New York Knicks: 5 players Chasson Randle should study

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OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – APRIL 23: Louis Williams #12 of the Houston Rockets handles the ball against the Oklahoma City Thunder during Game Four of the Western Conference Quarterfinals of the 2017 NBA Playoffs on April 23, 2017 at Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Copyright 2017 NBAE (Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images) /

4. Lou Williams

Chasson Randle has the raw ability to be a high-quality scoring threat, but he hasn’t yet put it all together on offense. He’s also shown flashes of becoming a quality facilitator, but it appears as though his first instinct is to score.

If an undersized score-first combo guard is what Randle is destined to be, then there aren’t many better players for him to study than Lou Williams.

Williams won the 2015 Sixth Man of the Year award, and has been one of the top vote-getters throughout his 12-year career. He boasts career averages of 12.8 points per game and 19.6 points per 36 minutes, as well as 1.2 three-point field goals made per game and 1.9 per 36.

Williams has never been the most efficient of scorers, but he’s as prolific a scorer as any player at Randle’s height and position.

If Randle aims to be a high-quality scorer, then Williams can show him how to achieve that goal. Efficiency should be a higher priority with Randle than it is for Williams, but as it pertains to sixth men, there are few better than Sweet Lou.

Scoring as an undersized guard is a difficult task, but Williams has turned it into an art form in the NBA. The New York Knicks may need Randle to fill a similar role.

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