It has been an up-and-down year and one filled with multiple fines for Julius Randle. The NBA most recently fined the Knicks forward $40,000 for directing hostile language toward a referee in the franchise’s 108-93 loss to the Jazz on Sunday at Madison Square Garden.
Tuesday marked the fifth fine this season that is Randle-related. Before Tuesday's fine, Randle was fined $50,000 on March 6 for starting an on-court altercation by forcefully shoving Suns forward Cam Johnson and making contact with a game official in his attempt to get at Johnson. He was also fined for not complying with the NBA's investigation into the incident.