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Some catharsis is needed and maybe/hopefully this thread becomes ridiculous sooner than later…but might as well waste some time with something “constructive”.

What are the options for moving on from Julius Randle that are sticking out to folks?

My too soon and extremely unfortunate and morbid option that seems like the most obvious option right now is a deal with the Memphis Grizzlies. Rest in Peace to Brandon Clark. The Griz are in complete start from scratch mode now. And a fill in for a few years at a league average/team friendly deal at PF seems like a potential no brainer for them. They have the third pick and what they can salvage from Ja to build around and the 16th pick for our 28 And Randle seems like a logical starting place for a deal. Ja for Julius lets both guys try it in a different spot and “solves” our PG spot for at least the first part of the year till trade deadline and we see what happens there. Which team says no? Any better trade partner exist?

BeenLurkin wrote: ↑Wed May 13, 2026 9:56 am Some catharsis is needed and maybe/hopefully this thread becomes ridiculous sooner than later…but might as well waste some time with something “constructive”.

What are the options for moving on from Julius Randle that are sticking out to folks?

My too soon and extremely unfortunate and morbid option that seems like the most obvious option right now is a deal with the Memphis Grizzlies. Rest in Peace to Brandon Clark. The Griz are in complete start from scratch mode now. And a fill in for a few years at a league average/team friendly deal at PF seems like a potential no brainer for them. They have the third pick and what they can salvage from Ja to build around and the 16th pick for our 28 And Randle seems like a logical starting place for a deal. Ja for Julius lets both guys try it in a different spot and “solves” our PG spot for at least the first part of the year till trade deadline and we see what happens there. Which team says no? Any better trade partner exist?

edit; D’Angelo as a verb for flipping a player but needing to sweeten the deal to get it done and somehow ending up with the sneaky better end of the deal.

Id do Randle for Ja. I dont know why Memphis would at this point but I do think Connelly has a creative mind and a will to improve our roster.

I'll focus more on these types of conversations once the season is officially over for the Wolves. I will say a player I have had on my mind watching this series and not necessarily for Randle, but one guy we might want to look at if we want to go full on villain mode next season would be finding a way to trade for Dillon Brooks. One year left on his deal at 19.9 million, Phoenix could be looking to get assets. He would take a lot of pressure off of Jaden if we decide to go smaller ball.

BeenLurkin wrote: ↑Wed May 13, 2026 9:56 am Some catharsis is needed and maybe/hopefully this thread becomes ridiculous sooner than later…but might as well waste some time with something “constructive”.

What are the options for moving on from Julius Randle that are sticking out to folks?

My too soon and extremely unfortunate and morbid option that seems like the most obvious option right now is a deal with the Memphis Grizzlies. Rest in Peace to Brandon Clark. The Griz are in complete start from scratch mode now. And a fill in for a few years at a league average/team friendly deal at PF seems like a potential no brainer for them. They have the third pick and what they can salvage from Ja to build around and the 16th pick for our 28 And Randle seems like a logical starting place for a deal. Ja for Julius lets both guys try it in a different spot and “solves” our PG spot for at least the first part of the year till trade deadline and we see what happens there. Which team says no? Any better trade partner exist?

counterpoint: Memphis has the opportunity to draft Cam Boozer who is a smarter basketball player TODAY than Julius Randle.


Also, you're also betting on a player who doesn't really exist anymore and even when he did, the weaknesses he has are weaknesses we can't overcome.

In a vacuum, I wouldn't be apoplectic if they did this, but like every Randle proposal, either it makes zero sense for the other team, or for us to balance out the return it almost necessitates moving Gobert.

This won't be a popular opinion but I don't think the correct move is to swing big anymore, especially not for Ja Morant or even Giannis.

I think it's time to really focus on organic growth and re-fertilizing that soil. I would look to move both Rudy and Julius for assets, even if those assets are future only picks.

I understand the argument some put forth, which is that the window for this team is until the end of Ant's contract, at which they should expect him to leave.

