

The Knicks are in fifth place in the East thanks to Randle’s ironman will. It made me reflect and appreciate that process more than anything.’’ “Appreciate the seven years so far in the league, the journey and process, year after year and the grind, hard work, sacrifice, commitment through the process. “It was more, as much as being named All-Star, it was more the journey,’’ Randle said Sunday. Randle, 26, admitted on a recent podcast he cried when learning coaches had voted him as an All-Star reserve for the Eastern Conference. Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau said entering the All-Star break Randle is playing like an “All-NBA player.” Three All-NBA teams are announced after the season and Randle’s numbers - if they keep up - could easily get him there if the Knicks make the playoffs. Randle admitted he didn’t know why, but certainly it’s not because his father failed to make him proud. Ironically, Kyden was heard crying in the background briefly on the Zoom call.

He loves walking around saying he’s an all-star kid. He definitely knows it’s something that’s not normal and cool. “He definitely has a good idea of everything that’s going on. That’s how fast life can change as a Knick.Ī post shared by Julius Randle don’t know if he understands it fully,’’ Randle said before playing for Team Durant in Sunday night’s contest. His wife Kendra, whom he met at Kentucky, and Kyden, now 4 years old, were to sit courtside at State Farm Arena on Sunday night. “Man, I hated that thought,’’ Randle wrote.įlash forward a year later and Randle and family were in Atlanta this weekend as a first-time All-Star. And in all seriousness, I think I realized, like, OK - if I’m making that kind of impression on Kyden, what kind of impression might I be making to all these other younger fans watching me? That’s how negative I’ve been looking on the court these days. Where’d he learn that? But it’s also like … Oh, damn. “And we’re cracking up, of course - we’re like, ‘Oh my goodness. “He gives his mom that ‘are you kidding me’ face, throws his arms up in the air, and then starts in on her - you know, like: No call?!? Where’s the call?!? “And y’all I swear: he turns around, he looks at his mom the ref, and he starts giving her The Look,’’ Randle wrote in his spectacular essay for the Players’ Tribune last week. Kyden was playing basketball on his miniature hoop and scored while his father gave him, “a little love tap on the play.’’ Julius Randle knew something was wrong with him last March when his young son Kyden began mimicking his anguished demeanor on the court. Why the Knicks’ draft-lottery ‘loss’ to the Mavericks might help them in the long runįormer Knicks sensation hints at retirement after scary head injury Knicks, Leon Rose facing offseason of big questions
