two of my favorite players and power forwards in the league
as a big they are both mobile , can shoot well from ft and 3, have some handles and passing ability, can rebound and play decent defense
both coming of one of their best career seasons,
who would you take rn, Kristaps Porzingis or Julius Randle?
some quick career stats just for reference but their stats last year were generally better:
Kristaps Porzingis
19.6pts | 7.9reb | 1.9ast | 0.7stl | 1.8blk | 1.7tov
Julius Randle
18.7pts | 9.4reb | 3.6ast | 0.7stl | 0.4blk | 2.8tov
who u got?
Randle purely for the fact he plays games. If both are healthy, the Unicorn
Hilarious seeing a lot of Celtics fans who have never watched KP vigorously defending him
Randle actually
I don’t know how you don’t say Randle.
Porzingis might have the better statistical season, but Randle has had more impact years where he’s made his team better.
That doesn’t necessarily mean I think Randle is a player I want to build around or anything, but he’s had 2 actual legitimate years where he improved his team and made them matter. That’s two more than Porzingis ever had.
How would the bucks say randle? You playing him at the 3? Surely the bucks would rather have KP for lopez insurance since the man is definitely gonna regress soon
Not sure how you are measuring impact, but impact metrics favored Porzingis significantly more than Randle last year.
KP’s health is a huge issue, but the one year he was healthy the advanced metrics would say he was better than Randle.
but Randle has had more impact years where he’s made his team better.
Has he really? He’s a decent player but the advanced metrics say KP is a far more valuable player when healthy.
And it’s pretty tough to ignore Randle’s postseason performances at this point. He may just be a guy who struggles when defenses start putting in full effort.
IMO KP is clearly the better player when healthy. So if you’re talking about ceilings of a player, I don’t know how you don’t say KP.
Obviously some level of bias here but KP can’t stay on the court which has to factor in here massively. KP has played 60+ games twice and other than this year the last time he did it was the 16-17 season.
Randle has played in 70+ games every year he could and he’s been in 80+ twice. I think the ceiling on KP is probably higher but you’re very unlikely to see that and Randle has shown hes a star player. I think you gotta go Randle
KP has played 60+ games twice
Three times.
This is fair, but beware - KAT played 77+ games the first 4 years of his career, including playing in all 82 for the first 3 years, and after that he went 35-50-74-29. Which is to say that past durability is NOT indicative of future durability.
other than this year
Also like… he was on the wizards. Other teams aren’t trying as hard.
Randle. If health is guaranteed, KP.
No1 is taking mr.hospital
No one is winning a title with Randle as their best player. At least there is a chance with KP
Julius Randle
Depends on the team around each but I’d pick Porzingis in most situations and think he is overall the better player. Obviously the better shooter, better defender, and more malleable.
Why would you shorten RN… wow the season needs to start this post is just trash
Durability wise: Randle Everything else including offense, defense, fit on any team: Zinger
For example, Celtics and pretty much any contender would not tolerate Randle’s lack of effort on defense and his attitude. He also needs to have the ball in his hands to score consistently. Zinger can find shots in the flow of the game when others are forced to give up the ball or when he’s battling offensive rebounds.
Randle easy. The perception of KP and what KP really is are two different things
Randle
He has shown he can carry a team
RN Porzingis is healthy so i’m taking KP.