Julius Randle Ready to Fulfill Lakers’ Massive Expectations

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — It was just last year that Julius Randle walked into a new spot, looked around at a bunch of new dudes and soon enough established himself as the best player on the team.

So it goes for guys who are inherently bigger, stronger and better. Randle has claimed his turf time and again in basketball gyms at varying levels. Amid all the other much-hyped recruits at the University of Kentucky, it was no different.