Word spreads quickly around the NBA. Teams are smart, they aren’t going to let you do what makes you best every single night. Instead, they are going to try and take away, or at least limit, your strengths, while attempting to put your flaws on display.
For Julius Randle, his success comes from his quickness to beat his man off the dribble, strength to bully his way to the rim and will to muscle it up over defenders. His weaknesses, well, at this point, those can be found nearly every where else.
Randle’s ball stopping is criminal, rapidly approaching Kobe-esque levels.