Julius Randle update signals SIGNIFICANT concerns for Knicks 😬 + Giannis’ Bucks future | NBA Today

Julius Randle update signals SIGNIFICANT concerns for Knicks 😬 + Giannis’ Bucks future | NBA Today

Think I plan to be on the court April 1st probably April yeah just kidding gotta early gotta look I am glad he was joking you had all of New York shaking for a second Julius but have no fear our ESPN writer covering the Knicks Tim Bon Temps is here with an updated

Forecast on what when we might get those what orange and blue clear skies so Tim where are the Knicks currently from a health standpoint well T I would say the Knicks are in an improving health situation but it certainly has been a rough one in recent weeks they’ve had several guys

Led by Julius Randall go out of the lineup and let’s start with Julius who as you played in that clip there made a joke about coming back on April 1st but it still remains to be clear if Julius Randle is going to be on the court this

Season now when he met with the media today he said that it’s still unclear if he’s going to have to have surgery on that dislocated right shoulder and it seems like it’s really going to come down to how will that be tested out on the court when he’s getting into

Physical contact with people as you know yourself as a player it’s kind of hard to know with a situation like that how it’s going to play out until he gets banged around and see how it feels but the Knicks are optimistic he won’t have to have surgery and he’ll be back at

Some point certainly is a he is a huge part of what the Knicks are hoping to achieve here this season now another guy that they’re waiting to get back is oan and Obi who met with the media yesterday and said he remains on schedule to return from the elbow procedure he had a

Couple of weeks ago now the Nick said he was going to be updated sometime soon Tom Tibido said he could be back on the court shooting soon and it seems like anon obi’s on track to get back sometime in the middle of next month which again would help the get back into their

Playoff push as healthy as possible and in the short term for tomorrow’s game here in Philadelphia against the Sixers where we could see the debut of Kyle Lowry who met with the media today for the first time with his new team Tom thibo said that Dante D venzo Isaiah

Hartenstein and buam bonovich are all trending in the direction of playing and Mitchell Robinson who’s been out for a couple of months now after ankle surgery is beginning to do some onc Court work so the Knicks are far from healthy CH they have a lot of work to do to get

Their full group back out there on the court but it’s certainly a much more positive out Outlook right now than it was going into the break when they virtually had their entire rotation banged up so the Knicks are getting some help not all just yet thank you so much

For that beautiful Silver Lining Tim we’ll talk to you again soon now the Knicks they definitely could use their reinforcements as they enter a straight up brutal stretch of the schedule eight of New York’s next 10 games are against teams who currently have a winning record including three games against the

76ers and one each against the Celtics and the Cavs so Brian if the struggles they continue over this tough stretch we might look up and they could slide all the way what down from fourth to eighth to potentially play in How concerned are you about the state of New York right

Now uh significantly and I would just say that this was a little bit sobering from Julius Randall today the Knicks in their official releases about this injury and Tom Tibido have kind of been vague probably purposely and Julius Flatout said it today finally on the record he absolutely could have surgery

Depending on how he feels when he comes back now I know perk knows about this because you had a shoulder injury in your career that you played through and eventually needed surgery this is a delicate situation he could even come back then get hit on the shoulder have

It dislocate again that is very worrisome I will say that the fact that OG anobi is tracking in a better position is very good news because the thing about anobi is that he can play power forward and if and if and if Randall is compromised either for the

Long term or even if he comes back and then re-injures it or it doesn’t work out well they have that extra gear they can go to with anobi I will feel much better about the Knicks when anobi is back there playing but I will tell you

That I think the most important one to watch is Mitchell Robinson there was a time this year where the Knicks actually applied for a disabled player exception because they thought Mitchell Robinson might not be able to play the fact that he is moving in the right direction

Could come back sometime in March is huge he was having a career year before he went down with that ankle injury in December so another uh a number of players that are moving in the right direction but perk I’m curious because Brian just mentioned your experience as a player with a shoulder situation

