Knicks · Article: Chasson Randle is the sharpshooter your team needs (page 1)

If you haven't heard the name Chasson Randle yet, you should get familiar because his stock is about to blow up in a major way.

After taking an elbow to the face courtesy of Lou Amundson in preseason prevented him from making the final roster over Ron Baker. Since then, Randle has made a full recovery and been holding court in the D-League since then. The guard out of Stanford was regarded as one of the best point guards in college basketball as a senior, but after going undrafted and spending time overseas, he is ready to take the NBA by storm.

Randle is a true combo guard, standing at 6’2” with a 6’7” wingspan, he has excelled playing both point guard and shooting guard as both a collegiate and professional. His height is more in line with a point guard, but given his long wingspan he can usually hang with most shooting guards defensively. What he does best is shoot the ball, at a very efficient and impactful rate.

While with the Westchester Knicks, he has lit up almost every opponent. He is currently averaging over 22 points per game while hitting almost 40 percent of his shots from deep and almost 44 percent of his shots overall. He is taking almost seven attempts from three point range per game and hitting on just about three of them.

Randle is a volume scorer, attempting just over 17 shots per game and hitting about eight of them each contest. He really excels off the catch and shoot, but can get his shot off in multiple ways. He is not afraid of driving the lane and looking for contact. As a junior at Stanford, he finished 20 and-one plays in one season. NBA size does not seem to phase him when he drives the lane either, as he looked very good in both Las Vegas and Orlando’s Summer Leagues.

In addition to his abilities as a scorer, Randle is a decent passer and the New York Knicks coaching staff praised his defense during the preseason. Right now, his assist to turnover ratio is not what it should be and does not reflect the type of facilitator he can be, as Randle is currently averaging 3.54 assists to 3.46 turnovers. He needs to work on tightening up his handles and decision making a little if he wants to take his game to the next level.

His decision making is really the only glaring weakness in his game right now, if you could even call it that. He need to work on knowing when to look for his own shot versus making the extra pass, and then knowing where to move the ball in order to get points out of the possession. He is a very effective scorer but he could become deadly if he irons out his decision making.

Randle is hot right now, coming off of back to back games with over 35 points scored. He followed up a 38 point performance on Friday with a 36 point performance on Sunday. In those two games he attempted 20 three pointers and made 16 of them. It was such a hot streak it brought his average on the year up from 26 percent to the respectable 39.5 percent.

What Chasson Randle can offer NBA teams right now is shooting and defense. He is a hard worker that is driven to become the best player he can be. If he can continue his hot streak from three, expect him to get a call up sooner than later. The Knicks are the obvious front runners to call him up, but that would mean cutting Ron Baker, Marshall Plumlee, or Maurice Ndour.

He is technically a free agent, so he can sign anywhere he pleases. Hopefully an NBA team scoops him up before a more lucrative offer comes from overseas. Randle is a hot commodity that’s currently on the verge of hopefully landing on an NBA team near you.

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THX for posting this. I am TOTALLY on the Randle Train or Bandwagon, whatever. I think he would bring something we don't currently have from out PG spot. A LEGIT 3PT THREAT!!! He's the kind of weapon that could help make the team that much more potent and force teams into bad situations since he can actually hit those open 3's that are there but Rose and BJ aren't really able to take advantage of.

nixluva wrote:THX for posting this. I am TOTALLY on the Randle Train or Bandwagon, whatever. I think he would bring something we don't currently have from out PG spot. A LEGIT 3PT THREAT!!! He's the kind of weapon that could help make the team that much more potent and force teams into bad situations since he can actually hit those open 3's that are there but Rose and BJ aren't really able to take advantage of.

I agree. I just don't know who they let go to bring him up. N'Dour seems like the most likely candidate but he is on a team friendly, multi year deal and Gaines really liked him when they first brought him in.

nixluva wrote:THX for posting this. I am TOTALLY on the Randle Train or Bandwagon, whatever. I think he would bring something we don't currently have from out PG spot. A LEGIT 3PT THREAT!!! He's the kind of weapon that could help make the team that much more potent and force teams into bad situations since he can actually hit those open 3's that are there but Rose and BJ aren't really able to take advantage of.

This maybe true but the likely hood of Randle ever seeing the floor baring injury is low even if he was on the roster. His passing and defense needs to really improve.

yellowboy90 wrote:

nixluva wrote:THX for posting this. I am TOTALLY on the Randle Train or Bandwagon, whatever. I think he would bring something we don't currently have from out PG spot. A LEGIT 3PT THREAT!!! He's the kind of weapon that could help make the team that much more potent and force teams into bad situations since he can actually hit those open 3's that are there but Rose and BJ aren't really able to take advantage of.

