How “the darkest moment” Julius Randle “fueled his revival
Minnesota Timbervolves Next Julius Randle He experienced a lot of peaks and valleys around her NBA career. Triple opened recently in that last season with New York Knicks.
Randle said Athletic Jon Kravczinsky that his final season in New York was really stressful time. After injuring his shoulder during the middle of the season, the Kentucky product felt like the team went without him.
“Insulation and narration took him to a dark place. Self-cure with marijuana (league stopped testing players for marijuana in 2023 years),” Kravczinski wrote. “He pulled off those around him. Depression, anger and anxiety began to choke.”
“At the end of that time, I was somehow in my darkest moment,” he said. “Just miserable, as in the way I just didn’t have fun to work every day.”
Knicks reached semifinals of the eastern conference without Randle during and 2024. ran and traded to Timberolves before the beginning last season.
The new situation and willingness to adjust to fuel to Randle. The 30-year-old enjoyed the successful first season in Minnesota. It was 18.7 points, 7.1 rebokes, and 4.7 helps in 69 competitions and was the main part of the hull vol. Western conference finals.
He took a unique role and enjoyed able to contribute to the winning effort without feeling as if it were under a microscope. Randle emphasized a new three-year, 100 million dollars With a franchise this summer and seemingly found a new home for the foreseeable future.
“When I’m here, I feel like I don’t have to be perfect every day,” Randle said. “And it just allows me to have that ease and be comfortable to be like, okay, I’m not perfect every day, but I’m trying to try me alone because you have a bad moment or two bad moments.”
2025-09-26 17:52:00
