Knicks · Julius in the 3pt shootout (page 1)

Replacing Anfernee Simons.

His 80 3-pointers in the first quarter are more than any other player has in any quarter and more than he has in the second, third and fourth quarters combined (78).
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He should be great in the first round! After, not so much!

franco12 wrote:He should be great in the first round! After, not so much!

He’s a big dude who must sweat a lot. I’m sure it has a lot to do with ball feel from deep. In w 1 you’re relatively dry and fresh— you feel good from shoot around. As a big guy sweats/tires no way will he have the same feel for the deeper shot. We’ll see how he does— should be decent environment for him

There's no dribbling in the contest ???

Randle has a silky smooth set shot from 3, when he's relaxed. He will probably be doing some heavy meditating before the contest lol. Whatever works!

He's going to score 10's in the Spinover Contest

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Oh god, Allan.

I need a Men In Black memory wipe.

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Oh god, Allan.

I need a Men In Black memory wipe.

You can actually hear crickets inside the arena after his turn. We saw more takes to the rim in that clip than large parts of Houston's career.

Not Houston's fault he was so wildly overpaid. We've had a good run of forward thinking, FO moves for a while now. Should start to pay dividends. Good time to be a Knicks fan.

Trade Randle thread?
Just checking...

Just when I wanted him to take less threes.
This may be the home run derby curse if he does well.

JB would have won it!!

He has a really slow release. I can't see him doing too well.

VDesai wrote:He has a really slow release. I can't see him doing too well.

I can see him getting red hot and winning it.

As Knicks fans we seem to forget how Randle's yet to complete his 4th full season as a Knick but yet already ranks 6th All-Time for 3's made within Franchise History (505 made 3's).

Heck.

Julius isn't far from passing Carmelo (762 made 3's) for 3rd All-Time and once again during only his 4th season as a Knick (keep in mind Carmelo Anthony was an NYK for 7 years( which means Julius is on the verge of shattering Melo (with another 3+ years to pass him by).

Really really good deep dive from Fred into Randle and his 3pt shooting and how it has helped the Knicks

https://theathletic.com/4217999/2023/02/...

They have tweaked certain sets to get him more 3s. More of his touches come from beyond the arc. In some actions, Randle plays the role that long-range sniper Evan Fournier did in 2021-22, such as on the ‘Spain’ pick-and-roll, which involves multiple teammates screening for a ballhandler at the top of the key.

On the first day of training camp, Fournier predicted something like this.

The guard had received a question about New York’s most-anticipated flaw. The Knicks’ starting lineup housed four players who were at their best inside the 3-point arc. Fournier was the one conventional shooter.

So, how could they possibly make this work? How could a group of ragtag drivers vault into the top half of the league in offense?

“From just the back of my mind right now, I would say Julius will probably have to shoot more 3s than he’s ever done,” Fournier said. “Especially as a stretch four that can do a little bit of everything, it’s gonna open up a lot of things.”

We can call Fournier clairvoyant — or maybe he just watched last year’s Knicks.

By midway into last season, teams started leaving Randle alone on the 3-point arc. That couldn’t happen again. In 2022-23, he had to take just enough and make just enough for defenders to stick to him away from the basket.

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Randle almost always begins games with a 3-pointer. Over his last 52 matches, his first shot has come from behind the arc 39 times. That’s 75 percent. In fact, Randle is far more aggressive in first quarters, in general. He shoots more in the first than he does in any other period. He averages the fifth-most first-quarter points in the NBA.

It’s strategic.

“Often times if the guy gets going, now you’re going to get more double teams,” Thibodeau said. “The double teams will come quicker.”

Defenders will also think twice about helping off Randle if he’s already drained one or two 3s. And at this point, if whoever is guarding Randle does shuffle into the lane on a Brunson drive, he must know a spot-up 3 is only seconds away.

Thibodeau has told Randle to shoot more. So has Bryant. And so has Brunson. And Barrett. And Fournier.

Confidence is a funny thing. When a whole team tells you you’re pretty good, you may just start to believe it. That concept isn’t lost on Randle.

After all, this isn’t the first time leadership has empowered him behind the arc.

That sly rascally old Thibs just done laid us with some new fangle uppity fancy pantsy shoot em. up! We done pegged him as some defensive guru type and even yelled he need them one of them thar football like "offensive coordinator" type to helped the old guy but darn it to hell of the old man just done evolved into some high tech Godman of sorts with we just shoot em up!

Nalod wrote:That sly rascally old Thibs just done laid us with some new fangle uppity fancy pantsy shoot em. up! We done pegged him as some defensive guru type and even yelled he need them one of them thar football like "offensive coordinator" type to helped the old guy but darn it to hell of the old man just done evolved into some high tech Godman of sorts with we just shoot em up!

haha yeah I think the expectation was also... Why didn't all of this happen after 1 training camp together?

martin wrote:

Nalod wrote:That sly rascally old Thibs just done laid us with some new fangle uppity fancy pantsy shoot em. up! We done pegged him as some defensive guru type and even yelled he need them one of them thar football like "offensive coordinator" type to helped the old guy but darn it to hell of the old man just done evolved into some high tech Godman of sorts with we just shoot em up!

haha yeah I think the expectation was also... Why didn't all of this happen after 1 training camp together?

Lets be real, what ever they cooked up in the lab over the summer with some advanced NYKMentality MIT Beautiful mind Good Hunting Einstein recipe and it don’t work, the narrative would be different. Maybe its someone on the staff that put this together and was part of the “We gotta get Brunson” to run it thing? Bryant?
Maybe in years past it was Barrett that was looked to get going early and now his rhythm is messed up?
Most teams that succeed all have a “Dink in the armor” and always fine tuning the game and the player. This year perhaps its RJ and EF that got messed up a bit? IM guessing. I can’t pretend to know what Barrett should be working on the get his thing back.

HofstraBBall wrote:Trade Randle thread?
Just checking...

You bored

There no post you can police anymore?

That’s what winning will do to you. Gotta switch up your policing strategy.

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Oh god, Allan.

I need a Men In Black memory wipe.

You can actually hear crickets inside the arena after his turn. We saw more takes to the rim in that clip than large parts of Houston's career.

Not Houston's fault he was so wildly overpaid. We've had a good run of forward thinking, FO moves for a while now. Should start to pay dividends. Good time to be a Knicks fan.

For the longest time I did not like Houston. Mainly because he was over paid. But as I aged I realized it’s not his fault. He would be stupid to turn down his bag. Plus he more than made up for it with his long time knick commitment after retirement.

Jules is about to be up in the three point contest. Let's make this quick and painless Huerter, Dame, Buddy... You know it's tough when Lauri is one of the weaker competitors.

I like Starry. Good drink. That said, the color scheme for the drink and the court for the three point contest is horrendous.

I’m crying too, Kyden.