By design, Julius Randle’s role with the Knicks has been altered to some degree this season with the $104 million addition of true point guard Jalen Brunson.
The Knicks ran much of their offense the previous two seasons through Randle, and the power forward led the team each year in assists with a career-best 6.0 per game in 2020-21 and a slight falloff to 5.1 last year. Brunson is averaging 6.7 assists and just 1.7 turnovers per game through his first 18 appearances.
Randle netted a season-low nine points on 4-for-11 shooting and didn’t play in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s loss to the Suns, but the 2021 All-Star bounced back and netted 25 with 11 rebounds the following night in the win over the Thunder. Randle’s shooting percentage also has ticked back up this season — from a career-worst 41.1 percent from the field one year ago to 46.7 percent. From 3-point distance, he’s connecting on 33.3 percent, up slightly from 30.8 percent yet still below the career-best 41.1 percent figure he’d posted in 2021-22.“Just making the game easy, try and make efficient shots and keep the flow of the offense going,” Randle said. “I think it’s the flow of our offense.
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