Randle has lost his strongest ally in assistant coach Kenny Payne, his former mentor at Kentucky who left this month to be the head coach at Louisville. Fair enough.īut some people around the league feel he’s acting in a “James Harden type of way” that suggests he wants a new place of work next season. Randle took three games off last week to rest his quad, saying Sunday he felt he was hurting the team.
He averaged 20.1 PPG, 9.9 RPG, and 5.1 APG, leading the team in all three stats. There’s no denying that Knicks fans expected more from Randle, but his raw numbers still look good. Randle still has a sore quad that he’s playing through, but his body language on the bench during timeouts looked distracted. Randle followed up his 2nd team All-NBA season in 2020-21 with a massive decline in 2021-22. The video of Randle marching off the court after getting the final rebound and flinging it away without celebrating with his teammates struck another sour note with the fan base burnt by Randle’s “thumbs-down” gesture earlier in the season. A report by Marc Berman of the New York Post has suggested that some "people around the league" believe that Julius Randle's behavior "suggests he wants a new place of work" after this season. He has even quarreled with Knicks fans after getting booed, flashing the thumbs down sign to the MSG crowd. This season, Julius Randle hasn't looked like himself. He is currently putting up 20.1 PPG, 10.0 RPG, and 5.1 APG, while only shooting 30.5% from the 3PT range. He put up 24.1 PPG, 10.2 RPG, and 6.0 APG that season while shooting 41.1% from beyond the arc on 5.5 attempts a game.ĭuring the 2021-22 season though, Julius Randle's stats and efficiency have dropped drastically. The Lakers are seven-point underdogs in the game with LeBron not playing and if Randle has another game like his last two against the Lakers then the Lakers might not cover, let alone win.Julius Randle had an insane year during the 2020-21 season, earning the Most Improved Player award and getting All-NBA honors. This is a potentially important x-factor in the Lakers game against the New York Knicks on Tuesday night. Brandon Ingram is the only other former Laker to score 30 or more against the Lakers, dropping 34 against the team in February 2020. He scored 34 in a Knicks win in April and dropped 31 in a Knicks loss back in May.įor what it’s worth, no other former Lakers has scored more against the Lakers than Randle has since LeBron James joined the team. In LeBron’s first season with the Lakers Randle scored 35 against the Lakers in a February game that the Lakers won. Randle has dropped 30 or more points against the Lakers three times in his career. While Randle’s rebounding numbers are better against other teams, it is undeniable that he scores fairly easily against the Lakers. The next-best team that Randle plays against is the Atlanta Hawks, who he averages 23.9 points per game against. Randle plays better against the Lakers than he does any other team, as he averages more points against LA than any other team in the league. Of the 66 players who attempted more than 500 jump shots this past season, Randle was the least efficient. After shooting 41.5 on mid-range jumpers in 2020-21, he converted just 33.3 of his mid-rangers this past season. The former Laker is averaging 24.1 points, 7.3 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game. While Randles counting stats were once again solid, his offensive inefficiency and porous defense were crippling. Julius Randle has played eight games in his career against the Los Angeles Lakers and has been fantastic. Julius Randle’s career numbers vs the Los Angeles Lakers:
Randle really seems to take the matchup personally against the Lakers as his numbers against the purple and gold truly are mind-boggling. While Randle took some time to realize his all-star potential, he has always been killing it against the Los Angeles Lakers.
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