Julius Randall is at the center of that are you concerned about the Knicks because you are what are you mayor Senator president of New York City yeah yeah I’m concerned and I’m I’m ready to I’m ready to call a town meeting you know what I’m saying that’s

How concerned I am because listen I I solely based like this Nicks team making noise a legitimate push to for as getting to the NBA finals with them being healthy and with a shoulder injury for as with Julius Randall that is going to be a difficult situation and the fact

That he might have to have surgery or surgery is not ruled out that’s very very concerning because Julius Randa is a power player type guy he loves the physicality and on top of that he’s the second option on the team so I’m just looking at all the injuries that they’re

Dealing with and the new additions that they have and again we talk about this all the time it’s going to take time you have banovic you have Alex Burke even when you get the roster together guys are going to have to know their roles know when they’re coming to games Tom

Tibo is going to have to figure out what lineups work best and you know he’s going to have to Dem you know he’s going to have to try to figure things out on the Fly I’m concerned about the New York Knicks right now even though they still have big body Brunson available is

Concerning and the Nick fans should be concerned as well Austin is Brunson the only chance their only chance to stay afloat especially dealing with all these injuries it’s a major factor it’s the major factor um Brunson is the best player in the team uh Julius Randle is

The second best player I don’t think this team can seriously contend if they don’t have Julius Randall in the picture I think OG can definitely be a plug and fit guy to at least for the regular season to be at Bay but for them to we talk about beating Boston even a

Struggling Milwaukee or whoever else is in the fold we had this Knicks team contending when we talk about Brunson and Randall together with that being said we always talk about Brunson is he a 1A guy a 1B guy well this is where you see that right perk you have major guys

Out you have Randle out you have OG out divon chinzo out hardenstein out you name it you got guys injured this is where this guy has to be Superman for this Knicks team of course we need good role play from bogdanovich and Burks and a couple other players but Jaylen

Brunson has to be that guy 1A for this team to have a chance to stay at where they’re at or even be a float and look at the differences by month Nick’s points per game by month in 2024 115 down to 108 Brian do you think that

Jaylen brunon is that dude is he going to show the world what he’s capable capable of doing especially now that his teammates are out people who have been against Jaylen Brunson have constantly come up uh empty he did it out of the draft he’s did it when the Mavericks

Didn’t think he was aund Million player he did it when people didn’t think he could be an All-Star so I would be foolish to bet against Jaylen Brunson um but I do think that in the playoffs especially against a team with great size like Boston because you know

Eventually if you’re going to do anything you got to face Boston and what I’m worried about if I’m the Knicks is that you know if they slide out of the chance to be in two3 and they had earned that two seed they were in great position um and with this recent Spade

Of injuries they’ve now lost traction and they’re now almost in the five seed if you end up in the 4 five and you end up on the same side of the bracket as Boston you have to play that big bad team and you know the thing about

Brunson is he look he has proven he can do anything but the one thing that you put on him in a playoff series you can put size on him the Celtics have that so if he goes up against the Celtics and all that size he is going to have to

Have all of his um options available and that is one big factor that we’re going to keep an eye on in that potential matchup but Jaylen Brunson he continues to defy expectations and we will see him perk are are you perk do you are you feeling this with Brunson being able to

Hold it down versus the Celtics I am I am and and I feel like he wants it he wants to embrace it I feel like again he’s going to have to put the world on notice again and I feel like let me say this I feel like he can be a

Luca Dage like a Luca Dage of what Luca is to the m right now he could do that for the New York Knicks meaning put pieces around him guys that can knock down shots be a star in their Road till they get healthy I feel like Jaylen

Bronson is going to have those explosive nights historical moments through this stretch where we’re going to be like damn again okay maybe now Luca does have a star beside him and Kyrie Irving and Brunson is missing a couple of his about when Kyrie be out you know what I’m

Saying when he was out when Kyrie is out okay I hear you I hear that Giannis continues to dominate even in what many would consider a down year for the Bucs he is on Pace to become the first first player in NBA history to average 30

