![]() ![]() They wouldn’t get through it without ignoring that noise.Ī year and a half later, the noise sounds different. In New York, where he wanted the pressure of resurrecting a downtrodden power franchise, it was doubly so. Natasha and Kendra, both active on social media, spoke of the challenge of seeing people insult their husbands on the internet.įor Randle, losing had always been unbearable. They sat together and talked about the noise they heard from the negative attention they were getting, Fizdale as coach and Randle as the team’s biggest free-agent signing in a summer when Knicks fans thought Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving were arriving. Late in the night, only a few remained - Fizdale and his wife Natasha, Julius and wife Kendra. His game was struggling, I couldn’t unlock him, and he was still right there with me." "In the toughest moments he was always really one of the most uplifting guys," Fizdale said of Julius Randle. Fizdale remembers a light atmosphere during an otherwise heavy season, when players had lost loved ones and the team was struggling to win games. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)Įarly last season, a few weeks before David Fizdale lost his job as the Knicks' coach, he took the team for a family dinner at the Ritz Carlton in Westchester, N.Y. Knicks forward Julius Randle passes after driving into the lane against Lakers defenders Talen Horton-Tucker, left, and Anthony Davis during a game earlier this season at Staples Center. ![]()
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