Julius Randle on advice he’d give Karl-Anthony Towns about New York: Just think of basketball and stay locked in

Randle, whose five seasons at the Garden represent the franchise’s best stint since at least Carmelo Anthony’s, had been excited about the opportunity to recreate the success of last season’s January, when the Knicks owned a 14-2 record and were close to fully healthy. But Randle, who dislocated his shoulder at the end of that month, was traded to Minnesota in a summer shocker, and the opportunity to run it back was eliminated. “My whole thing has always been since the day I got here is control what you can control. And if that opportunity presented itself, I would’ve been ready for it. It didn’t,” Randle said. “And honestly, I’m really happy and excited and blessed. I’ve got unfinished business here. And that’s what I’m choosing to focus on.” -via New York Post / October 13, 2024