Points per game and make 60% of their shots but that individual success hasn’t stopped the two-time MVP from being quite outspoken on the state of their team so Brian you read the tea leaves better than anyone listening to Giannis do you think he sounds like someone who

Wants to stay for the long term or someone that could go sooner than we think I think he wants to be a buck and he wants the Bucks to be in position to win champion ships year after year that said I think in the reality of the

Modern NBA is that you earn it with your stars year to year and a star’s contract status no longer means that he is safe in an organization and that’s not to imply anything there with Giannis the Bucks understand that as well as anybody even though he signed a big contract

Extension before the season that really only protected the Bucks to get a huge return in the event that he does ask for a trade the reason the Bucks have been so proactive when it was trading for Dame Lillard whether it was firing Adrien Griffin whether it was anything

Else that they’ve done over the last 12 months is because that they know they have no margin for err when it comes to Giannis as any team with a meast star uh doesn’t have in this day and age so if it’s year to year that means that the

Pressure is still clearly on despite winning it all what just three seasons ago so perk is there a time limit here for the bucks to figure things out you know what Chen is hard to say far as the timeline because yes they do have Giannis and they do have Damen

Lillard but who’s that third guy on their team is Chris milleron and is so much uncertainty when we talk about Chris milon especially when it comes to his health we haven’t mentioned his name one time this year we’re talking about a guy that when they won the NBA

Championship we were arguing debating of who was actually the Batman and the Robin on that team cuz that’s how special of a talent he is but he looks old right now he doesn’t look healthy and I’m going tell you this no matter how great Giannis and Dame could be in

The postseason they’re not going to win anything without money making midon now if he comes back in the next couple weeks or whenever and he start looking like the Chris milon of old and all of a sudden doc get him informated into this this offense then the Bucks are going to

Be extremely dangerous and yes I do trust doc to figure it out but right now don’t have a timeline because it’s so much uncertainty when it comes to money making milon well they do have a tough road ahead because the Bucks they limped into the All-Star break and have dropped

Seven of their last 10 games if you look at the numbers and they opened the second half of the season with four Road games and five outings that is a tough stretch ahead but let’s dive in deeper for more some you know some more good news because they need some Bucks fans

They have some improvements I guess in transition defense they have some some improvements and you know getting quick offense but Austin what do you see well listen right now they’re having issues on both sides of the ball and a lot of that has to do with fluidity on the

Offensive end and on defense a lot of its communication and perimeter defense but we got some clips here where we’ve seen them do things the right way right here we have all guys back look all five underneath the three-point line verticality by conington no they don’t get the offensive rebound but this scrap

By Jak Crowder they brought in Pat Beverly for more of that this is how they’re going to do it they’re going to have to out scrap teams better transition defense right there and how about offense though spacing spacing and more spacing I love a pick and roll with

Giannis and Dame they need to utilize that more that’s a tough shot so I understand that but Hey listen that’s what you got these guys like this for again spacing Giannis and DNE we need to feature them more here you got Middleton over there we’re going to have Brook

Lopez spacing instead of Robin look at this pass right here there Austin o behind the bag listen it’s nothing nothing nothing too advanced this is a simple offense a little pick and roll they’re great sometimes you just not let great be great you don’t need to do

Anything too crazy so you know it’s these little things like that that can help them and you know I I love the numbers Let Me Talk Nerdy To You the Bucks have to figure things out quickly down the stretch because Milwaukee has the third toughest remaining schedule in

The NBA now remember the Bucks still have two meetings against the Celtics who own the best record in the NBA so yeah the task hey pressure makes diamonds it is pressure makes diamonds but it can it can burst pipes [Applause] sometimes on is

On NBA Today, Brian Windhorst, Kendrick Perkins, Austin Rivers and Chiney Ogwumike are joined by Tim Bontemps to give injury updates on Julius Randle and OG Anunoby before discussing their concerns for the New York Knicks’ postseason aspirations given health concerns for key players. Then, the crew discuss Giannis Antetokounmpo’s output for the Milwaukee Bucks and consider if he’ll move on at the end of his contract.

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