The last time Nets made run for Julius Randle before this season

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Lewis, B. (2026, October 25). The last time Nets made run for Julius Randle before this season. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/10/25/sports/the-last-time-nets-made-run-for-julius-randle-before-this-season/

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New York Post · collected 2026-10-25 · by Brian Lewis

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The Brooklyn Nets nearly signed Julius Randle in 2019 when they had significant cap space but ended up signing Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving instead. Randle eventually joined the New York Knicks where he developed into an All-Star player over five seasons before being traded to the Nets this summer. In a recent game against Cleveland, Randle scored 23 points and emphasized team unity despite adversities, while rookie Mikel Brown Jr., playing alongside fellow rookie Egor Dëmin for four minutes in the fourth quarter, showed promising moments on the court.
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The Brooklyn Nets recently acquired Julius Randle this summer, hoping he can help them become more competitive after their previous strategy of tanking for high draft picks. This isn't the first time the Nets considered Randle; back in 2019, they had a chance to sign him but instead signed Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving. If Durant hadn’t committed to Brooklyn, sources say the Nets would have focused on developing Randle at that time. Randle eventually moved from New Orleans to the New York Knicks, where he flourished over five years, becoming an All-Star three times and transforming the team into a playoff contender. Now with the Nets, Randle contributed 23 points, six rebounds, and five assists in their recent loss against Cleveland, matching James Harden's impressive start to the season.

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🔮 But had Durant not been sold on becoming Brooklyn’s franchise player, sources told The Post that they would have invested in a still up-and-coming Randle.
🔮 It will be enough to buoy his confidence.
🔮 Rookie Mikel Brown Jr. — the centerpiece of the Nets rebuild — is set to make his anticipated NBA debut in Wednesday’s season opener against the visiting Hornets.
🔮 After two tanking seasons, almost 120 losses and one hand tied behind his back by his own organization, Jordi Fernández will finally get to do his job.
🔮 And Julius Randle might be the Nets’ best playmaker in the regular season, too, as he’s poised for a career year.
🔮 “Maybe ask the performance team about his weight and how much bigger his biceps is.
🔮 “It might take a couple games to click — maybe more than a couple of games — but you should be able to figure it out.
🔮 The sweet-shooting small forward led Brooklyn in scoring last season, and could again.
🔮 Brown will still be on a minutes restriction for Wednesday’s season opener against visiting Charlotte.
🔮 But sieve-like defense is a worry that could undercut any hope of a surprise season.
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Randle PERSON · 5× Brooklyn GPE · 3× Nets ORG · 3× CLEVELAND GPE · 2× The Post ORG · 2× Durant PERSON · 1× Julius Randle PERSON · 1× Kevin Durant PERSON · 1× Kyrie Irving PERSON · 1× Sean Marks PERSON · 1×

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Obviously you have a preparation — you look at their matchups, their sub patterns, yours, your lineups — and you have an ideal way of how you want the game to go.
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🔮 But had Durant not been sold on becoming Brooklyn’s franchise player, sources told The Post that they would have invested in a still up-and-coming Randle.
2026-10-25 · New York Post
The last time Nets made run for Julius Randle before this season · assertive framing

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CLEVELAND — This isn’t the first time the Nets looked to Julius Randle to be a floor raiser. asserted
Nets → look → Randle
With their overt tanking over, Brooklyn traded for the soon-to-be-32-year-old forward this summer in hopes of being more competitive. asserted
Brooklyn → trade → hopes
But sources told The Post that the Nets nearly brought Randle in years earlier, back in 2019. asserted
Nets → tell → 2019
Armed with an ocean of cap space that summer and intent on big-game hunting, general manager Sean Marks landed Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving. asserted
Marks → arm → Durant
But had Durant not been sold on becoming Brooklyn’s franchise player, sources told The Post that they would have invested in a still up-and-coming Randle. asserted
they → sell → Randle
In the end, Randle got traded from New Orleans to the Knicks, where he actually hit his prime. asserted
he → trade → prime
He spent five years in the Garden and making all three of his All-Star berths, turning them from a lottery team into a playoff contender. asserted
He → spend → contender
Now years later, he’s trying to do the same thing on the Brooklyn side of the East River as a grizzled veteran instead of a young riser. asserted
he → try → veteran
Randle had 23 points, six rebounds and five assists in Saturday’s nail-biting loss at Cleveland. asserted
Randle → have → Cleveland
He joined James Harden as the only Nets with 20-5-5 in consecutive games to start the season. asserted
He → join → season
“We just got to stay positive and connected as a group. asserted
We → got → group
Adversities are going to happen, there’s going to be bumps and bruises. asserted
Adversities → go → ?
But the last thing we can do as a team is separate,” Randle said. asserted
Randle → do → team
“So we just got stay connected, positive as a group. asserted
we → stay → group
Find the positives in the game of how we can build on that. asserted
we → find → that
Egor Dëmin and Mikel Brown Jr. finally got on the floor together, logging four minutes in the fourth quarter. asserted
Dëmin → get → quarter
They were a plus-5 and sparked a 14-2 run. asserted
They → spark → run
Brown is on a minutes limit that has kept him from starting. asserted
that → keep → him
Asked if he had seen enough to at least deploy the together within the constraints of that minutes limit, coach Jordi Fernández was noncommittal. asserted
Fernández → ask → limit
“If you’re coaching thinking you want to play certain guys together, it’s when usually you’re doing it for the wrong reasons,” Fernández said. asserted
Fernández → coach → reasons
“A lot of times you have to coach the game feeling the game. asserted
you → have → game
Obviously you have a preparation — you look at their matchups, their sub patterns, yours, your lineups — and you have an ideal way of how you want the game to go. asserted
game → have → way
But then when the game goes, there’s fouls, there’s guys that play better or worse. asserted
that → go → ?
Then you have to start coaching the game, and see who can guard this guy or all these things. asserted
who → have → guy
Then the game flows.” asserted
game → flow → ?
“Mikel had a good moment of making a couple of shots. asserted
Mikel → have → shots
He felt like he was giving his energy. asserted
he → feel → energy
I had the starting group on the bench, then that’s when I felt like it was a good moment to play together. asserted
it → have → bench
Did I plan it? asserted
I → plan → it
But a lot of times it’s how basketball is, right? asserted
basketball → ’ → times
We have all this preparation, the coaches do a great job putting all these pages and film and so forth. asserted
coaches → have → pages
But then at the end of the day, you have to react to a lot of things that are not controllable in the game.” asserted
that → have → game
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