Ball Brother: The Lakers are very disrespectful to Randle. He only needs to be responsible for rebounding and picking up and throwing on the court.

Lonzo Ball, who currently plays for the Chicago Bulls, talks about the situation of Minnesota Timberwolves forward star Julius Randle when participating in the podcast "The WAE Show w/ Lonzo Ball Ep. 40". The two were teammates when they played for the Los Angeles Lakers, and Ball was quite speechless about Randle's situation at the Lakers at that time.

Bauer said: The Lakers were so disrespectful to Randle back then. Now you can see how good his performance is. He can do almost anything. He is simply omnipotent on the court. The most ridiculous thing I've ever heard of when I was playing for that team (the Lakers) was probably like this. At the beginning of the season, the team let us all sit together and talk about the roles we play on the court one by one in the locker room. When it was Randle's turn, they actually told him that you were responsible for rebounding and pick-and-roll on the court, and you didn't need to do anything else. I thought at the time, what's the point? I couldn't help but want to speak at that time. Please, he is one of our best players, he is the only player on the team who can do anything, how can you let him do only these things on the court? Since that incident, our relationship has started to become very good. But to be honest, the Lakers really disrespected him at the time. Look at his current performance, the way the Lakers treat him is really outrageous.

In the NBA regular season this season, Randall made a total of 69 appearances in 82 games, averaging 32.3 minutes per game, averaging 18.7 points, 7.1 rebounds, 4.7 assists, 0.7 steals and 0.2 blocks, and 2.8 turnovers and 2.5 fouls. He shot 48.5%, three-point shooting percentage 34.4%, and free throw shooting percentage 80.6%. In the playoffs, Randall has been playing time in the first 10 games so far, with averaging 23.9 points, 5.9 rebounds, 5.9 assists, 0.8 steals and 0.2 blocks, and 3.1 turnovers and 3.2 fouls. His shooting percentage is 50.9%, three-point shooting percentage is 34.5%, and free throw shooting percentage is 88.9%.

Randle's performance in the playoffs this season is simply phenomenal. He first beat his old club, the Lakers, helped the team complete the following matches and advance to the second round of the playoffs. He then beat the Golden State Warriors and led the team to the second round. Randall proved with his performance that he is completely at the level of a top power forward in the league. Ball's remarks sound incredible, but considering the situation of the Lakers at that time, it was actually quite normal. At that time, the Lakers had a large number of young talents, but in the end most players did not realize their potential in the Lakers. It can only be said that the team has huge problems in player training, or the Lakers are not a place to train new players at all.