So in an article completely unrelated to Anthony Randolph or the Warriors I came across this nugget from John Hollinger:

“Second, the Blazers want to play more up-tempo. We’ll see how this plays out in the regular season, obviously, given that “We’re going to run and press more” is right up there with “He has added 15 pounds of muscle” on the training camp cliché list."

I think a lot of the people here should tone down the optimism on Randolph a bit. The kid’s got unlimited potential, and we’ve all seen improvements from when he first showed up last year, so obviously there are good signs. Hearing good things about how hard he’s working and how he’s put on a bunch of muscle are of course better than hearing bad things (or nothing at all), so he seems like he may have his head on straight. These reports just need to be taken a little lightly, since these really are typical offseason stories – I’m sure if you lived in any other NBA city you’d be hearing the same things about one of their young players. Just keep in mind Randolph still has a long way to go to be a star, and no guarantee of ever getting there.

It’s good to see him holding his own against actual NBA talent (as opposed to dominating summer league scrubs). Something like this may suggest he’s ready to give us solid production already, and then hopefully he improves as much as we all hope he does and turns into one of the best young players in the league. He didn’t dominate or anything (he wasn’t Durant or Rudy Gay out there), but it seems like a solid first step in the right direction to me.