Minnesota Timberwolves star Julius Randle credited Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant for teaching him how to deal with adversity.

He did not capture an NCAA Tournament Championship at the University of Kentucky, but Julius Randle was one of the most talented players and leaders to come from John Calipari’s program at the time.

Minnesota Timberwolves star Julius Randle got some friendly advice from his son Kyden after Game 4 on Monday.

Drafting Julius Randle was the highlight of a forgettable 2013-14 NBA campaign for the Lakers, who were without Kobe Bryant. Bryant played only a few games after staging a comeback in record time from his Achilles tear in April 2013.

Minnesota needed someone to stabilize the ship to get across the finish line first in enemy waters. As has often been the case over the past couple months, that person was Julius Randle.

The Minnesota Timberwolves are close to getting their job done in the second round of the 2025 NBA Playoffs. They are just a win away from eliminating the Golden State Warriors following a one-sided affair Monday night at Chase Center in San Francisco,

Once viewed as a player who shrunk in the playoff spotlight, Randle has been a revelation in his first postseason for the Timberwolves.

Even without iconic sharpshooter Steph Curry, the Golden State Warriors have managed to put up a heck of a fight against the Minnesota Timberwolves in their second-round playoff battle. But so far, Minnesota has had a somewhat unexpected card up its sleeve that has helped build its 2-1 series lead.

Powered by a Julius Randle triple-double and a second-half explosion from star forward Anthony Edwards, the Minnesota Timberwolves defeated the Golden State Warriors 102-97 to take a 2-1 series lead in the conference semifinals on Saturday night at Chase Center.

On Monday, a couple of former Kentucky Wildcats played a massive part in helping their teams take 3-1 leads in the Conference Semifinals. We’ll start in the Big Apple, where Karl-Anthony Towns and the (3) New York Knicks used another second-half comeback (coupled with some terrible injury luck for the opposition) to take down the (1) Boston