Julius Randle Believes Adapting Bruce Lee’s Techniques Brings Him Flexibility: “Be Like Water”

Julius Randle recently revealed to reporters covering the New York Knicks that he has been infatuated with Bruce Lee flicks. He also quipped that it was the media’s fault that drew him into this over the offseason.

Julius Randle Believes Adapting Bruce Lee’s Techniques Brings Him Flexibility: “Be Like Water”

Randle disclosed during the first day of training camp on Tuesday that his approach to dealing with the media, and maybe other potentially inflammatory contacts, is informed by a newfound adoration of Bruce Lee.

“You motherf—ers. That’s what it was about,” Randle joked when asked why he got into Lee. “Dealing with you all on a damn regular basis.

“I think my whole career being able to adapt, just my versatility being able to adapt to certain situations, just go with the flow,” Randle continued. “That’s what it’s about. Not reacting to certain stuff. Yeah, Bruce got a lot of hidden gems. He was ahead of his time.”

Randle was so taken with Lee and his remarks that the Knicks power forward got a tattoo of the 1970s martial-arts icon in a fighting position last month.

The idea of Lee’s most famous remark — “Be Like Water,” which loosely translates as being formless and flexible — corresponded to Randle’s last comment on the matter on Tuesday.

Randle had just recovered from arthroscopic surgery to repair an ankle issue that had bothered him late in the season.

Randle was fortunate in that the recuperation time from such surgery was only a few months, and the doctors approved him to join the Knicks in their training camp.

Randle believes Lee, if he were living now and much younger, might be successful today.

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Lee died in 1973, at the age of 32, just before the debut of what would be his final film, “Enter the Dragon.” He would be 83 years old right now.

“I think my efficiency will be a lot better this year,” he stated. “I think I understand the game at a higher level, so I think it will allow me to be a more efficient player, for sure.”

Last season, Randle, who has matured into a high-volume 3-point shooter, hit 34.3 percent from outside the arc. It was an increase above his 30.8 percent performance in 2021-22, but still fell short of Randle’s 41.1 percent gold standard established during the epidemic season.

 

“I don’t know if it’s a goal to take more 3s or whatever it is,” said Randle, who led the Knicks with 218 made 3s last season, by far the most in his career. “But I understand how to get them. Which ones are good ones. Which ones are bad ones.”

 

 

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