Comments on: Knicks 2007 Report Card (A to Z): Randolph Morris

By: retropkid

retropkid — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 13:58:55 +0000

Randolph may be better in his role as a back-up than Curry is in his role as a starter.

There are maybe half dozen quality centers out there …it’s the weakest position in the NBA…the Knicks don’t shine at center, but then most other teams don’t either.

By: ben

ben — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 01:20:59 +0000

The knicks should keep morris. he is going to mature into a great player. what the knicks need to do is focus on players who dont hog the ball but still help. i think we hav a core of young players like that. lee balkman mardy and morris look like a nice future for the knicks. trade steph curry and jamal for things that help the future. we will be champions in 10 years.

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 03:30:26 +0000

Randolph was not a senior last year, only a junior. I mean, come on, you looked up his stats (I’m guessing), couldn’t you tell that he only played three years? And who said anything about him being a great rebounder. Average, capable, not a liability is where I stand on his rebounding ability. By the way, Camby did come out out after his junior year.

By: Caleb

Caleb — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:24:06 +0000

I’ll blame typing too fast for messing up my arithmetic. Of course Morris college rebound #s are as good as Camby’s. Still worth noting the age difference, and don’t know how the comparison would look if adjusted for pace of game.

By: Caleb

Caleb — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:22:16 +0000

His rebound numbers are decent, but we’re talking about his senior season; when he was a junior the #s were 6.0 in 24.4 mins. I forget if Camby came out as a soph or a junior, but that’s probably a better comparison.

You can tell by watching Morris two trips down the floor that he’s not that class of athlete. He’s not a plodder, but slightly above average rebounder as college senior doesn’t translate to great rebounder in pros.

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 02:49:42 +0000

Morris averaged 7.8 rebounds in 27.6 minutes of playing time. That looks okay to me, not great, but not terrible. I’m not sure rebounding necessarily indicates athletic ability. The most Camby ever averaged was 8.2 and that was in 31 mpg.

By: ken

ken — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 21:35:44 +0000

morris never had good rebounding numbers in college, so you wonder about his athleticism. other than that, i don’t see why he can’t be the 4th big man if he can catch the ball in traffic and put up decent shots.

By: Bernard King

Bernard King — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 19:11:27 +0000

Frye was looking pretty buff last summer too and was
great during summer league. Not much stock in that.

Having said that, Frye will do well in an offense that values his outside shooting and where he doesnt need to be a great defender or rebounder. Not sure what kind of system doesnt value defense or rebounding, but there you go.

By: Joe Blazer

Joe Blazer — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 15:07:56 +0000

Randolph Morris can’t carry Malik Rose’s jock strap

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 14:25:26 +0000

As to Frye its a summer workout story – there are 100s of them a year. We don’t get too worked up on this, its not like Knicks fans have visions of sugar plums when we think that David Lee is taking 1,000 jumpers a day.