Thibodeau Explains WHY Julius Randle Hasn’t RETURNED… | Knicks News

Thibodeau Explains WHY Julius Randle Hasn’t RETURNED… | Knicks News

The New York Knicks are currently fighting for playoff seating and what could really help them right now is getting some returning injured players back I’m talking about OG anobi but especially our three-time Allstar power forward and Julius Randall unfortunately for Nick fans the latest update about Julius Randall remains unchanged from

What it was last week the week before that and the week before that he’s taken control contact but he has not been cleared yet by the medical staff to take full contact and recently head coach of the New York Knicks Tom thibo he sat down with the media and in my opinion he

Gave one of the most detailed updates about Randall and why he can’t return yet for the New York Knicks we’re going to break down exactly what Tom thibo said and so much more today if you’re not already subscribed to the channel go ahead and hit that subscribe button now

And make sure you have notifications turned on so you don’t miss a second of the new content and now let’s get started Tom thibo provides a major update on Julius Randall and why he hasn’t returned yet for the New York Knicks Randall has been out for the Knicks since January 27th with that

Dislocated shoulder and each and every time we look up at the injury report it Remains the Same the updates on Randle remain vague but the same he’s taking controlled contact but the medical staff doesn’t feel comfortable enough yet to clear him for full contact but here’s the thing why don’t they feel

Comfortable enough yet why hasn’t he moved on to the next major step in recovery which is taking full contact well recently head coach of the Knicks Tom thibo sat down with the New York Post Steph Bondi and he gave us a lot of information about Randall and why he

Hasn’t returned yet for the New York Knicks and it all sounds like it’s about confidence confidence in Randall that he can take contact with that shoulder and not be in pain and can play through it let’s see exactly what tiido stated to Bondi according to Bondi tiido was his

Most expansive yet on the biggest hurdle Julius Randle needs to clear before playing again saying the power forward isn’t yet confident enough in his injured shoulder while expressing hope though not quite optimism that the allstar will play soon this is exactly what Tom thibo told Steph Bondi the

Thing for Randall is that he’s got to keep working every day until he gets to the point where he feels confident that he can take contact that he’s accustomed to when you look at his game and the way he plays you don’t want him to change his style of play and

I think that’s important and so you keep doing what you’re doing you have to have a belief that it will turn which I do maybe it’s tomorrow maybe it’s the next day who knows when it is diido continues by stating work out do your rehab try to to strengthen your

Shoulder as much as possible and you can go from there Bondi also noted that one person he spoke to in the know gave him the following explanation on why Julius Randall hasn’t returned for the New York Knicks yet according to Bondi one explanation I’ve heard which seems

Perfectly reasonable is the high risk of reinjury with the dislocated shoulders which has left the Knicks prioritizing strengthening the area before the playoffs and believing fewer games is better for Randall in other words there’s less chance of hurting his shoulder shout out to Steph Bondi and

Head coach Tom thibo for giving us the following updates about Julius Randall these updates make one thing very clear it’s not only the medical staff holding Julius Randall back it seems to an extent Julius Randall himself is holding himself back as well because it’s a confidence Factor if we go back to

Exactly what Tom thibo stated the thing for Randall is that he’s got to keep working every day until he gets to the point where he feels confident that he can take the contact that he’s accustomed to what that update tells me is that the medical staff and Julius

Randall both feel that after he takes controlled contact and he takes a hit to that shoulder he’s either in too much pain or he doesn’t feel right after taking the contact that’s why he hasn’t moved on to full contact yet and I know there was a rumor or a report out there

A couple of weeks ago saying Randall was pushing to come back I think that’s true but I also think for the longevity of his career the medical staff and Julius Randall himself don’t want to rush himself back especially if he doesn’t feel right after taking contact it

Doesn’t make sense to do that because he’s going to be half of the Julius Randle that he was before going down with that injury and in my opinion having half of a Julius Randall out there is going to hurt you more than it’s going to help you especially if he

Has to alter his game or change his game because he can’t take contact with that shoulder anymore I think I’ve said it a couple of times but Julius randle’s game he normally drops that shoulder pushes it out there takes contact creates space with it and then gets a shot off that’s

Been Julius randle’s game all year he’s been a bully all year you want him to continue being that bully because bully Julius Randall is going to be what’s most effective for this Knicks team it’s exactly what this Knicks team needs because when he’s down low and he’s being bully Randall he’s drawing two

Three Defenders that means the wings the perimeter it’s all open and now we have the shooters on the team to make other teams pay that’s why Julius Randle needs to be fully healthy when he comes back for this Knicks team because his natural game is gonna help this Knicks team go

Very deep in the playoffs but he needs to be fully healthy but from the sounds of it it doesn’t sound like he is because the Knicks and the medical staff are not confident enough in his game to move him on to the next step of full contact because if they were they would

Have done so a couple of weeks ago but they haven’t because the last few weeks nothing has changed with Randall and that confidence level in terms of taking contact and playing through it like he’s accustomed to and that’s an update directly from head coach Tom thibo so we

Have to believe it something Elsie said and for me this was another major part of the report he mentioned that the New York Knicks do not want Randall to come back and change his game or alter his game that means they know without a doubt Randall shooting a th000 threes a

Game is not the right recipe for success for this current Knicks team they need Randall to come back and play his old game that he was playing before he got injured bully ball Randall sure he can shoot some threes if he’s open but other than that he’s driving down low he’s

