Sorry to make this a new thread but I thought I would share something I heard from a scout. The PTB are in love with this guy supposedly and don't be surprised if we take him at #22. Guy can put up points fast. His shooting % are above average. Blazers not worried that he is Damon Stoudamire size, he is a baller. MVP of the PAC 10 and 4 year college player Year G-Gs Min Fg-Fga Pct 3p-3pa Pct Ft-Fta Pct Reb Avg Pf-D Ast To Blk St Tp Avg 2007 33-1 587 70-180 .389 26-86 .302 48-59 .814 50 1.5 49-0 93 57 1 15 214 6.5 2008 31-27 1001 124-290 .428 52-131 .397 67-77 .870 77 2.5 63-2 116 93 0 26 367 11.8 2009 33-33 1164 191-381 .501 82-177 .463 139-161 .863 100 3.0 58-1 165 95 0 24 603 18.3 2010 35-35 1224 210-460 .457 92-228 .404 139-149 .933 73 2.1 52-0 150 123 0 26 651 18.6
here a highlight video looks like bayless with more shooting. Can we get away with having a small guard? He might get posted up a lot but if he is quick enough to get by his defender. Him and bayless on the floor together could be dangerous but undersized. def better passer than bayless better shooter too. highlight video [video=vimeo;4895282]http://vimeo.com/4895282[/video]
Chris paul 2.0 this from draft express. I like this guy. I think we should take him. While I can speak all day about each and every guy at the camp, I’ll just share with you who I was most impressed with. The invitational’s most valuable player was Jerome Randle, and he deserved it. While he wasn’t my favorite player to watch at the event, mostly because I had seen him for so many years and played against him because he went to Cal, he showed a side of himself that not many got to witness when he was at Berkeley. Randle has always been a great passer, but in college he was a score first type point guard. His handle is beyond ridiculous and I promise you he can shoot a few feet inside the half court line with ease and knock it down fairly consistently. However, at the camp he became a pass first point guard. He reminded me of when Sebastian Telfair was in the McDonald’s All-American game and was going for the assist record. I had never seen Randle play this way before. He came in with the same mind set as I did; scouts already knew he could score the ball--that was no secret--he wanted to show his ability to do other things, specifically create for others. Randle has always been capable of this, but at the camp he showed it consistently and made it look easy. Every once in a while he would reveal his sweet stroke and rock-solid handle, but he was practically involved in all of his team’s plays and was dropping some serious dimes. [Read Full Article]
He's a midget, which could pose problems defensively, but if he were 3 inches taller he'd probably be a top ten pick in this year's draft. I'm not sure I want to see the Blazers spend a first round pick on him, but if they want to trade up or buy an early second round pick to snag him I could live with the idea of him on the roster. He reminds me of Aaron Brooks.
Looks a little like Mugsy Bogues, only better. Too bad Bayless can't shoot like that. Or pass like that. Or see the floor like that. Like Bayless, he's going to get swatted if he thinks he can take that stuff to the basket against NBA big men. Maybe Nate could run the Randle/Mills/Bayless lineup with Dante and Pendergraph down low. In blowouts, of course.
Do we really think he's better than Patty Mills who is lightening quick and can shoot as well? and even a little taller? just askin as I have not seen Randle play and would like to see more of Mills.
Having watched Randle play a fair bit more in Pac-10 play I think I can safely say that he sees the floor better than Mills, and he's definitely a better long range shooter. As for either guys' longterm prospects in the NBA? Who knows.
He had one of the best long range shooting performances I've ever seen, in the PAC 10 tournamnet this year against the Ducks. There was a stretch in the first half when he hit 3 long range jumpers that were close to 10 feet behind the college 3pt line, he could pretty much do anything he wanted. A very very impressive offensive player...
looks good on video, but don't they all? small size is concerning to me...but if POR scouts think he has more than enough to offset that???
I am starting to wonder if it's the PG teacher, rather than the PG. Bayless, Rodriguez, Jack, Green, Mills....None of them have been successful. Maybe we could stop drafting PG's? And you guys DO realize that Bayless had better shooting % from the field and behind the 3 pt line than this kid in college, right?
Hey, I am with you MM.. If POR is going after a guard...I would much rather them go after a bigger hybrid like Willie Warren, Eric Bledsoe or Avery Bradley... Or even a guy like James Anderson or Xavier Henry....
In one season, and their situations were slightly different. Bayless was a pretty good three point shooter hitting set shots, not really jumpers or off the dribble. That said, I have fairly serious doubts that Randle is gonna stick in the NBA and you're right that Portland hasn't been particularly friendly to the development of young point guards -- I see no reason to be hopeful that we'd see a reversal of the field with this kid.
Is this post from 3 years ago? "Starting"? You've been pretty solidly in the "McMilan is cause of the problem, whatever the problem is" camp since 2008.
