Julius Randle of the New York Knicks during the second quarter against the New Orleans Pelicans at Madison Square Garden on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022. Credit: Jim McIsaac
When the other interviews were completed after another disappointing performance, a Knicks media relations executive came into the room and announced, "The team is not making Julius available." And with that, it seemed as if the team hoped that absorbing the hit for Julius Randle might make all the problems go away.
But avoiding Randle explaining away the performance of the team - ugly - and his own play - confounding - would not solve the problems.