What about the inverse of that? What if you stock the cupboard enough by 28', Naz and Jaden have been given the bandwidth to flourish and we're able to do so, additional prospects are there and developing such as Beringer plus? I understand there is wishful thinking here and obviously wishing for all of those things to break the right way, as well as it being enough to entice Edwards into staying beyond 29' is deliriously hopeful. But is 80%, 70% of it breaking the right way too hopeful? I think not and it's not any less risky in my opinion than either continuing to run out this same roster or hoping Ja stops being a loser.

I can't chart the plan all that well, but in my eyes, it's trading Rudy and/or Randle, going into 26' preparing Jaden for more offensive responsibilities, preparing Ant to actually function as a point guard, start Naz, have an actual plan with Beringer and obviously filling in where needed (i.e. more bigs, more ball handling, extend Ayo).

Ok, since you're all going to object to "prepare Ant to play PG" hear me out.

Very importantly Ant was given the "lead guard" role 30 minutes before the first game of the season, he was set up to fail here and that shift in the sand kind of set the tone for whole season honestly. Perhaps an off season with a plan in mind to actually build him into that position will make a big difference.

Ok so why do I insist they should do this? Because there is no realistically available PG that either moves the needle or fixes the team. You are not going to find a high level, high IQ ball handler who plays great defense and is a great 3 point shooter who is actually available because that is the best player on any team that has one and I can't even think of many examples of such a player beyond SGA.

The absolute best ceiling for this team is either Ant figures out how to facilitate and run an offense or you somehow end up with a haliburton level PG and Ant actually plays defense.

That's it, that's the path to him being a perennial MVP candidate and leading this team to real championship contention.

If your answer, or TCs answer or Finches answer is, "I don't think he can do either of those thing" than trade him. I hate saying that cause I've come to his defense many many times but if he really can't or won't commit himself to one of those things than he will always remain as just a great player, not a historic one and not a winning one.

There isn't a magical trade that launches this team past SA, or OKC or even bleeping Knicks.

Ant, Jaden and Naz need to become their best versions. Joan Beringer needs to become a good starting center, TJ needs to become a 6th man of the year candidate, future draft picks need to pan out, and they need to get lucky.

Just my very long winded two cents

I'm guessing Randle gets moved for a lesser player who's a better fit.

Whatever the case... I think it's nearing the "this has to happen for the health of the team, Randle, and fanbase" stage of the relationship.

There has to be a path to getting Kyrie in a multi team trade involving Randle

I think this thread should be more of a how do we Karl Anthony Randle but the idea is still the same. Bas8claly trade a player for value and get multiple assets/players back that improves the team and increases financial flexibility towards the future. In both of those deals the Wolves didn't theoretically get back a better player but got multiple assets including valuable draft picks.

So if the idea is trading Randle you have to look for a player that's lesser for some reason and a team willing to move him for that player and something else. This off-season is going to be interesting with teams having money to spend. Will that open up avenues for trades or suppress them? Will what various players get on the market make Randle more attractive? I'd guess there are teams out there that would gladly trade for Randle if they have the right contracts etc to make the deal. Randle on a team that has a lot of shooting would make plenty of sense.

I'm not sure whether the Wolves as an organization are going to be looking at Moving Randle this off-season. I'm not sure whether that's the move that really improves the roster. It's also pretty clear Connelly is willing to make fairly consequential moves even of players he likes and values a high amount. There is an element of unpredictability about him.

Still this Spurs series isn't over all though obviously it's not looking good. Ultimately I'm reasonably comfortable letting Tim Connelly do his thing and figure what kind of moves to make than I have ever been with this franchise which obviously isn't saying a whole lot but still. For years many of us on this board had a lot of discussions about what moves to make what draft picks to make etc etc because it seemed like the people running the franchise especially weren't appreciably better than us as fans. I know not everyone is enamored with Connelly and he has had some missteps but he has also had some pretty damn good moves and I like he isn't afraid to make a move.

I would stay far away from Ja. His 3P % is WORSE then Randles! No, no no no, we need better shooting, not worse!!! A guy like Wemby would destroy that little guy. Ja's game is going to the hoop and Wenby is simply going to take that away for the most part making him a bigger jump shooter and his paltry 28% or whatever he shoots is a massive negative.