How Jalen Brunson and the Knicks Squad Helped Julius Randle Overcome Dark Times During Injury 

Julius Randle was the guy that began to bring this franchise back to relevancy. RESPECT.

Not bc of julius' injury but i clearly noticed how much we needed him. Guys in the league scared of his physicality. He shouldn't ever be on the block even if its for pg.

Proud of JRandle & how far he has evolved in his playing career. Stay strong 💪🏿 and bounce back better.

The other knicks players all got themselves injured to make Randle feel better. What great guys. 😂

We love Julius. People don’t realize how much he brings to this teams chemistry and the respect his teammates have for his connection to Kobe and the Mamba mentality. Rest up beast and no trades Leon!

I remember a few weeks ago Gil , Shad, Kenyon and B Jennings saying this exact same shit about how his mental would be during his injury and getting back with a team that was successful without you.

As long as your team has your back. You’ll always be good! 🤴🏿 Randle! Peace be with you

That’s crazy because I was asking myself “where’s Juls” when he was out and I didn’t see him on the bench But I get it now. It’s like he couldn’t enjoy the winning because he wasn’t playing and probably blamed himself to some extent for the losses after his injury.

Rest up BEAST!! Come back strong and give them hell kid!! Also, when we're up with little time left, let's sit out and save ourselves for the playoffs!!

“So I can help what they have already “ Julius can be who he is since Brunson got here , the weight of carry NY be yourself is for generational players only and they gotta have the mentality , randle will come back and be great for us

This is an incredibly honest and real thing for Julius to admit. And it shows the strength of the team and their connection with one another. Can’t wait for a huge Julius comeback season next year.

Knickd are stacked cant wait to see everyone play together.

Great convo, nothing but respect for all these guys

You an all star bro can’t wait for you to ball out again.

The Knicks were 14-2 with Ju post trade . Actual fans know what’s what.

Randle. JR. WE LOVE YOU BRO. There’s not a real Knicks fan that doesn’t recognize that this winning team started with your all star play a couple seasons ago. And now, even with this new amazing team, we see you dropping 25 and 8 or whatever it is. You had the stride. We need you back and we waiting to give you the ovation you deserve. You’re a knick for life bro. And the squad has your back too. We’ll see you in a few months, repping that orange and blue for the rest of your career we hope. Much love to you and your family, and the amazing Knicks squad we got shooting for the CHIP this year.

I find so unfair the narratives around Randle only because he had one bad postseason and one being injured. The man is hungry, cares about winning, according to teammates he's amazing team player. There aren't many elite players in the power forward position, give this man some respect!

Just show how much he cares, scared to fall is Real

Making this clear as a Knicks fan: we NEED JR to make a run in 24-25!!!!! Quite simply: he is a FORCE at the four!!

Glad he decided to not play. He's a tough dude was worried he'd force it play badly and injure himself worse. Need him back next season

I love Jules man. Family man, good husband, good dad, good man.

Great episode ✔️❤️🏀

JULIUS HAS ACTUALLY TAKEN DISCOUNTS AND TEAM FRIENDLY deals that’s the first and biggest sign of someone who wants to REALLY win. I hope the knicks see how important he really is and not trade em or anything. Julius needs to fit in as well and play well but they gotta give em a fair chance. Other players all claim they wanna stay with a certain team and that they wanna win but then they leave for more money else where. The most recent example from a long list: Paul George.

A good show.❤

My favorite knick

Sure hope the Knicks don't even think about moving Randle. He has been there from the beginning of there resurgence and has contributed an awful lot. The team has got a bright future and Julius Randle deserves to be right in the middle of it all. He is a true warrior and will do whatever he possibly could to put up a W .

Julius, we need you, and we gonna win, Ju. We gonna win ! And you gonna help us get there. We need everything you got. We gonna fuckin win ! Trust ! We gonna win !

A lot of maturity Julius real talk👏

When Julius made the decision not to come back I KNEW he was hurting bad. Not just physically but emotionally. That dude is TOUGH, so for him to say he couldn't go, I never questioned it one bit. And I KNEW it was tearing him up inside because he's a guy who gives everything he has on the court. For him not being able to ball out eith the team when they were JUST hitting their stride must have been a pretty big pill to swallow. No Diddy. ✌🏾✌🏾

This team needs julius. Period. But especially the way he was playing in December/january. A bruising 24/10 with a team mentality. Bring him back into the chemistry. It’ll be a give and take but the ceiling is high for this group. Go julius. Go Knicks.

