Julius Randle: No plans for surgery on foot, pain-free, teams know
Julius Randle worked out for the Boston Celtics on Friday and naturally his post-workout media availability focused a great deal on the report from earlier in the week that he would need surgery after the draft.
Randle refuted the report on Twitter on Thursday but doubled down with greater detail on Friday.
Randle on today's workout: "No pain before, during or after. I'm fine."
— Mark Murphy (@Murf56) June 13, 2014
More Randle: "(Surgery) has never been considered. I met some of the best surgeons in the world and they said they wouldn’t do anything."
— Mark Murphy (@Murf56) June 13, 2014
So Randle's fine and his team likes what they see in medical evaluations, but the reports were about concern from NBA teams. Randle did his best to squash that, as well.
Julius Randle said teams knew about his foot at the pre-draft combine in Chicago. No team said they wanted him to have surgery. #Celticstalk
— A. Sherrod Blakely (@SherrodbCSN) June 13, 2014
Of course, the report came from Adrian Wojnarowski, who is rarely incorrect, so there are probably at least a couple of teams concerned. Maybe those aren't the teams looking at Randle most closely, however.
Randle worked out by himself for the Celtics, for whatever that's worth, citing that it's a safer environment for avoiding injury.