{"id":416879,"date":"2023-01-27T19:49:46","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T19:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=416879"},"modified":"2023-01-27T19:49:46","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T19:49:46","slug":"top-five-things-you-did-not-know-about-nba-star-julius-randle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/top-five-things-you-did-not-know-about-nba-star-julius-randle\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Five Things You Did Not Know About NBA Star Julius Randle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Julius Randle currently plies his trade with New York Knicks in the NBA. He was a first-time NBA All-Star in his second season with the Knicks in 2020\u201321. Randle was a third-team All-American in his lone season of collegiate basketball with the Kentucky Wildcats. The Los Angeles Lakers selected him with the seventh overall pick in the first round of the 2014 NBA Draft.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0LITtvcAIW8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Julius Randle fractured his right leg in the first game of the regular season, which caused him to miss the rest of the year. He spent four years with the Lakers before signing with the New Orleans Pelicans, where he played for one season before joining the Knicks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO READ: <a title=\"Top Five Things You Did Not Know About NBA Star Evan Fournier\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/top-five-things-you-did-not-know-about-nba-star-evan-fournier\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Top Five Things You Did Not Know About NBA Star Evan Fournier<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Unknown facts about Julius Randle<\/p>\n<h2>Won NBA Most Improved Player<\/h2>\n<p>Julius Randle won 98 out of 100 first-place votes for the NBA Most Improved Player after the regular season in 2020\u201321. Additionally, as a forward, he was selected to the All-NBA Second Team.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Julius Randle wins the 2020-21 Most Improved Player award \ud83d\uddfd <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/h7fvdgYYv8\">pic.twitter.com\/h7fvdgYYv8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BleacherReport\/status\/1397328202469711877?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 25, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Loves Air Jordans<\/h2>\n<p><em>&#8220;Air Jordan 1\u2019s go with anything. You can dress them up or dress them down. I can wear them just walking around, or I can wear them when I\u2019m going to dinner. You can wear them with slacks for dressing up. Jordan 1\u2019s just go good with anything. I\u2019ve got them in a bunch of different colors,&#8221;<\/em> Randle <a href=\"https:\/\/nymag.com\/strategist\/article\/julius-randle-favorite-things.html\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Forego 3 years of college eligibility<\/h2>\n<p>Julius Randle gave notice of his intent to enter the NBA draft on April 22, 2014, bypassing his remaining three years of collegiate eligibility. The Los Angeles Lakers picked Randle as the seventh overall choice in the 2014 NBA Draft.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The 2014 NBA Draft Class was 1 of the most underrated classes<\/p>\n<p>-Jokic (Most Valuable Player)<br \/>-Joel Embiid is a Superstar<br \/>-Zach Lavine (All Star)<br \/>-Julius Randle (Most Improved Player)<br \/>-Andrew Wiggins (All Star)<br \/>-Marcus Smart (DPOTY)<br \/>Jordan Clarkson (6MOTY)<br \/>-Clint Capela <br \/>&amp; More <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DNrxZbQDfe\">pic.twitter.com\/DNrxZbQDfe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Zane (@ZaneBallin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZaneBallin\/status\/1523352844073533440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 8, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>SEC Rookie of the Year<\/h2>\n<p>Julius Randle <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sports-reference.com\/cbb\/players\/julius-randle-1.html\">assisted<\/a> Kentucky in making it to the national championship game, where they were defeated by the University of Connecticut. He finished the 2013\u201314 season with 24 double-doubles, which is the second-most in school history for a UK player. In 2014, he was named SEC Rookie of the Year.<\/p>\n<h2>Mother played basketball at Texas<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Julius Randle\u2019s reaction to his mom surprising him after his first All-Star nod\u00a0\u2764\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>Randle wears No. 30 to honor his mother,\u00a0Carolyn Kyles, who wore the number at Texas-Arlington <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aMKC076HBn\">pic.twitter.com\/aMKC076HBn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BleacherReport\/status\/1364584808005963783?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Five Things You Did Not Know About the Polarizing NBA Superstar  Kyrie Irving\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/five-things-you-did-not-know-about-the-polarizing-nba-superstar-kyrie-irving\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Five Things You Did Not Know About the Polarizing NBA Superstar Kyrie Irving<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Five Things You Did Not Know About NBA Superstar Kevin Durant\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/five-things-you-did-not-know-about-nba-superstar-kevin-durant\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Five Things You Did Not Know About NBA Superstar Kevin Durant<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Top Five Things You Did Not Know About \u2018CP3\u2019 Chris Paul\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/top-five-things-you-did-not-know-about-cp3-chris-paul\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Top Five Things You Did Not Know About \u2018CP3\u2019 Chris Paul<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Julius Randle currently plies his trade with New York Knicks in the NBA. He was a first-time NBA All-Star in his second season with the Knicks in 2020\u201321. Randle was a third-team All-American in his lone season of collegiate basketball with the Kentucky Wildcats. The Los Angeles Lakers selected him with the seventh overall pick [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":268352,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[493],"class_list":["post-416879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-julius-randle"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=416879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416879\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/268352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}