If only Juluis could have made it back, there is no doubt (and I am not a betting man), there is NO doubt we would have won. Come back strong Julius, next year is ours

Listening to Julius at the Finals and listening to him now, he knows what the Knicks gotta do, but once he gets used to the contact on that shoulder, fans will be in for a treat. He has to show that bully game and be able to hit the three other players fear that Julius Randle ... Julius is one of those players that goes at anybody no matter how big they are. Joel knows what's up!!

Get better JR… need that bully ball strength nxt season and that rebounding.

Question. As a player that’s injured can you still participate in a mentor role during practices, and film review? Because if it were me, I would attempt to confide in Thibs and learn even more of what’s going on and how the system and culture is evolving through my absence.

If healthy this team can beat Boston man.

Respect

Get healthy JR next year could be special if we can stay healthy .

I still feel like Julius is one of the best basketball players in the NBA today. The whole entire playoffs I knew we needed RANDLE.. we would've had a better chance if we had RANDLE although I'm convinced if nothing happened to anonoby we would've won at least the ecf.

Melo will always be my favorite Knick..❤

Wool socks will give you the best dreams of your life

Love it Randall, you'll be back for the season to start. We wait for you to come back. We needed to last year. For we missed you last year at the g. Randdaughthat's s***, big random see a lot of people don't give Randolph. Creditbrother, you know, everybody wanna bash. Randolph fans won the bass random. But without Randolph, we don't win. You say a Randolph was at the playoffs that yet last year we were the one we're to beep in the Indiana, as we went to games up on now and couldn't win through it.But when randolph of randolph was there we would be in indiana

This is why I changed my thoughts on Julius and why the Knicks absolutely need him. He's going to come back strong next season because he sees where this team is headed and they know to get where they want to go he has to play. All this nonsense talk about trading him is the dumbest no nothing shit I've ever heard. No one can give them 24pts 10rb and 5asts a game and he gives them a toughness they were lacking in the playoffs especially against the Pacers. They need him to be Julius next season and if he's fully healthy we can make the NBA Finals.

I'll say this - A Lot of people are saying to trade Randle I say no. This guy came to NY to build NY. He came here so we could get players like Brunson, hart and start a path to a ring and compete. Yes the team did great without Randle but imagine an available Randle in the Pacers series? We would have easily won and Randle is an iron man player too in most seasons. A fully healthy squad is gonna come back ready. We have a deep team and so we can't run them into the ground

We winning it all next year

Honestly randle is a dog i dont understand the hate he gets, he may not be a 1A but that bully ball was missed in playoffs

If we had Randle in the lineup in the playoffs. Hands DOWN!! We would've made it to the Finals.

Jaime doesn't strike me as a dirty player, but Miami is definitely a dirty AF team.

Randle is without question a polarizing player, but you're simply just a hater if you don't show this man some love.

def missed randle his scoring and bully ball in the paint with him healthy knicks def a juggernaut in the east. imagine mitch randle anunoby bridges and brunson as a starting lineup is 🔥 and bench is crazy too. bring that ring to NY 😤

Melo is being sensitive, ICO was a big part of the game, the beloved difference and need was the ones who could pass out of the ICO sometimes to take advantage of the double and tripple teams. it was the also what made floor setters like Magic, Stockton, Price, and then Kidd then CP3 so important, cause they naturally moved the ball to get everybody on the floor with them in there scoring rythm and enrgized to play both ways and to be on the move on the O' side instead of standing around waiting for a play call, waiting to R, or waitng to get the ball for an ICO. It was on this side of the 2000's when more PG's inspired by Kidd, and training in college, inspired by whoever hired Rod Strickland as an asistant. And also read and react coaches, they demanded easy basketball, meaning pass to the open man, D hard, get out on the break as much as possible, ball and body movement in the half court. Melo was getting burned cause when he wasnt on a scoring team, he would just ICO play after play, and wouldn't DO ANYTHING ELSE 🤷🏾‍♀️ So the announcers would burn um, when we srill had real reporters and analysist, they would burn um cause he wouldn't do anything else, and wouldn't get anybody else off with two and a third D man attending to him. See, this is the problem with all of this podcasting ####, celebrities get to write the storyline of thetr choice, and nobody is fonna xhallenge them, like this episode. And lets be real, Melo was became horrible in NY, he would work a tripple team out on the elbow, with all those open men on his side. But e was the legend among a bunch of young players, and he use to buy um s##t. writting his own narrative 🤦🏾‍♀️

Melo is always worried about getting the credit. This is why he never played D. He was more worried about scoring.

