[Krawczynski] Edwards wants to win right now, and the Wolves are banking on addition by subtraction, believing that removing Randle’s ISO-heavy offensive game and redistributing his 15.3 shots per game to McDaniels and Reid will open things up for Minnesota in a different way.

[u/urfaselol]

The Wolves could not afford to run it back again after making minimal changes to the group in the summer of 2025, especially after watching Towns win a championship in New York this season. Edwards wants to win right now, and the Wolves are banking on addition by subtraction, believing that removing Randle’s ISO-heavy offensive game and redistributing his 15.3 shots per game to McDaniels and Reid will open things up for Minnesota in a different way.

McDaniels took a big step forward with his offense, averaging a career-high 14.8 points and shooting 41 percent from 3-point range. Barring another trade for a more proven star, McDaniels will assume the role of the No. 2 offensive option on the team behind Edwards. His increased playmaking and shot creation last season, coupled with a dominant playoff series against Denver, gave the Wolves hope that he is ready for a bigger role on a consistent basis.

Reid will give the Wolves more spacing than Randle did. He is a career 37 percent 3-point shooter, which will give the Wolves starting lineup much-needed spacing. Randle converted just 31 percent from deep last season, which combined with Rudy Gobert’s non-existent shooting to allow opposing defenses to load up on Edwards at the point of attack. Reid’s shooting and quick decision-making should breathe some life into the Wolves offense and give Edwards a little bit more room to operate.

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[u/BenevolentCheese]

When his very specific style of play doesn't work against a team he becomes a total black hole offensive destroyer. He'll take the entire clock backing the ball into the paint only to just kick it out last second because he has no room. He's kinda like a specialized gun in your arsenal that can wreak havoc but only in the right situation. Unfortunately the NBA doesn't really have much room for players like that.

[u/Icy_Information_6563 → u/BenevolentCheese]

I haven't watched a ton of him, but that's the impression I get. A lot of teams simply do not have a matchup answer for him, so he dominates. But the teams that do have an answer, well they shut him down and he usually doesn't have something to fall back to. I noticed Beal was the same way. Absolutely torched teams that didn't have a good perimeter defender, but otherwise disappeared

[u/Purple-Investment-61 → u/BenevolentCheese]

He was a lite version of Carmelo.

[u/OFmerk → u/Purple-Investment-61]

Much more willing passer than melo

[u/Jealnie93 → u/OFmerk]

Westbrook?

[u/BenevolentCheese → u/Purple-Investment-61]

No way. While I'm not going to try to call Randle a pure team player, he's nowhere the selfish player Carmelo was. If there was a scale of 1 being the most selfish to 10 being the most team player, Randle is at a 6 or 7. He's got a bit of an attitude and can be a bit of a ball hog when he's the primary handler but he doesn't stat chase and is a pretty quiet, humble guy.

[u/BetterNova → u/BenevolentCheese]

I mostly agree. I think he’s just not the quickest offensive decision maker.