i'm really not seeing the infatuation with this kid. I dont care about the fact that he's a bonehead. Most of the young kids need time to mature and grow and need to be surrounded by veterans to learn from. But IMO..he looks like another Stromile Swift in the making
So you trade for him now which means you get 1.5 seasons to evaluate the guy before you're forced into a decision of whether or not to pay him (2.5 if he accepts the qualifying offer). I don't like that. The dude is 21-years-old, raw and basically has no idea what he's doing out there. The inclination in these situations is to pony up and pay merely just to keep the player. I don't want an Eddy Curry situation on our hands.
3 years of exp off the bench, after agreeing to the above post you still write that???? it is easy to pass up. check this out. pass it up. done
If it was so hard to pass up, we wouldn't be talking about the possibility of it happening, now would we? :grin:
Teams will drag these things out until one is forced to make a move or each feels they got something close to fair value or whatever. Randolph will get moved once NY or whatever team has the parameters in place for Melo.
If this kid can't get any playing time on a run-n-gun Nellie or D'Antoni team I'm really not sure he has much a future in the league. A lot of people are drooling about his upside: A guy with height, athleticism, and great ball handling and shot blocking ability. A guy who can create his own shot. Nellie and D'Antoni LOVE these types of bigs so that they can get as many shots off during the course of a game as possible. Their schemes really don't rely on good half court ball movement. Just run to the other end and shoot it. Well, that seems to be Randolph's mentality: Me, me, me. I want to get the ball and score every possible time. Well, even the warriors/knicks have to play some semblance of team basketball to be successful. Randolph just can't get a grasp on it.
Well Pringles and Nelson are terrible developmental coaches. Our system is one of the best so if anyone can bring something out of nothing its us.
Pringles. I don't know if you came up with that one or someone else, but it made me grin. Like this. Carry on.
Morey wants him because the Princeton dictates actions from the highpost. Anthony Randolph can't have too much freedom. The Princeton is a perfect fit for such a player.
Well, if we get him and he gets into the rotation and contributes to us winning, I will be overjoyed.
If you're talking about trading a guy like Jeffries for him then it's worth the risk. Especially if a third team is involved and we're not giving up our own pick. He's a 7 footer that has a long reach, loves to run the floor, can block and rebound...that's all I need to hear And that's all most of the members on clutchfans have been asking for. Morey can't go and kidnap Brook Lopez if nets don't want to trade him...or hold D Howard hostage. Alot of members want Thabeet and he's worse than Randolph.
People always say D'Antoni is a terrible developmental coach, but he is starting 3 players that are 23 or younger. Those guys (Gallo, Fields, and Chandler) seem to be coming along pretty nicely too. Also, Amare, Joe Johnson, Barbosa, and Diaw seemed to develop fine under D'Antoni.
Yeah, but all of those guys are/were GOOD young players. People's beef here is with the (lack of) development of Jordan Hill. (I keed. I keed.)
Gallo looks mediocre this season. not saying much especially since he was the 6th pick in the draft. Fields is impressive but that's due to his motor and hustle. Not Pringles coaching. Chandler was looking good since his rookie year and before D' Antoni got there. He just needed the playing time. I'm not saying Mike is a bad coach but he's not a teacher the way, Rick Adelman is.
I hate Pringles as much as the next guy, but you gotta at least give him some credit. He is playing young guys and the young guys are playing well. D'Antoni's problem is that he won't play guys who can't play offense (Hill, Randolph).
I like Adelman alright, but a teacher? He's playing rookies when forced to, like most coaches. Has he come a long ways since his days of having Drazen Petrovich ride the pine as a rook? Sure, but I wouldn't classify Adelman as a teacher, necessarily. That being said, no clue as to what goes on behind the doors...BUT, generally, you don't find too many NBA coaches who, when it comes to game time, are "teachers". They either play the young guys cause the team isn't going anywhere and they need to develop those guys, or because those guys are legitimately already better than the other options on the roster, inexperienced or not. Some coaches are visibly better teachers than others, I guess. Rudy did a great job with Horry and Cassell. Popovich's handling of Tony Parker seems to have been exactly what was needed. Anyway, D'Antoni is definitely not a special coach. But he does have a unique system, that when surrounded with the right talent, can be successful, and probably can even win a championship...but is more likely to not get over that hump most years.
