Nets’ Jordi Fernandez projects Julius Randle to make career-best improvement in key area

Julius Randle has proven he’s one of the NBA’s more efficient scorers over the last six seasons. However, Brooklyn Nets head coach Jordi Fernandez expects the three-time All-Star to have a career year in another area in 2026-27. “I think that this year it could be [Julius’] best playmaking year,” Fernandez said early in training camp. “He’s proven that he’s a very efficient player at very different levels. Seasons with the Knicks when he shot eight-plus threes, seasons where he’s isolated more, been in the pick-and-roll more, [he’s shown] his ability to playmake.