28 6:23 PM PT 7:23 PM MT 8:23 PM CT 9:23 PM ET 1:23 GMT 9:23 6:23 PM MST 7:23 PM CST 8:23 PM EST 5:23 UAE (+1) 02:23 21:23 ET 7:23 PM CT 0:23 - Julius Randle scored five points Monday on 1-of-9 shooting as the New York Knicks defeated the Chicago Bulls 109-104. Randle grabbed five rebounds and dished out seven assists, tallying a plus-minus of -4 in his 35:31 of playing time. 30 6:17 PM PT 7:17 PM MT 8:17 PM CT 9:17 PM ET 1:17 GMT 9:17 6:17 PM MST 7:17 PM CST 8:17 PM EST 5:17 UAE (+1) 02:17 21:17 ET 7:17 PM CT 0:17 - Julius Randle scored 21 points Wednesday on 7-of-16 shooting as the New York Knicks lost to the Charlotte Hornets 125-114. Obi Toppin is expected to start in his place the rest of the way. 1 10:06 AM PT 11:06 AM MT 12:06 PM CT 1:06 PM ET 17:06 GMT 1:06 10:06 AM MST 11:06 AM CST 12:06 PM EST 21:06 UAE 18:06 13:06 ET 11:06 AM CT 16:06 - Randle (right quadriceps) will likely be shut down for the rest of the season.Īnalysis: Randle is averaging 20.1 points, 9.9 rebounds and 5.1 assists in 72 games. In the meantime, Thibodeau is projecting that the best approach for Randle is business as usual.Apr. But it’s difficult to see how the Knicks sustain a rise in the standings without their best player producing at a high level. At 21-21, they have the same record as they did last year at this point, before they ripped off a dominant second half. The bright side is how the Knicks are heading into the second half of the season. When Randle isn’t hitting jump shots, it can make scoring more difficult for the Knicks because his frontcourt teammate Robinson plays only at the rim - which is partially an indictment of Robinson’s inability to expand his range. This happened on Wednesday night against Dallas, when he had five turnovers. But Randle has had a habit of dribbling into double teams closer to the basket and forcing bad passes.
If Randle isn’t a shooting threat, Thibodeau could work more through him in the post. There’s no game plan that will get Randle’s shots to stop rimming out if he’s open. There isn’t a systemic fix for Thibodeau. That means that in two of his three years in New York, Randle hasn’t played well, a worrying sign given that the team has invested in him long-term. For the glass half-empty folks, this season’s poor performance lines up with Randle’s struggles in his first year as a Knick.
Randle is a career 33.6 percent 3-point shooter who somehow turned himself into a 41.1 percent marksman last year.
If you’re a pessimist, Randle’s shooting struggles represent a regression to the mean - that last year was the fluke. After all, he’s still rebounding at a high level (10.2 a game) and the rest of his numbers are more or less where they need to be.Īnd as Thibodeau said, “You’re going to get great effort from Julius every day.” A scientist might consider last season a control group: If Randle is getting the same shots as he was last year with better shooters around him, surely his stats will improve. All-Star will continue to shoot less than 27 percent when open, that it’s just a matter of when, not if, he breaks out of the shooting slump. If you’re an optimist, you assume that missing this many open shots is a fluke for Randle, that there is no way an N.B.A.
That gives something to both the glass half-full and the glass half-empty Knicks fans.
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