Jon Krawczysnski: Julius Randle: "Me personally, knowing this thing will turn around is because it’s not like we’re getting blown out. We got a whole new group trying to figure things out, figure each other out, and we’re in every game. We just gotta start coming out on the other side."

Julius Randle scored 18 points and Rudy Gobert had 17 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Minnesota Timberwolves past the Los Angeles Lakers 109-80

The Minnesota Timberwolves have gotten off to a bit of a rough start this season while trying to fit new pieces into their lineup, and as the team sits at 9-10 going into Monday’s game against the Los Angeles Lakers,

During Julius Randle ’s five seasons in New York, his son Kyden became almost as big a star as his father. He was a fixture at Madison Square Garden, basking in the glow created by Dad’s emergence as an All-NBA level performer.

How Timberwolves' Julius Randle and Jae Crowder renew their longstanding beef in Wednesday's loss to the Kings

Sunday’s game against Phoenix went like much of Julius Randle’s season so far in Minnesota — not always pretty, Phoenix led most of the way and had focused on getting the ball of his hands and daring the other Minnesota players to beat them. Still, he found his spots and had 32 points on 10-of-19 shooting.