For the 2024/25 season of the NBA, Julius Randle began a new chapter with the Minnesota Timberwolves. The player was traded from the New York Knicks in exchange for Karl-Anthony Towns. Over half a year later, Randle still bitterly remembers his departure from the Knicks. "It was crap," the player stated in comments recorded by the New York Post.

Julius Randle speaks about the Knicks trade to the Timberwolves and reflects on his time in New York and his new journey in Minnesota.

Just a month into the offseason, though, that dominant core took a massive change. Two months later, that strong core had all but disappeared.