5 of College Basketball’s Best Freshmen as Child Stars
By Joe Nardone
Julius Randle is Danny Bonaduce
Nov 25, 2013; Lexington, KY, USA; Kentucky Wildcats forward Julius Randle (30) shoots the ball against Cleveland State Vikings forward Jon Harris (35) guard Bryn Forbes (2) and forward Marlin Mason (21) in the first half at Rupp Arena. Mandatory Credit: Mark Zerof-USA TODAY Sports
This one is pretty self-explanatory, right? No, I don’t mean because of some comparison between Danny Bonaduce’s crazy antics and Julius Randle. Rather, because both of these guys are bad, bad men. Not like “bad” men in a way which makes them evil, but in a good way. Like the way the cool kids made fat into phat or something — likely something, but whatevs.
Randle wasn’t as hyped as Wiggins and isn’t as polished as Jabari Parker, but what he does happen to be is some form of man-best, walking Armageddon of a basketball player. There isn’t a player in college basketball that does more in the paint than the freshman. Heck, he is so good underneath that it strikes fear into his opponents.
Bonaduce was some redhead, freckle-faced kid on the Partridge Family back in the day. You know, before you were born and when your parents were the cool kids. Then, because child stars always have interesting stories, Bonaduce got tangled in all things evil. The end result: Him being a ripped, MMA trained, crazy person.
Randle is not crazy, doesn’t have a history of crazy, nor is he as wacky (in any form) as Bonaduce. How they are similar, however, is that they both scare the living hell out of people. Randle for his insane abilities and Banaduce for his insane, well, for just being insane.