{"id":133287,"date":"2025-04-08T15:20:30","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T19:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=133287"},"modified":"2025-04-08T15:20:30","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T19:20:30","slug":"julius-randle-speaks-on-future-with-minnesota-timberwolves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/04\/08\/julius-randle-speaks-on-future-with-minnesota-timberwolves\/","title":{"rendered":"Julius Randle Speaks On Future With Minnesota Timberwolves"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last year, the Minnesota Timberwolves<\/a> acquired Julius Randle<\/a> from the New York Knicks<\/a>. In his first year in Minnesota, Randle has helped elevate the team offensively and is a big part of their success. Entering the final week of the regular season, the Timberwolves are 46-32 and own the No. 7 seed in the West. Furthermore, they are just two games behind the No. 3 seed Los Angeles Lakers.<\/p>\n

Randle has a $30.9 million player option for next season. This is causing uncertainty about his future in Minnesota. However, the former Knicks forward recently provided some clarity on the situation (YouTube link<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Q: You maybe haven\u2019t given much thought to this, given you\u2019re in the season, but as you look towards the future\u2014where you\u2019re going to be next\u2014you feel like you could be in Minnesota for the foreseeable future? Would you want to keep your roots here now that you\u2019re here?<\/p>\n

JULIUS RANDLE: Yeah, I would love to. I mean, top to bottom, the organization has been amazing. I love playing with these guys on this team. The city\u2014my family\u2019s adjusting really well. We love the neighborhood we live in. We love our house. My kids are loving Minnesota\u2014and the cold, somewhat\u2014but the snow days, going out there, being able to sled and all that different type of stuff. And from a basketball standpoint, I love playing here. I love playing for coach. Tim, all those guys have been amazing. A-Rod\u2014the support they\u2019ve shown has been amazing as well. So, you know, I love it here.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In his first season in Minnesota, Randle is averaging 18.7 points, 7 rebounds, and 4.7 assists per game. Additionally, he is shooting 48% from the field.<\/p>\n

Julius Randle Speaks On Future With Minnesota Timberwolves<\/h2>\n

Julius Randle Reveals How He Has Developed This Season<\/h3>\n

Randle’s counting numbers are down compared to his stats in New York. However, he still provides a lot of value on the court. Recently, Randle spoke about not emphasizing scoring as much as in previous years. Additionally, he spoke about being more of a team player (YouTube link<\/a>).<\/p>\n

“Oh, it\u2019s extremely different\u2014way different. But it\u2019s all about winning. Whatever this team needs, if this is the best version that helps us win, then I want to do that every single night to get as many wins as possible and make the biggest run we can. Like I said, I\u2019m not really worried about scoring the ball. I know I can score\u2014I\u2019ve had multiple years of scoring at a high level. That\u2019s not what I\u2019m worried about. What matters is our energy, cohesiveness, and togetherness. This is the best we\u2019ve felt all year, so I just want to keep building on that and help in whatever way I can.”<\/p>\n

The Last Word<\/h3>\n

This summer, Randle’s situation will be worth monitoring. As it stands, it seems more likely he will remain in Minnesota than not. However, nothing is certain, and a lot of crazier things have happened around the league.<\/p>\n

\u00a9 Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last year, the Minnesota Timberwolves acquired Julius Randle from the New York Knicks. In his first year in Minnesota, Randle has helped elevate the team offensively and is a big part of their success. Entering the final week of the regular season, the Timberwolves are 46-32 and own the No. 7 seed in the West. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4631,"featured_media":133288,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1608,2,21,62,3,4721],"tags":[510],"class_list":["post-133287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basketball","category-featured","category-timberwolves","category-nba","category-news","category-trade-rumors","tag-julius-randle"],"modified_by":"Elie Deglaoui","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133287"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":133291,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133287\/revisions\/133291"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}