thelesterlee
It’s extremely lame signing onto Twitter dot com and pretending to be a body language expert capable of dissecting every player’s movements and determining what is going on in their mind.
But I can’t see these clips of Julius Randle behaving like a toddler and ignore his nonsense.
Here is Randle Sunday night against the Utah Jazz trying to fight a surprised Rudy Gobert and then attempting to fight a ref:
Julius Randle with another postgame kerfuffle pic.twitter.com/G6K6SGJ5nM
— New York Basketball (@NBA_NewYork) March 21, 2022
This is not the first time a game has ended with Randle looking for some sort of physical conflict with literally anyone who is willing to make eye contact with him. Earlier this season, he was kicked out of a game against the Phoenix Suns for once again trying to fight someone who didn’t even realize there was tension. And of course, it cost the Knicks that game just like his asshole behavior lost them the game against the Jazz.
The Knicks stink this season and their All-NBA forward is struggling to make this team look competitive. Randle missing jumpers is fine. No one would care if his stats quietly dropped because most people were under the impression he’d had difficulty repeating his previous MVP-caliber season.
But his lack of effort is alarming. Not only is he never in the right position on the defensive side of the floor but he refuses to rotate and then instantly barks at his teammates for mistakes that he is making. Miss all the shots you want but being lazy and loud is insane.
If he doesn’t get the ball on offense and his teammate misses a shot, he is too busy rolling his eyes to ever jog back on defense. He is constantly the last guy back on defense giving the other team easy transition buckets.
Julius Randle Shows Thumbs Down To Knicks Fans After Booing Him#NBA #Knicks #NBATwitter #JuliusRandle #nyknicks #NYKvsBOS #BOSvsNYK #NewYorkForever pic.twitter.com/iF50cqKM52
— YourSportDosage (@DosageSport) January 7, 2022
Here’s Randle giving a thumbs down to the Knicks home fans a couple months ago. There is very weird behavior. Don’t know any other way to describe what this man is doing this year.
I have one theory to explain his new assholie-ness: Last year he busted his ass off and was rewarded with a brand new contract.
Why would he keep busting his ass?
If my job promised me generational wealth if I tried my hardest for like, 6 months straight, I’d get that first direct deposit and immediately start being a dick to co-workers. I’m clocking out early. I’m coming in late. My answer to every question is “no”. 1
And everyone I was interacting with at work would all be calling me a weirdo.
We watch guys scamming dumb teams into believing they are loyal to their cities or whatever only to immediately demand a trade when a better team shoots them a ‘u, up?’ text. There is no doubt in my mind Julius wants to play elsewhere. He is attempting a James Harden-esque self-sabotage in order to force the Knicks to trade him.
Problem is, Julius Randle isn’t James Harden so he’s only scaring opposing clubs away from acquiring him. And I want to repeat this in case he’s reading this. Julius Randle isn’t James Harden. Pass the fucking ball.
That’s the only explanation that makes sense.
Or
He’s a weirdo crumbling under the weight of never living up to the accolades and love he earned in 2021. That combined with his inability to process his emotions properly.
I’m going to go with Randle most likely just being a weirdo.
Are you done with the Julius Randle weirdo era too? Leave a comment below. Respond on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram. Or shoot me an email at Deadseriousmailbag@gmail.com. Let’s chat, bay-beeeee. Let me know if you think Randle is an All-NBA caliber player so I can block you.
- I’ve done all of this before for minimum wage. multiple millions?? Don’t even my eye contact with me.
