Comments on: Anthony Randolph will be out 7-14 days

By: Harp's Dubs

Harp's Dubs — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:55:34 +0000

Perry, hard for me to admit (because we’re usually on the same page), but I disagree with you on this one. With that trade, I see no chance to develop a championship-caliber squad, nor any financial flexibility in the near future. I like dumping Maggette’s contract, but I feel like we can potentially get more for Randolph/Speedy/Turiaf.
With Toronto looking bad right now and Bosh assuredly counting the days until his departure, how about:
Biedrins, Randolph, Azubuike and a first rounder for Bosh?
Toronto doesn’t get any better this year, but next year has:
PG – Calderon/Jack
SG – DeRozan/Bellinelli
SF – Turkoglu/Azubuike
PF – Bargnani/Randolph/Evans
C – Biedrins/Bargnani
PLUS their lottery pick AND our pick (possible lottery as well)!!!

Warriors after the Bosh trade:
PG – Curry/Watson
SG – Ellis/Morrow
SF – Maggette/George
PF – Bosh/Radmanovic
C – Turiaf/Hunter/Moore

If we could somehow convince New Orleans to part with CP3 (taking on James Posey’s ugly contract) by giving up anyone – yes ANYONE – but Bosh, then we have perhaps the two most dominant players at their position in the league. That (and the notion that other teams can’t pay as much as we can this summer) may be enough to convince Bosh to stay. With those two pillars (Bosh is 26 in March and Paul is 25 in May) and money we’ll have to spend, we can quickly build a championship caliber team.

By: Perry

Perry — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:02:57 +0000

With the Wizards being off to another terrible start…..it might be time to clean house…..

How’s this:

Anthony Randolph, Ronny Turiaf, Corey Maggette and Speedy Claxton to Washington

for

Caron Butler, Antawn Jamison and Andre Blatche

We go with:

1. Curry
2. Ellis
3. Butler
4. Jamison
5. Biedrins

Pros: We acquire 2 legitimate scorers who combined together could help us in the 4th quarter when we go through our scoring droughts…….we acquire a tough front court role player in Blatche to fill the role that Turiaf hasn’t really filled since he’s been here.

Cons: Too many scorers on the floor, not enough touches, possible dissention

They go with:

1. Arenas
2. Miller/Stevenson
3. Maggette
4. Randolph
5. Haywood

Pros: Fresh start with a young player in Randolph with a lot to prove, a proven scorer in Maggette

Cons: Probably won’t improve their win total, they’d be doing the move out of desperation, to start fresh and clean house…..

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:47:31 +0000

AR is 20, he will be good, maybe great, it is called patience, every W’s fan should plenty of it by now…

By: Rod

Rod — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:14:19 +0000

Who’s tapping these guy’s ankles any how…Looks like they need to do a better job of it.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:01:01 +0000

This may be a good time to remember that he was the youngest player in the NBA only last year. No he is not going to be special like LeBron was at the same age but can he be an All-Star? Yes he at least has the physical ability to do it. Jury is still out on between the ears, but if he spends this 1-2 weeks watching film he could show significant improvement quickly when he comes back. He has at the very least shown the commitment to put in the work to get better.

By: kookaburra

kookaburra — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:48:56 +0000

hey Deano and Perry, you guys have absolutely no idea what you are talking about and I’m glad you’ll both never make a significant basketball decision in your life. Randolph is 20 years old, averaging 12 points/6.5 boards in about 22 minutes a night and you are saying at best he is a role player. Wow.

By: samuraaaaiiiiiii

samuraaaaiiiiiii — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:40:57 +0000

When you look at the draft picks, there aren’t really any PF/C that were available at our pick that I would have rather had based on what they have done so far in the NBA, with the exceptions of MAYBE Marreese Speights or Ryan Anderson. Speights because he is a legit big body rebounder, and Anderson because he is a Nellie-ball player and he went to Cal!

By: petaluman

petaluman — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:10:24 +0000

IMO, the jury is definitely still out on AR, but it seems decidedly premature to be giving up on him in his 2nd year. Maybe if he were a 4-year collegian and not a big, but he’s neither.

As a reminder, here is his draft class. The top few guys are looking pretty good, but most are pretty much in Randolph’s boat. I believe the #8 pick issued a trade demand when his option for next year wasn’t even picked up.

1 Derrick Rose, Guard, Memphis
2 Michael Beasley, Forward, Kansas State
3 O.J. Mayo, Guard, USC (To Memphis)
4 Russell Westbrook, Guard, UCLA
5 Kevin Love, Forward, UCLA (To Minnesota)
6 Danilo Gallinari, Forward, Italy
7 Eric Gordon, Guard, Indiana
8 Joe Alexander, Forward, West Virginia
9 D.J. Augustin, Guard, Texas
10 Brook Lopez, Center, Stanford
11 Jerryd Bayless, Guard, Arizona
12 Jason Thompson, Forward, Rider
13 Brandon Rush, Forward, Kansas
14 Anthony Randolph, Forward, LSU
15 Robin Lopez, Forward, Stanford
16 Marreese Speights, Forward, Florida
17 Roy Hibbert, Center, Georgetown
18 JaVale McGee, Center, Nevada
19 J.J. Hickson, Forward, N.C. State
20 Alexis Ajinca, Center, France
21 Ryan Anderson, Forward, California
22 Courtney Lee, Guard, Western Kentucky
23 Kosta Koufos, Center, Ohio State
24 Serge Ibaka, Forward, Spain
25 Nicolas Batum, Forward, France
26 George Hill, Guard, IUPUI
27 Darrell Arthur, Forward, Kansas
28 Donte Greene, Forward, Syracuse
29 D.J. White, Forward, Indiana
30 J.R. Giddens, Guard, New Mexico

By: Perry

Perry — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:50:13 +0000

“Deano”…….you’re right….even when fully healthy, this front line is the one of the worst in the league defensively, offensively and rebounding wise.

If you feel like it, read my post from the Game # 14 thread……I posted about our inferior front line.

Losing Anthony Randolph has about as much impact on our team as does the Lakers losing Luke Walton……..no impact whatsoever….Lakers keep winning, Warriors keep losing.

By: Perry

Perry — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:39:16 +0000

Wish Anthony the best.

But it’s not like we lost Kevin Garnett or anything.

Anthony hardly has any kind of positive impact on a game anyway…….he can score and rebound in limited minutes, but he is not a difference maker and he’s a push over on defense.

Anthony is over-rated and his loss won’t make any difference whatsoever.

He is not a future star, he is an average, role player with athleticism and poor decision making.

Look at his draft class, guys from that class have already made significant impacts on the league and are consistent rotation players while Anthony is still struggling with turnovers, minutes and confidence.

I agree with “Deano”…………in my opinion, I would rather have a health Andris Biedrins and Brandan Wright over Anthony Randolph…….