In the end, it couldve been for the best. JR has a huge role, he’s AS 1B of a contender that’s huge. Or be Melo n have scrub squad going nowhere. As 1st option his team wasn’t contending

I feel like if randle Robinson and even boban we would’ve made a surprise finals appearance and lost to the mavs

With Mikal on the team now, if they can keep OG i don't see Randle not being shipped aswell

Random why do you got crates holding the table?

Randle gotta understand that he’s the 2nd option and Brunson is #1 option!!

The episode i wanna see is lala

KNICKS 2026 NBA CHAMPS ‼️

Just pass the ball!! No Carmelo shit 😂😂

Randle is a match up nightmare to small he is going to overpower you to big he can blow by you l just hate he has to work on rehab this off-season instead of working on his game

All NBA Randle coming

From a leadership standpoint, I'm disappointed in how much he made his injury about him and what he couldn't bring to the team physically... Looking back at Giannis on the Bucks sidelines, coaching, yelling, and giving guidance is what you were supposed to do as a teammate and a leader. He's a champion and he can do it so what's your problem???? Being present and giving knowledge, coaching, showing up, being proud in the moment, of your guys doing well, would've meant more than you playing and having your best games ever on the court...I saw the games you did attend and you had a cara de caca the whole time... RBF... this interview really cements how I feel about him on the Knicks roster... As great as he is, if his mind isn't right, he's a liability for us... the success of the team has everything to do with your attitude, whether you are on the court or off the court... Your positive attitude would've been better for health than a negative one... If your mentality doesn't change, you are going to be a problem...

Gil got the best sports podcast, Melo you need other players but they gotta be funny like Jeff Teague

Hope they keep Randle

KAT to Knicks🗽🟠🔵 Randle to Wolves 🐺 🔵🟢

Now Mikal is there what is their five

These guys are making millions upon millions of dollars. Please...

He is everything the Knicks don't need.....no defence ,black hole on offense,and always comes up short against good teams in big moments . Basically the chip they can use to keep Hartenstien .

They play better without him

Randle is the most selfish person in the entire world bro i stg

Four team trade Randle to Utah Markkanen to Minnesota Towns to Phoenix Durant to New York

Dude make me breaking my house jiri prochazka had the worst injury in shoulder history and came back before a year was over and now challenges the champ again and that's real fighting. Julius gotta go just excuses is all I hear

Send him to packing

J. Randle about to get traded 😅

Thibs gotta stop running his players into the ground 😭 bro ain’t learn from what he did to DRose

This is Jalen’s team now. Randle has to come back knowing that. Or we need to trade him for a supporting role player/second constantly scorer.

Gotta give him credit, he's trying HARD to stay in NY. The fans seem to generally have his back. However, it's pretty clear the team is better off without him. Yes, I'm a Knicks fan. Yes, since the 90's. No, I don't hate Randle. I wish him the best on his journey. However his journey does not include being a Knick and winning a chip. If he opts in to the final year of his deal, he has about 1.5 years left (max) as a Knick. Leon would be a fool to re-sign Randle to the Knicks. He's better off on a bad team where he can still get his empty 25 points and his 30M per year. Extending Randle would guarantee the Knicks never win a title with Brunson. Randle is not a complimentary scorer. He gets his 24 points by taking a ton of bad shots, avoiding playing defense, and turning the ball over like he's doing it on purpose. And that's when he's at his very best. The pouting when he doesn't get his numbers, the temper tantrums, and choking in the playoffs make him even more of a liability. Randle only cares about getting his numbers. That can work if you are going from a bad team to a mediocre team, but no team has EVER won a title with somebody like Randle on the squad.

Randall sucks , never performs in the playoffs . Just Robbing the nba for money

Randle doesn’t have a winning attitude…..he has done nothing to be so self absorbed……trade him! 🙏

I hate the way Randle play now I hate is shirt n the way he wear his hate.

Randle all due I hated the younger you on the lakers hated … But past few years you got you’re game together you looked better played better 🫡 I no longer hate you 🫡🫡

Melo and Julius are very similar types of people. They just care about the money.

every cornball sayin trade this man is 🤡

😴💤😴💤😴💤… man if they was losing you would’ve been fine.