Just one day after the Knicks returned to practice and Tom Thibodeau shared the most promising of updates, the actual injured man took the podium and left us all a bit colder than we hoped.
Now, mind you, what Julius Randle told reporters after Wednesday’s practice when he was asked about his shoulder and his rehab process wasn’t calamitous. It wasn’t disastrous. It wasn’t awful. But it wasn’t the best possible thing we could have heard from him, either.
Julius Randle was asked if there is a timetable for when he will be back on the court:
"I think I'm planning on being back on the court April 1st probably.