With just over 13 minutes under his belt in his NBA career, Julius Randle broke his leg on a drive to the basket in the fourth quarter of the Los Angeles Lakers loss to the Houston Rockets. The seventh overall pick has a bright future ahead of him, but this is not the way he would have liked to get started.
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Randle was on the floor for a prolonged period of time as Lakers players and staff surrounded the 19 year old out of Kentucky. He was in obvious pain as trainer Gary Vitti talked to him trying to diagnose the situation. After being taken off of the court on a stretcher and his leg wrapped up in an air cast, Randle was taken to a Los Angeles hospital. The injury resulted in many NBA players reaching out to the young man via Twitter:
Damn I didn't wanna see the young boy go down like that! Prayers up @j30_randle! Trust the process God got you!
— Paul George (@Yg_Trece) October 29, 2014
Praying for the best and a speedy recovery for Julius Randle! Never want to see that happen to anybody….
— Stephen Curry (@StephenCurry30) October 29, 2014
Speedy recovery for Julius randle!! Hang in there bro.
— Eric Gordon (@TheofficialEG10) October 29, 2014
Prayers up for Julius Randle..
— Jamal Crawford (@JCrossover) October 29, 2014
Prayers go out to Julius Randle. Great kid with a hellava future. #stayprayedup
— Mo Williams (@mowilliams) October 29, 2014
I don't know Julius randle personally….but I hope he has a speedy recovery! Stay strong bro.
— Austin Rivers (@AustinRivers25) October 29, 2014
Damn man hope the young fella @J30_RANDLE bounces back quick!
— Wesley Matthews (@wessywes2) October 29, 2014
I had the same injury as @J30_RANDLE – he'll recover fine. #StayStrong
— James Worthy (@JamesWorthy42) October 29, 2014
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