Thankfully, Finch decided to bench him for most of the fourth after a disastrous five minute stretch to close the third and start the fourth when the Warriors cut a 23 point deficit down to 10.

Feels extremely silly to continue stifling a core piece of future in Naz Reid to feed Randle’s ego. The spacing Reid provides Ant is invaluable, and every pundit on earth understands the issue of having Rudy Gobert and Julius Randle on the floor at the same time in 2026 - you are making your franchise players life insanely difficult.

majidLuv | Thunder

178 | 5 hours ago

Dubious Handle strikes back

Morezingis | Timberwolves

81 | 5 hours ago

Man plays basketball like he’s wearing jeans

moby323 | 76ers

22 | 3 hours ago

There’s a few type of players that are particularly infuriating but one type is:

“Guy who is way too good for the fact that he absolutely disappears from the game for 8-minute stretches like seriously what the fuck how has he been out there for almost the entire third quarter and somehow not impacted the game in any meaningful way meanwhile a guy who is not nearly as good comes off the bench and plays 3:14 and has 6 points 2 rebounds 2 assists like seriously what the fuck”

jdd32

1 | 7 minutes ago

A couple weeks ago Zach Lowe was talking about how random was becoming a more consistent player who he can trust. So I blame him.

No_Nefariousness6385 | Kings

110 | 4 hours ago

His game is so ugly. Painful to watch

orangesodazz | Nuggets

84 | 3 hours ago

Now that you mention it, I could see Julius playing for the Kings.

Outrageous-Maybe-200 | Nuggets

39 | 3 hours ago

Kings are building a team of “Let me Cook” guys

frogfood24

14 | an hour ago

Cam Thomas’ destiny

Srellian

6 | an hour ago

Poor rookies catching strays

Outrageous-Maybe-200 | Nuggets

2 | an hour ago

Im more referring to DeRozan, Lavine, and Russ

TwoTalentedBastidz | Lakers

3 | an hour ago

Let me cook (whilst burning the house down)

No_Nefariousness6385 | Kings

3 | an hour ago

Oh I can totally see it, nephew

wilsonsmilk | SAS

74 | 5 hours ago

KAT would kill it in this Wolves squad.

MacJonesisaterrorist | Celtics

46 | 3 hours ago

There’s a reason they traded him, good but flawed player, and they needed cap space.

He was the least important out of him/Ant/Gobert so he had to go sadly, thanks CJ

referee-superfan | Trail Blazers

30 | 4 hours ago

They should trade Randle an Donte for KAT

NAW_MIP_2026 | Hawks

1 | 7 minutes ago

Lmao nobody would ever do that

Raven-19x | Spurs

2 | 42 minutes ago

I can’t picture him in that jersey.

Primary-Paint-1716 | Timberwolves

55 | 4 hours ago

I love Naz, but we need Randle to become good again or we are DOA in the playoffs. Hell, we might get bounced in the play-in.

Our lack of good PGs becomes untenable without Randle’s playmaking.

BaullahBaullah87

18 | 2 hours ago

This fall from grace after last years playoff and the first half of this year needs to be studied. Randle went from a top 4 fantasy player on my team to someone I am seriously debating dropping

King_Of_Pants | BOS

1 | 31 minutes ago

It’s just how Randle is.

He was All-NBA for NY one year and then a massive black hole for them the next.

At this point he’s kinda known for these massive year-on-year mood swings.

RxngsXfSvtvrn | Knicks

1 | 15 minutes ago

It started a week before the Hawk series and lasted until the end of the next season

MrFudgeKiller | Timberwolves

5 | 2 hours ago

Same, considering dropping him right now but it would hurt ten times worse cuz I’m a Wolves fan and I want to believe in him 😭

JaradSage | Heat

1 | 24 minutes ago

And as soon as you drop him he’ll magically figure it out

NAW_MIP_2026 | Hawks

1 | 5 minutes ago

It’s like hedging you bets, either your fantasy team does better or your NBA team does better.

Shingorillaz | Timberwolves

1 | 24 minutes ago

He’s mentally gone because of the trade rumors. Randle has always had to be handled delicately

CommissionIcy9909 | Pistons

1 | an hour ago

Dude is washed

guyonacouch

1 | 17 minutes ago

I like Ayo at the PG so far. I’ve wondered if a starting line up of Ayo, Ant, Jaden, Naz, Rudy would better suit this team. DDV plays good defense but his shots haven’t been falling. It really seems that Finch knows the right answer but the egos of Randle and DDV would be crushed and so he won’t change the starting lineup.

Cheffie | Knicks

35 | 2 hours ago

I prefer this part of the Randle experience from afar.

JustADutchRudder | Timberwolves

11 | 2 hours ago

No! You’re all gonna be forced to come watch this with us. You will listen to our polite complaints where we say we like him as a person but are frustrated by him as a player.

EssentIYO | Magic

11 | 4 hours ago

Paolo wrecked his soul.

AzraelAliNY

12 | 4 hours ago

Keep that same energy when he dogs your favorite Western team’s PF in a few weeks 🚬🫩

TuqiDuque12 | Pistons

9 | 3 hours ago

His defense has been mostly awful all year, but he looked really good offensively early on, but honestly wouldn’t even be surprised if the best line ups for the Wolves in the playoffs doesn’t involve him or Reid

moby323 | 76ers

6 | 3 hours ago

What the fuck

AleroRatking | Vancouver Grizzlies

4 | 3 hours ago

He has to be one of the most confusing players in the league

Balls_Deep92

2 | an hour ago

That’s hilarious I just figured he got hurt and sat out the rest of the game

Chinbie

0 | 4 hours ago

Randle is starting to show his playoff mode 😂😂😂😂

IlliterateDumbNerd | Spurs

28 | 4 hours ago

He was actually decent in the playoffs last year

outsidehere | Lakers

5 | 3 hours ago

Honestly yeah. He only sucked in the WCF

FlatulenceConnosieur | Lakers

2 | 3 hours ago

Contract Year!

Possible-Activity16 | Mavericks

1 | 3 hours ago

Coming back to earth

DrummerMan2035 | Wizards

1 | 2 hours ago

He’s got to step it up. I could see the Wolves in the Finals but not like this.

HuruHara | MIN

1 | an hour ago

Ju needs to rest, man. He’s playing with a spasming back according to the local pod guys.

I can’t even take out the trash if I had a spasming back from waking up on the wrong side of the bed. I know he’s getting paid millions to play a game but if your back is impacting your play and the team’s over-all performance, you need to step away for a few games at least.

Rest that back, hopefully the spasms goes away before the post-seasons, and come back to play with as clean a bill of health as possible. And if you really need to play all 82 games as a challenge for yourself this season, come off the bench and beat-up the opposing teams’ B-squad for 8 mins or so.

carasc5

1 | 15 minutes ago

Sounds like prop bet shenanigans

PodcastPee

1 | an hour ago

I like the diversity of individual player’s bags in the NBA. That said, I can go without ever watching Randle play. Ant needs someone different beside him…

FreeHat1234 | Knicks

0 | 3 hours ago

Bring him back

Daconvix | Knicks

5 | 2 hours ago

Hell Na

Julius Randle has failed to score a single point in the second half of three straight games. In tonight’s second half, he put up 0 Points, 0 Rebounds, 0 assists, and 4 turnovers