Taking contact he’s getting to the line or he’s taking contact creating space and getting off a quality shot bully ball Randall has been the best Randall I’ve ever seen him in his entire career playing that way has helped him get another All-Star bid playing that way

For a healthy Knicks team if you guys remember January we were running through teams Julius Randall was a big part of that so we have to remember Julius cannot change his game much he has to play that game that we’ve all seen and we’ve all grown accustomed to if he

Changes it even just a little bit it’s going to hurt the Knicks in my opinion it’s not going to help them come to postseason and if you were wondering what head coach Tom thibo had to say about OG and anobi he said the following not only about OG but about Randall too

I think you just have to deal with reality we’ve been dealing with this all year our reality is we have to go with the guys that are available and If we get them back speaking about an anobi and Randall then it’s a bonus after hearing that it seems to be clear the

New York Knicks and their focus is who they have right now next man up mentality and who’s available currently for this roster everybody else who could become available it’s nice to hear obviously you hope you get them back but you don’t want to continue to build your

Roster around hope and prayers you want to make sure you build your roster around who you have so I can completely understand why Tom thibo said this why even Josh Hart said this a couple of nights ago that’s the right mindset to move forward with that’s the mindset you

Have to move forward with given the current situation and the players you have on your roster this Nicks team is trying their best to float by win games and do so without their best players being available in OG anobi and Julius Randall and they’re still trying to do

This with Isaiah hartenstein on a minutes restriction Mitchell Robinson just coming back on a minute restriction we have to understand even though the Knicks are starting to get healthy there are still so many steps after that once the Knicks get healthy they have to build chemistry building chemistry takes

Time especially when you’re building chemistry with new players Mitchell Robinson never played with Alec Burks this year didn’t play with boan banovic he has to start incorporating his game with those guys same thing with OG an anobi Julius Randle same thing you have to build up chemistry not only that but

You have to get your game back back underneath you that takes a couple of games and if you’re doing that in the postseason it’s going to hurt your team and what you’re looking to build in the playoffs and that’s just a fact I wish it was different I wish it wasn’t the

Case like that but you just can’t come back and have that immediate instant impact I know OG and an Obi did that with his defense but Julius Randall affects the game a lot differently so that likely means he’s going to need a couple of games to get that wind

Underneath him and get his game back we remember when he was coming off of that ankle surgery to start the season he needed a few games to look like the regular Julius Randall in this situation he didn’t get shoulder surgery on that dislocated shoulder so because of that

We don’t know how he’s going to look and how many games he’s going to need to look like the same old Julius Randall and if he’s going to look like that Randall when he returns or not those are all question marks that are left up in

The air I know some fans are up and down on Julius Randall I see you guys in the comments some of you guys are in favor him coming back some of you guys don’t want him back listen for me I think it’s pretty clear and I think I got to say

This Julius Randall is a major piece for this Knicks team the Knicks do absolutely need him back they need him back if they want to make a deep postseason run but they need a healthy Julius Randle back if they can’t get a healthy Julius Randle back and if he

Comes back and he returns for the Knicks and he’s going to hurt us more than he’s going to help us then I think it’s up to Tom thibo and the coaching staff to hold them back and say you know what we respect you we respect your loyalty and

We love the fact you want to come back but we think if you come back and you’re not able to play your regular game you’re going to hurt us more than you’re going to help us so I think with that in mind I think you should go ahead and get

The surgery make sure you’re 110% ready for training camp and the offseason and let us try to handle this situation without you just try to do it without you for this year we don’t want to do it this way because obviously we understand how impactful you are but given the

Situation given where you are in rehab I think this is the best course of action I think that’s the direction that the New York Knicks may need to go in if Julius Randle and this situation with his shoulder doesn’t improve or doesn’t change over the next couple of weeks he

Does have a couple of weeks left but a couple of weeks is really all he has left after that it’s the postseason and if you’re still working things out in the postseason it’s likely you’re not going to return or if you return you’re not going to have that same impact that

The New York Knicks need at that point in time to help this Knicks team move forward in the postseason but what about you guys what do you think about Tom thibo comments about Julius and the reason he hasn’t returned yet for the New York Knicks that reason

Being that he has to gain confidence with taking contact in that shoulder before he can return let me know in the comments Below guys because honestly I would love to hear from you but that’s going to do it for this episode I hope you enjoyed it and if you did go ahead

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The New York Knicks are doing their best right now to fight for playoff seeding, but they’re finding the task very difficult without some of their key players in the lineup. OG Anunoby and Julius Randle both still remain out for the New York Knicks, and their timeline seems to have a question mark on it. However, with Julius Randle he’s been out for a significant period of time and over the last few weeks his status has remained unchanged. That remained the case this week, but the only difference was that head coach Tom Thibodeau spoke with the media and gave a very detailed explanation on why Randle hasn’t yet returned to the court for the Knicks. Troy Mahabir breaks all of this down!

SHOW CHAPTERS:
00:00 – Intro
01:06 – Thibodeau Provides Major Update On Julius Randle
02:26 – Randle Doesn’t Have Confidence Taking Contact With Shoulder
03:24 – Knicks Prioritizing Strengthening Randle’s Shoulder
05:15 – Bully Ball Randle Is EXACTLY What This Team Needs
06:11 – Knicks Do Not Want Randle To Change His Game
07:15 – NY Treating OG & Randle As If They Will Miss Rest Of The Season
09:20 – Julius Randle Will Likely Need Several Games To Return To Form

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