The Anthony Randolph Study

i see this to be a break out year for AR, plus Felton. we already know the damage stat city can do. feltons 5th year in the league, same as nate robinson if im not mistaken. and we know felton is a pure point guard, who matured greatly. from watching all the you tube footage on AR I see D-wade, lebron, durant, bosh, amarie, & j-smove in his style and game play. his confidence is strongly high. and he will be the next superstar.

Even with his mistakes, Randolph deserved significantly more playing time than most guys on your team. I remember him consistently getting yanked in favor of Mikki Moore. I’m sure Mikki Moore sets better picks or whatever, but Randolph’s per minute production was at least twice as good. It’s too bad Don Nelson died six years ago. He never would have let that happen.

Ripping the “mental faculties” of a 20 year old kid with one year of college ball and insisting that he will never learn sounds like some sour-ass grapes to me. I’m sure you’ve done rigorous studies of his brain capacity and were able to watch him play extended minutes to determine his ceiling, but we’ll be the judge of what we have now, thanks.

No, I mean, really. It seems like Nellie was upset that he didn’t act more like a regular power forward… but as you said, that seems unlike Nellie. Actually, Nellie is kind of hard to figure out. It seems like AR needs motivation to really get after rebounds and that may be the root of what Nellie’s problem was. I can understand that.

I hope D’antoni tells him to bring up the ball himself when he rebounds it. Actually, I can really imagine that happening – D’antoni telling Felton to head up the court when AR gets a bound, rather than sprinting back to collect the ball.

Hope springs eternal. Even if he’s a guy that looks great losing a game and goes into D’antoni’s doghouse, I’m still confident the Knicks will be good. Randolph’s upside is big – I’ll take the chance. I know what you are saying about being born with smarts, but I also think that the guy’s only 21 and there’s still a possibility that he hasn’t yet learned what he needs to learn.

He played all 5 positions in high school. He admitted that he was bad until he was a junior. As a freshman in college he wasn’t very good either and projected to be Jared Jeffries. As a first year player he played better than expected, and was even better the next year. He’s still very young, improving each year, and will make fewer mistakes as he becomes more comfortable.

A floor for Anthony Randolph is Tyrus Thomas, who has very similar numbers to Anthony Randolph, but a bit worse across the board. He’s improved each year as well, and he definitely helped the Bobcats win games.

on AR. Seems that Nellie more so tried to give him a defined role instead of letting him just use his natural skill.

Pringles ain’t gonna do that. There’s only one position that he requires that, and that’s the PG spot…which AR isn’t. All 4 others spots, basically…do whatever the hell you want. Just score the ball.

If AR can shoot and doesn’t just run and chuck….he’s not going to the bench. If he can handle the rock, well..Pringles most likely will let em, unless it costs the team repeatedly.

Well even more so, you are born with smarts, you don’t grow and become smart, and unfortunately Anthony is lacking the brain matter to be a star.

All those colleges and universities are just a big scam. You cant become smarter at a subject then you already are. The brain just stops learning how to understand new things after the age of 21.

he was gonna go at #6 if he was bigger then that.

Instead, we let you guys draft him and deal with his first two developmental years, then we get him toward the productive end of his rookie contract. Pretty sweet deal for the Knicks, eh?

he was drafted mid 1st not top 8. Big deal. He was pu putt till later in his jr year in high school. With one year of college ball he already shot up to 14 overall pick. OVERALL.. His lack of court IQ is as expected for a guy who had very little exposure to basketball. But referring to what someone wrote above.. iq is more than normal for players to enhance as they practice and put time into their game.

Being teh 14th pick expectations were there for him to be game ready. But he wasnt. This was the issue in GS. But For knicks mgm to trade for this guy means they know this and more. So he isnt expected to be great from day 1. He is still adding weight to his frame and fascets to his game. IQ can grow with time.