Fast forward a few months, and Minnesota is headed back to the conference finals in no small part because of Randle, who continued the best stretch of basketball of his postseason -- and probably professional -- life with 27 points on 12-of-17 shooting on Wednesday as the Wolves eliminated the Warriors in five games.

After an up-and-down regular season, the Timberwolves are headed to the Western Conference Finals in back-to-back postseasons.

As of Friday, former New York Knicks star Julius Randle officially has a starting five. Randle, now repping the Minnesota Timberwolves, announced the arrival of

Former Laker Julius Randle is excelling with the Timberwolves, and he said late Lakers great Kobe Bryant helped shape his mentality.

Donte DiVincenzo has continued to interact with his former Knicks and Villanova teammates, which makes him happy because they are both benefiting.

"I have been around a lot of great players. He is as confident in his belief in himself as ... it's Kobe-like. And I was around Kobe," the All-Star power forward relayed. "He's not scared of any moment, and he wants those moments. His belief and confidence in who he is as a player is the highest I've ever seen or been around, for anybody."

Monday’s NBA playoff action features two massive Game 4 matchups, as the Boston Celtics aim to get fully back into their series with the New York Knicks while t

Led by Julius Randle, Minnesota beat Golden State and progressed to Western Conference finals for second straight year.

The Minnesota Timberwolves routed the Golden State Warriors to advance to the NBA Western Conference finals on Wednesday as the Boston Celtics kept their playoff campaign alive with a blowout victory over the New York Knicks.

Aaron Gordon might be the gold standard of the "struggling leading man to role player" transformation right now. After never finding his place in Orlando, he has become Mr. Nugget in Denver by giving up the on-ball portion of his offensive game,