I feel wanted here," Randle said at his introductory press conference in Minnesota on Thursday, via ESPN. "At this point in my career, I've accomplished a lot of great things on an individual level, but I want to win a championship.

Julius Randle said he was shocked when he learned last weekend that the New York Knicks traded him to the Minnesota Timberwolves. Randle had become an All-Star in his five seasons with the Knicks, and although he missed New York's playoff run last season because of a shoulder injury,

Randle was eligible for an extension that wasn’t coming and some people in the organization felt he wasn’t a good fit alongside Jalen Brunson.