding over his young career is 10.5 and it's 17.4 in scoring. And still just 22 years of age. Ridiculous that he doesn't even get at least a few minutes a game.

Off topic, but that nonsense from Phil Jackson was really contemptible.

[C.lupus]

Randolph is shooting almost 51% for the season when playing (that's 2nd highest to Pekovic) and is 3rd in rebounding to Love and Pek. This guy is always getting stiffed. I think he has the worst luck in the hiistory of the game when it comes to coaches (first Nellie, then Pringles and now the Fuhrer).

I mean his per in rebounding over his young career is 10.5 and it's 17.4 in scoring. And still just 22 years of age. Ridiculous that he doesn't even get at least a few minutes a game.

Three different coaches (two of the winningest coaches of all time), three different systems, one conclusion. I don't think it is coincidental and I don't think it it is coach-related.

[Breakdown777]

I want Anthony Randolph traded to the Bobcats or the Wizards for anything. I feel like those two teams might give him a break since they are terrible already. Maggettee is getting so old, that Randolph might be able to make a career out of being the next "best player on the worst team" guy.

[moss_is_1]

I used to be the biggest AR fan til I watched him play night in and night out. He just doesn't do the little things it takes to win games. He does a lot of things that are just not smart. Over the back fouls, trying to block every shot, shooting 15 foot jumpers, etc.

[Devilzsidewalk]

if he can transform himself to energy/rebounding/defending/finishing/ball movement and stop clanking jumpers then he might have a big role on a team yet

[Klomp]

I want Anthony Randolph traded to the Bobcats or the Wizards for anything. I feel like those two teams might give him a break since they are terrible already. Maggettee is getting so old, that Randolph might be able to make a career out of being the next "best player on the worst team" guy.

Randolph and McGee in the same frontcourt would be a sight to see

[Ayt]

He should try volley ball. Basketball is too complicated for him.