Now in his sixth season with Los Blancos, Anthony Randolph has come to represent many of the things that Real Madrid takes pride in. He is a top-tier talent who puts team play first. Randolph has shown tremendous determination by coming back from serious injuries several times. He is always ready for big moments. And he is a winner.
Randolph’s role has changed much since his first years with Real. An All-EuroLeague selection in his first season in Europe’s premier competition in 2015-16, Randolph joined Los Blancos that summer after leading Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar to the club’s only Final Four berth. He proceeded to put up big numbers with Real while reaching Final Fours in each of his first three seasons in the Spanish capital, including winning the crown in 2018.
The 2018-19 was the last time Randolph played a full season. The next season was cut short by an injury to his shooting hand. Then he suffered a torn Achilles tendon in December 2020 and missed nearly an entire year. Randolph returned for the second half of that season and played a contributing role off the bench as the team got back to the Final Four. He even drained a pair of three-pointers in the second quarter of the championship game to stake Real to a 5-point halftime lead against Anadolu Efes Istanbul, though Efes ultimately prevailed.