Randy Foye
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| Position | Shooting Guard |
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| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Weight | 213 lb (97 kg) |
| League | NBA |
| Team | Minnesota Timberwolves |
| Jersey | #4 |
| Born | September 24, 1983 Newark, New Jersey |
| Nationality | USA |
| High school | East Side (Newark) |
| College | Villanova |
| Draft | 7th overall, 2006 Boston Celtics |
| Pro career | 2006–present |
| Official profile | Info Page |
Randy Foye (born September 24, 1983 in Newark, New Jersey) is an American professional basketball player currently with the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves. He previously played for Villanova University. And when he was younger, he attended Dr.E.Alma Flagg School. He was selected seventh overall in the 2006 NBA Draft by the Boston Celtics, immediately traded to the Portland Trail Blazers, and later traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves. Foye attended East Side High School in Newark, where he was selected as New Jersey Player of the Year, before being recruited by Jay Wright and Villanova.[1]
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[edit] Villanova
Foye, along with Allan Ray, Jason Fraser, and Curtis Sumpter were proclaimed as the players to lead the Wildcats back to a championship. Foye and Ray reached the Elite Eight of the 2006 NCAA Tournament, playing with the other three starters in the four-guard offense; Mike Nardi, Kyle Lowry and Will Sheridan, while Curtis Sumpter was sidelined as a medical red-shirt with a knee injury.
Foye's career was extremely productive and eventful at Villanova, but his senior season was by far the best.
In the 2005 NCAA Tournament, Foye averaged 20 points in three games, before a heartbreaking loss to #1 seed and eventual national champion North Carolina in which Foye scored 28 points. Villanova lost 67-66 on a controversial traveling call by Tom O'Neil, the closest any team ever got to North Carolina in the tournament. He was named third-team all Big East that year.
In 2006, Foye won the honor of Big East Player of the Year, beating out teammate Allan Ray, Connecticut star Rudy Gay and the league's leading scorer Quincy Douby of Rutgers.
Villanova tied for the Big East regular season championship with Uconn and split their two games with the Huskies, winning the one played at home, in what some called the biggest Villanova win in over 20 years. Their final Big East regular season record was 14-2 in what some called the toughest conference ever.[citation needed] Overall, their record was 28-5. In the NCAA Tournament in 2006, Foye continued to be Villanova's biggest scoring threat, along with Ray. He had 24 points in their second round game against Arizona in a winning effort. Foye scored a team-high 25 points in his final game as a Wildcat, a 75-62 loss to Florida in the Elite Eight.
As a senior Foye averaged 20.5 points, 5.9 rebounds, 3.3 assists, 1.4 steals, and 0.6 blocks, with a field goal percentage of 41.1%.
[edit] NBA Career
[edit] Minnesota Timberwolves
Foye entered his rookie year on a team that already had six guards on its roster. Off-season free-agent acquisition Mike James was slated to start at point guard, Foye's most likely position in the NBA, and Ricky Davis at small forward and Rashard Mcants at shooting guard. This left Foye to battle for minutes on a bench full of guards. In November, Foye's first month as a professional basketball player, Timberwolves coach Dwane Casey only gave Foye an average of 14.6 minutes per game. Foye, however, was productive whenever he was given minutes. Foye scored in double digits in each of the four games he was given 20 or more minutes of playing time.
When Allen Iverson demanded a trade, Foye's name was perhaps the most mentioned name in hypothetical deals. His Villanova pedigree made him appealing to the Philadelphia 76ers, and Kevin Garnett, Foye's All-Star teammate, was clearly growing frustrated by the mediocrity of his team, making it an opportune time for Minnesota to trade youth for proven talent. As has been the case in recent Timberwolves history, the Wolves never bit on the deal, choosing to keep their young guard.
In December, Foye's minutes per game average increased to 19.6 and he scored in double digits in half of the T-Wolves' games. However, since Dwane Casey's firing after the Twolves' 40th game (when they had a record of 20-20), the Twolves have struggled, yet the young star has played well when given minutes. In March, Foye saw nearly 24mpg of playing time a night, and in April so far has seen almost 27 minutes a night to perform. This is clearly traced to the fact the Timberwolves are playing their young guys due to lack of playoff contention.
Foye played all 82 games (12 starts) in his rookie season and averaged 22.9 minutes, 10.1 points, 2.7 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 0.65 steals, and 0.3 blocks per game. Among rookies, he ranked fifth in scoring (10.1 ppg), eighth in field goal percentage (43.4%), third in 3-point shooting perecentage (37%), third in free throw shooting percentage (85%), 5th in assists (2.8 apg) and 9th in steals (0.65 spg). He was one of the most consistent rookie performers and was selected to the NBA All-Rookie First Team.
With the departure of longtime Timberwolves superstar Kevin Garnett, Foye is expected to be the new face and long-term future of the franchise; many experts are in agreement that Foye will be an all-star guard someday. The upcoming 2007-08 season is expected to be a make-or-break one for the young star, as KG is no longer there to mentor him and he alone has to prove himself worthy of a Timberwolves uniform. Early reports for the upcoming season indicate Foye will likely be the starting shooting guard for the Timberwolves' new post-KG era. Yet he is injured and will not be back to full practice until at least Tuesday, January 22, 2008. At the start of the 2007-08 season, Foye missed the first half of the season due to a kneecap injury before coming back in late January. After coming back, Foye has started nearly all his games and averaged 12 points per game, which should only get better as his knee progresses. During the last month of the season 2007-08, Randy Foye has averaged numbers that rival Brandon Roy's season statistics. This brings hope for his future and lends credence to the often beguiled swap of the two guards made by Kevin McHale.
[edit] Medical notes
In June 2006, it was reported that Foye has the rare condition situs inversus, which means his organs are arranged as the mirror image of a normal person's: for example, his heart is in the right side of his chest rather than the left. However, it is not expected that this fact will have an impact on his game.[2]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Randy Foye profile, NBA.com. Accessed June 14, 2007.
- ^ Rookie T-Wolf's Organs Reversed
[edit] External links
- Randy Foye Info Page at NBA.com
- Randy Foye Statistics at Basketball-Reference.com
- TheDraftInsider Player Feature
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