Julius Randle needed a total of 17 words to answer 7 questions from New York media

Julius Randle will face the New York Knicks for the first time since being traded to the Timberwolves on Thursday night, and the New York media in Minnesota did their best to bring him into the conversation on Wednesday. But Randle didn’t want to create bulletin board material.

Randle needed just 17 words total to respond to seven different questions from reporters. This is how the exchange went…

Media: How much do you try to treat it like any other game?

Randle: I will.

Media: How?

Randle: Play basketball.

Media: It must mean something, I mean, you were the face of the franchise.

Randle: Another game.

Media: When you played the Lakers, it was more than just another game.

Randle: Right.

Media: What’s the difference?

Randle: I am 30 years old.

Media: Did the preseason game against the Knicks help at all?

Randle: I didn’t play.

media: You were there, but when I was around, the team…

Randle: I didn’t play.

When finally the eighth question came: What is his secret to making this game like any other? — Randle provided some depth in his response.

“What’s my secret?” I go home, play with my kids, grab something to eat and probably watch a show. “Landman.” Have you heard about it? Great show, great show. I’ll wake up in the morning, probably get a little treatment. And then I go home, have breakfast and take a nap and then I go to the arena and play the game.

Great.

By the way, “Landman” stars Billy Bob Thornton and is on Paramount+. The rating on Rotten Tomatoes is currently 78%. Sounds like a cool show about people trying to get rich from oil in the early 20th century.