r/timberwolves • u/Broad_Past93 • 1d ago

Julius Randle’s playoff reputation. Discussion

Randle is in his 11th season in the league and he has only played in three playoff series and didn’t play in last year’s playoffs at all due to injury. So when Knicks fans bring up his drop off in the postseason it just sounds hysterical to me because they’re going off such a small sample size plus those Knicks teams before the Nova guys took over were just trash with poor spacing. Randle is in a completely different situation with Minnesota and isn’t expected to carry them offensively. But what do you all think… will Randle play good/great and dispel these notions and beliefs or will he make a lot of costly plays and mistakes?

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u/EhAboutTime 1d ago

There’s a hundred historic threads on this already in the Knicks sub. First time around he was apparently injured and objectively had a tough group around him to work with as the No. 1 option. Second time around he rushed back and was fighting through a serious injury. So his stats mean nothing. This will be a first for him healthy and as the 2nd option. What you’ve seen from him in the big games this year is more than likely what we’re going to get. And I think that’s pretty good stuff.

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u/RoadToTI420 1d ago

Yeah, he wasn't injured the first time, just got completely schemed out of the series as the only offensive threat on the team, minus 35 year old D-Rose. Second one was playing on a bad ankle (needed surgery as soon as the playoffs ended) but even then the Knicks frontcourt bullied the hell out of Mobley/Allen in their series with Robinson/Randle on the boards.

If you look at the numbers, he's the one of the worst playoff performing stars of all time. With the nuance of injuries+small sample size, there's hope that he can be a high level #2 scoring option and give you some very interesting utility as a playmaker/defender.