This maybe true but the likely hood of Randle ever seeing the floor baring injury is low even if he was on the roster. His passing and defense needs to really improve.

agreed. Like i mentioned its a big jump to the big leagues and he needs to tune up his overall game

StarksEwing1 wrote:

yellowboy90 wrote:

nixluva wrote:THX for posting this. I am TOTALLY on the Randle Train or Bandwagon, whatever. I think he would bring something we don't currently have from out PG spot. A LEGIT 3PT THREAT!!! He's the kind of weapon that could help make the team that much more potent and force teams into bad situations since he can actually hit those open 3's that are there but Rose and BJ aren't really able to take advantage of.

This maybe true but the likely hood of Randle ever seeing the floor baring injury is low even if he was on the roster. His passing and defense needs to really improve.

agreed. Like i mentioned its a big jump to the big leagues and he needs to tune up his overall game

There are times the Knicks have needed another guard who can make things happen. Especially when Rose is out or the times BJ is ineffective!!! Randle could bring a scoring punch we miss at times and I do think he'd find minutes enough to make a difference.

nixluva wrote:

StarksEwing1 wrote:

yellowboy90 wrote:

nixluva wrote:THX for posting this. I am TOTALLY on the Randle Train or Bandwagon, whatever. I think he would bring something we don't currently have from out PG spot. A LEGIT 3PT THREAT!!! He's the kind of weapon that could help make the team that much more potent and force teams into bad situations since he can actually hit those open 3's that are there but Rose and BJ aren't really able to take advantage of.

This maybe true but the likely hood of Randle ever seeing the floor baring injury is low even if he was on the roster. His passing and defense needs to really improve.

agreed. Like i mentioned its a big jump to the big leagues and he needs to tune up his overall game

There are times the Knicks have needed another guard who can make things happen. Especially when Rose is out or the times BJ is ineffective!!! Randle could bring a scoring punch we miss at times and I do think he'd find minutes enough to make a difference.

Only when Rose is hurt. Jennings is important to the leadership of this club. You can't just bench him for Randle.... Rose is a legit star for us and important to us winning games. The Knicks are going 10 deep every game right now. They can't go 11 deep. It's tough but Randle is where he is for the time being.

10 day contracts start January 5th. I don't think Randle is joining any team before then.

CrushAlot wrote:10 day contracts start January 5th. I don't think Randle is joining any team before then.

that's a no brainer

StarksEwing1 wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:10 day contracts start January 5th. I don't think Randle is joining any team before then.

that's a no brainer

I almost expect the Knicks to consider cutting Ndour for Randle. It doesn't sound like it from what Jeff has said about someone having to get hurt but I do think adding Randle is on Phil's mind. We'll see soon enough.

nixluva wrote:

StarksEwing1 wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:10 day contracts start January 5th. I don't think Randle is joining any team before then.

that's a no brainer

I almost expect the Knicks to consider cutting Ndour for Randle. It doesn't sound like it from what Jeff has said about someone having to get hurt but I do think adding Randle is on Phil's mind. We'll see soon enough.

yeah we shall see

Instead of Randle or Seth curry, I'd pick up Gibson. First of all he's AVAILABLE and this yr he proved he could at least hang in the NBA

I'd send Baker to Westchester and bring Randle on for a 10 day stint as soon as jan 5 hits

Cartman718 wrote:I'd send Baker to Westchester and bring Randle on for a 10 day stint as soon as jan 5 hits

Ha! Yeah I'm with this but we'll actually have to cut someone in order to bring in Randle.

nixluva wrote:

Cartman718 wrote:I'd send Baker to Westchester and bring Randle on for a 10 day stint as soon as jan 5 hits

Ha! Yeah I'm with this but we'll actually have to cut someone in order to bring in Randle.

oh for real...? cut sasha and make him an assistant then.

We need a defensive stopper at point guard more than another 3 point shooter. I'd look at Gary Payton 2 who is a lock down defender playing in the d league.

Cartman718 wrote:

nixluva wrote:

Cartman718 wrote:I'd send Baker to Westchester and bring Randle on for a 10 day stint as soon as jan 5 hits

Ha! Yeah I'm with this but we'll actually have to cut someone in order to bring in Randle.

oh for real...? cut sasha and make him an assistant then.

I'd cut NDour or Sasha.

reub wrote:We need a defensive stopper at point guard more than another 3 point shooter. I'd look at Gary Payton 2 who is a lock down defender playing in the d league.

Briante Weber?

Ndour would probably be the one to cut now that Thomas appears to be over his injuries. We really need a 3rd pg. Randles ast/to ratio concerns me, but he would instantly be our best 3pt shooting pg.