After an impressive win by Slovenia over Serbia in the Euro Basket 2017 Final, Anthony Randolph is looking poised for a return to the NBA. According to Euro Basket Most Valuable Player awardee Goran Dragic, he believes Randolph can still make it in the NBA. Dragic also talked about how big Randolph's addition was to the Slovenian National team.
Anthony Randolph is a stretch four that can play and defend multiple positions. The 6-10 forward averaged 7.1 points, 4.3 rebounds, 0.7 assist, 0.6 steals, and 0.9 blocks per game in his six-year NBA career.
Anthony Randolph’s Journey in the NBA
Anthony Randolph was drafted 14th overall by the Golden State Warriors in the 2008 NBA draft. Randolph has played for four NBA franchises.
He spent his first two seasons with the Golden State Warriors, he averaged 9.2 points, 6.0 rebounds, 0.9 assists, 0.7 steals, and 1.3 blocks per game.
He was then traded by the Warriors together with Kelenna Azubuike, Ronny Turiaf, and 2012 and 2013 2nd round draft picks to the New York Knicks for David Lee.
Randolph only played in thirteen games with the New York Knicks. He was later traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves as part of a blockbuster three-team trade which included a few notable NBA players like Carmelo Anthony, Chauncey Billups, Corey Brewer, Wilson Chandler, Raymond Felton, Danilo Gallinari, and Timofey Mozgov.
Anthony Randolph played two seasons with Minnesota where he averaged 9.2 points, 4.3 rebounds, 0.8 assists, 0.5 steals, and 0.9 blocks per game. On July of 2012, he was signed by the Denver Nuggets as a free-agent.
He averaged 4.3 points, 2.6 rebounds, 0.5 assists, 0.5 steals, and 0.5 blocks per game in his two seasons with the Nuggets.
Denver the traded Randolph together with Doug McDermott to the Chicago Bulls in exchange for Gary Harris, Jusuf Nurkic and a 2015 2nd round draft pick.
His NBA journey ended when he was waived by the Orlando Magic in July of 2014.
Where has Anthony Randolph been?
Anthony Randolph had played for a few teams in Europe. Randolph signed with Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar and stayed with the club for two seasons before he was signed by Real Madrid.
He played 37 games for Lokomotiv Kuban where he averaged over 10 points and 6 rebounds per game. In his one season with Real Madrid, He averaged 10.2 points, 5.1 rebounds, 1.1 assists, 0.4 steals, and 1.1 blocks.
According to Moshe Barda, Anthony Randolph has agreed to sign a three-year contract extension with Real Madrid after a very good season with the team.
Anthony Randolph struggled to fit with any team in his time in the NBA, but the game has evolved significantly and it is all to the benefit of a player with Randolph's play style. But according to Randolph, he would not consider going back to the NBA if he does not have a significant role with a team.
