moocow007 wrote:Deeeez Knicks wrote:Randle can put up numbers and can be good in the right spot.
My issue has always been I don’t like the fit if we are building around Mitch, RJ and whatever PG we have. With Randle, you have to play a certain way and you need to build around his skillset. Just doesn’t seem like we have the right pieces to do that successfully if we are keeping Mitch/RJ.
Is that really what the plan is though? To build around Mitch and RJ, and whatever?
Yeah, that didn’t seem like our plan, or at least not our priority which was part of my issue. I think we were focused more on trying to compete and win now. We wanted to find the best players we could on short term deals in free agency. It created some overlap and jumbled the roster a bit.
I would have preferred if we had focused on finding free agents that fit around our young players and put a higher priority on developing them. Granted, no matter what we did in our situation we weren't going to win a lot of games.
moocow007 wrote:So are folks looking for a Randle type offensive talent (who can rebound and pass well) that can also defend and shoot 3's? Just want to do a reality check cause you can count those type players on one hand.
Randle has a ton of talent. To me it was more about fit. I think his skill set and weakness are a bad fit next to Mitch and RJ. Some of their strengths and weakness overlap. Randle’s style is similar to the way RJ should be playing as a secondary playmaker that wants to attack the rim….and Mitch loves to attack the rim. While none are great shooters. Think a guy like Morris at PF who can spread the floor, be a versatile defender, do some dirty work would have been a better fit for RJ/Mitch.
In general PFs like Randle seem like a dying breed with the way teams are playing smaller and spreading the floor which is one of the reasons he hasnt been in high demand. Its hard to build a good team around him, especially when we have Mitch/RJ as starting points.
