Official announcement! Regular Season Reimbursement! The Knicks All-Star center crashed
Beijing time on March 31, the New York Knicks officially announced that the team's All-Star center Julius Randle suffered a sprained left ankle and will be reviewed in 2 weeks. This also means that Randall will miss the rest of the team's regular season, thus being reimbursed for the regular season! Because the NBA regular season ends on April 10, he won't be able to make it to the end of the regular season anyway, and the best-case scenario now is for Randle to return in the first round of the playoffs.
Randle's crashing down, which also clouds the Knicks' playoff prospects! They are currently 5th in the East with 44-33, 2.5 wins ahead of the sixth-place Nets and four wins behind the fourth-place Cavaliers. They still had a chance to hit the top four in the East, but with Randall's regular-season reimbursement, it almost killed them. Thankfully, there are only five regular-season games left to play, otherwise the Knicks will worry about whether they can keep the top six in the East. With little left in the regular season, the Knicks will most likely become the fifth team in the East to secure a playoff spot.
As a two-time All-Star insider, Randall's importance to the Knicks is self-evident, and even it is no exaggeration to say that he is irreplaceable! Randall has staged a solo savior in races many times this season and has become the team's lone hero! The Knicks lose such an All-Star interior lineman, which will definitely make their team weakened! Before the playoffs are coming, the home striker collapses, which also makes people sweat for the Knicks! In the absence of Randall, can they withstand the opponent's boxing bombardment.
So far this season, Randle has played a total of 77 games for the Knicks, and has never missed a single game before that, and is the team's all-time king. He averaged 25.1 points, 10 rebounds, 4.1 assists, 0.6 steals and 0.3 blocks per game this season, shooting 46 percent from the field, 34.3 percent from three-point range and 75.5 percent from the free-throw line. With his excellent court performance and Knicks' impressive record, Randle was selected as an All-Star again this season!
This season's Knicks have been reborn, playing well on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, and locking up the playoffs is almost a foregone conclusion. Snatching Jaylen Brunson from the Lone Rangers for 104 million in four years last year has also become the key to their rapid rise, and it is Brunson's addition that has brought their team back to life and will be able to return to the playoffs this year. To put it bluntly, it was Brunson who came to change the Knicks team and re-establish their winning culture!
Although Brunson is a player built for big things, and he proved himself with playoff superstar performances last year with the Lone Ranger, Randle's crashing downfall still makes people not optimistic about the Knicks' playoff prospects. Unless he can make a comeback in the first round of the playoffs, we may only see Brunson becoming a lone hero, winning statistics and losing the game!
But in any case, we still want to sincerely wish Randall a speedy recovery and return to the game! Because Brunson needs you, the fans need you, and the Knicks need you even more!