Watch the games Thriller Christ. Randle sometimes puts in the effort, but his lack of height and alligator arms limit him on defense. There was at least 2 times I recall that he didn't even make it to half court on a fast break when he was on D. Kentucky's Lee and Dakari even managed to make it down the court.
Another thing I don't like about Randle: He plays out of control. I can remember a few times where Randle got the ball on the perimeter and didn't drive to the basket with reckless abandon and throw up a wild shot. If he mixed in pull up J's or even drove with more control I would like the aggressiveness.
I'm just not a Randle fan. I like Poythress as much as Randle so I may be crazy. Poythress' D and athleticism is impressive. With our second round pick if he declares and falls, I would take him in a heartbeat. IIRC, last year he had confidence issues and not having the drive. Watching him this year for the 10+ games I've watched of Kentucky show me that he has improved. He crashes the offensive boards so hard and has had some really nice drives along the way too. I've been wrong and right through the years; Right-Loved Paul George, Hibbert, Stephenson, Kawhi Leonard and Matthews and really liked Bradley Beal. I thought wrong- Almond was going to be great, CJ a solid starter, Burks nothing more than an average 6th man and Derrick Williams a star. I loved the Trey Burke pick, but time will tell with that. Point is we all have wrong and right, but my opinion is Randle isn't worthy of a top 10 pick. You can disagree all you want and I respect that, but that's my stance on Randle.
Oh and Thriller, quit acting all tough guy and that you are right on every freakin topic.
