Randle's first season with the Timberwolves isn't panning out the way Minnesota had hoped when they traded Karl-Anthony Towns.

The Minnesota Timberwolves are struggling with slow starts this season, currently holding a sub-.500 record. Players like Julius Randle and Rudy Gobert admit the team lacks initial urgency and physicality,

There was always going to be spacing concerns with the Randle-Gobert front court. The pairing has actually been really good for the Wolves statistically so far: with Randle and Gobert both on the court, Minnesota has a +6.22 net-rating, per PBP stats. That’s much better than the number with either or both off the floor.

Tensions began to rise in the fourth quarter when Rudy Gobert posted up Scottie Barnes deep under the basket, but Julius Randle failed to throw him the ball to take advantage of the mismatch. According to Hine, Gobert was upset about not getting a chance to score and took too long to leave the lane, which resulted in a three-second violation.