Julius Randle

[Tom Izzo]

I feel like those of you in the Discord thought I was kidding. I was NOT! So here it is. RandGod's second stock watch of the season. Why am I doing this? Mostly because I believe people were reluctant in the beginning of the year to give him the increase he deserved because they weren't convinced of his improvement. Here we are toward the end of the season and it's just continued or even improved. Randle is probably going to end up this year's Most Improved Player of the year. Let's look at his stats once more:

23.6 PPG
10.5 RPG
6.1 APG

45.9% FG
40.1% 3PT
56.6% TS

His Knicks are 33-27 and in 4th place in the East. His month of April (12 games):

25.8 PPG
9.2 RPG
7.4 APG
42% FG
34.7% 3PT

And his last 7 games in particular: 

32.1 PPG
8.8 RPG
6.3 APG

45.6% FG
41.8% 3PT

And this includes 2 40+ point performances. 

I rated Randle an 86 last time and he ended up an 85. I believe his continued performance at this level and improvements warrant a further increase. 

Current: 85
Suggested: 87

[George Gervin]

85

I think his play since your February SW solidifies that rating, but if you look at the pre and post ASG breakdown of his stats, he’s improved slightly in some areas post ASG (PPG, APG, 3 PM%) but has deteriorated in others (RPG, TOs, FG% (5% down from pre ASG on that last one)). If he had held or improved that FG% with the other improvements, I might be inclined to bump him one point, but his USG% post ASG is only up slightly (28 to 29.7) and he’s having that decline in percentage. 

[Jerry West]

85, that's a 3 point increase from me

[Amare Stoudemire]

87 He's been fantastic! and one of my biggest regrets of trading 😭

[Bryan Colangelo]

87

[Tom Izzo]

Apr 22, 2021 12:35:04 GMT George Gervin said:

85

I think his play since your February SW solidifies that rating, but if you look at the pre and post ASG breakdown of his stats, he’s improved slightly in some areas post ASG (PPG, APG, 3 PM%) but has deteriorated in others (RPG, TOs, FG% (5% down from pre ASG on that last one)). If he had held or improved that FG% with the other improvements, I might be inclined to bump him one point, but his USG% post ASG is only up slightly (28 to 29.7) and he’s having that decline in percentage. 

Well his pre-ASG numbers deserved an 87 anyway, so...

[George Gervin]

Apr 22, 2021 15:21:47 GMT Tom Izzo said:

Apr 22, 2021 12:35:04 GMT George Gervin said:

85

I think his play since your February SW solidifies that rating, but if you look at the pre and post ASG breakdown of his stats, he’s improved slightly in some areas post ASG (PPG, APG, 3 PM%) but has deteriorated in others (RPG, TOs, FG% (5% down from pre ASG on that last one)). If he had held or improved that FG% with the other improvements, I might be inclined to bump him one point, but his USG% post ASG is only up slightly (28 to 29.7) and he’s having that decline in percentage. 

Well his pre-ASG numbers deserved an 87 anyway, so...

I voted an 85 then, and voting an 85 now with what I think is a clear rationale for why..

[Alex English]

88.5

[Andrei Kirilenko]

85, I am looking at our rosters page and I don't really see any big man rated 86 or higher that I think Randle is better than (other than potentially Siakam who is getting decreased).

I also don't like stockwatches based on such small sample sizes. We should absolutely not be changing ratings based on 12 games.

[Arvydas Sabonis]

87.5

[Brian Scalabrine]

86

[Chauncey Billups]

88

[Mark Price]

86

[Tom Izzo]

Knicks win their 9th in a row. Randle: 31 points, 10 rebounds on 10/17 FG and 5/7 3PT!

[James Kay]

86.5

[Walt Frazier]

Big Julius fan. I would probably vote 87 or 88 so I'll give it an 87.5.

THREAD CLOSED

New Rating: 87 (86.5909)