Report: Knicks and Julius Randle agree to three-year, $63M deal

New Orleans Pelicans forward Julius Randle (30) drives against Dallas Mavericks forward Dwight Powell (LM Otero/AP)

Steven Loung June 30, 2019, 7:44 PM

The New York Knicks have agreed upon a three-year, $63-million deal with free agent forward Julius Randle, ESPN’s Adrian Worjnarowski is reporting.

Free agent Julius Randle has agreed to a three-year, $63M deal with the New York Knicks, CAA agents Aaron Mintz and Steve Heumann tell ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 30, 2019

According to Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports, the final year of Randle’s deal will include a team option, something that will give the Knicks flexibility to potentially chase the free agent class of 2021, one that will include 2019 NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo.

The three-year, $63 million deal Julius Randle agreed to with the New York Knicks contains a team option on the final year, league sources tell Yahoo Sports.

— Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) June 30, 2019

Randle spent last season the with the New Orleans Pelicans where he enjoyed a strong year that saw him average 21.4 points and 8.7 rebounds in 73 games played.

The Knicks were expected to be big players when free agency opened, but they’ve been quiet thus far and reportedly weren’t even willing to offer a full maximum contract to prized free agent target Kevin Durant.

The Knicks and owner Jim Dolan were not prepared to offer Kevin Durant a full max contract due to concerns over his recovery from the Achilles injury, league sources tell me and @wojespn. Knicks officials are in Los Angeles tonight, meeting with free agents such as Julius Randle.

— Ramona Shelburne (@ramonashelburne) June 30, 2019

Durant will reportedly sign with the the Knicks’ cross-town rival, the Brooklyn Nets.

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