Good analysis. My only quibble would be judging Zion to be better than Randle based on the back half of a back to back this season when Randle was clearly in a slump. He may be but , even with that game, Randle has won 2 of their 3 meetings and has averaged 25 ppg (vs 27.7) and averaged a rebound more per game, 6.3
assists vs 4.7 and 1.7 steals vs. 1.3.
Zion is a freak of nature but being a better basketball player means contributing to winning, which, for all the talk of Randle’s empty stats, he has in NYC. Meanwhile, with a healthy Zion and BI, NO has a losing record and has lost 5 in a row.
Good analysis. My only quibble would be judging Zion to be better than Randle based on the back half of a back to back this season when Randle was clearly in a slump. He may be but , even with that game, Randle has won 2 of their 3 meetings and has averaged 25 ppg (vs 27.7) and averaged a rebound more per game, 6.3
assists vs 4.7 and 1.7 steals vs. 1.3.
https://www.landofbasketball.com/games_between/julius_randle_vs_zion_williamson.htm
Zion is a freak of nature but being a better basketball player means contributing to winning, which, for all the talk of Randle’s empty stats, he has in NYC. Meanwhile, with a healthy Zion and BI, NO has a losing record and has lost 5 in a row.