Julius Randle's tough season with Knicks includes $130K in fines, but let's keep this all in perspective

Randle will have made north of $80 million by this summer and is in line for $117M more through 2026

Julius Randle is making $21.8 million this season, and next season a four-year $117 million extension activates. At the conclusion of that deal, Randle, whether or not he exercises his $32.4 million player option in 2025, will have made right about $200 million for his career. Who knows how much more he's made in endorsement money. 

I say this to put into perspective the $130,000 that Randle has been fined this season; the man isn't exactly going broke. The latest hit was $40,000 for directing hostile language at a referee in the Knicks' loss to the Jazz on Sunday. 

Per the Associated Press, here are Randle's other relatively costly infractions this season. 

He was fined $50,000 earlier this month for initiating an on-court altercation by forcefully shoving Phoenix forward Cam Johnson, making contact with a referee in his attempt to get at the Suns swingman and for not complying with an NBA investigation.

He also was docked $25,000 in January for egregious use of profanity in interviews and $15,000 in October for throwing a ball into the stands.

Randle is having a tough season, as are the Knicks, and I'm sure that's adding to his frustrations in these moments. But he still has to control his emotions. Randle is putting up 20 points and 10 rebounds a night, so let's also have some perspective on the "tough season" tag. 

That's still big production, but he hasn't been efficient at all. He's down from 24 points a night, and he's shooting just 41 percent from the field, down from 46 percent last season. His 102 points per 100 shot attempts ranks in the 9th percentile, per Cleaning the Glass, and is by far his worst mark since what was, for all intents and purposes, his rookie season in 2015-16. 

Entering play on Tuesday night, the Knicks were 30-41 and five games back of the East's final play-in spot. After a 41-31 record last season and a No. 4 seed in the playoffs, this has been a grind for New York, and you can bet Randle is feeling that heat.