GREENBURGH, N.Y. — Julius Randle sat down to discuss a topic he wanted little to do with — the continuing odd turn his relationship with the Madison Square Garden faithful has taken. And maybe to his credit, he tried to put it behind him, answering every question on the topic with a scripted, "I already addressed that."
The problem for Randle is that the Knicks fans, as evidenced by the ugly chants and catcalls Monday, might not be done addressing their side of it.
Randle lit a fuse to things Thursday when he gave a thumbs-down signal to the fans and explained afterward that his message was, "Shut the [expletive] up.