Last All-Star break, Julius Randle was in Atlanta mingling with the NBA’s glitterati. This hiatus, Randle just needed to get away after a rough first 59 games, failing to make the All-Star Game this time around.
“First time I’ve been in New York and didn’t have anything to do,’’ Randle said after Thursday’s practice. “I didn’t have workouts to go to. I took time off. I shut my phone off. There was no access to me. It was amazing.’’
Randle said he just spent time with his wife, Kendra, and two young children. He needed to clear his head because it hasn’t been easy being the face of the franchise with new mammoth expectations.
Randle said he didn’t watch Sunday’s All-Star Game, but his son made him watch the tail end of Obi Toppin’s dunk-contest championship.
“My son is obsessed so he got me in the room and I saw ‘O’ win it, saw his final two dunks,’’ Randle said.
Julius Randle ‘didn’t have…