It’s been a frustrating season for Julius Randle, and we’re beginning to see that play out visibly during games.
Randle signed a four-year, $117 million contract extension with the Knicks this past offseason, which came after Randle posted a career best season and helped lead the Knicks to a surprise playoff appearance. But 2021-22 has seen a considerable regression across the board for Randle, and right now, the Knicks wouldn’t even qualify for the play-in games.
But Saturday’s loss to the Los Angeles Lakers was Randle’s third highest-scoring effort this season — he had 32 points on 11 of 22 shooting — so he was in no mood to have assistant video coordinator Scott King break out the laptop and coach him through the scouting report.
