Knicks’ Julius Randle period as turbulent because it was franchise-altering

It was simply final week when Tom Thibodeau stood on a stage and launched Julius Randle.

“Everyone knows how nice he’s,” Thibodeau mentioned right into a microphone. “Three-time All-Star, two-time All-NBA. Very particular individual.”

Randle, a couple of minutes later, had a basketball court docket named after him within the South Bronx. Why? He helped elevate greater than $1.3 million for the highschool, the Earl Monroe Renaissance Faculty, with dozens of scholars in attendance for the Sept. 25 groundbreaking ceremony.

“There’s a monetary element [to the charity work], however extra importantly, it’s the time Julius places into it,” Thibodeau mentioned. “We would like all our gamers to be invested like that.”