Randle isn't just known as a player who gums up the offense, he factually does. According to NBA.com's tracking stats, Randle's average touch eats up 3.27 seconds of game clock.
Randle isn't just known as a player who gums up the offense, he factually does. According to NBA.com's tracking stats, Randle's average touch eats up 3.27 seconds of game clock.
For context, Karl-Anthony Towns averages 2.03 seconds per touch. Joel Embiid is at 2.72 seconds. Nikola Jokic, who leads the league with 113.9 touches per game, gets the ball out of his hands in an average of 2.63 seconds. Minnesota's offense is at its best when the ball is moving with intent and precision. That may be why head coach Chris Finch chose to close with a lineup that didn't include Randle in last Friday's win over Golden State. But in the second game against the Warriors, Randle was part of the closing lineup as Minnesota lost.
What do the numbers say? Well, the lineup combination of Conley, Edwards, McDaniels, Reid and Gobert sports an offensive rating of 108.7 and a defensive rating of 52.2. That's an astounding net rating of plus-56.5, but it's a limited sample size of five games and 10 minutes total together.
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