Julius Randles wife Kendra opens up about the hardest part of Knicks trade right before camp

Julius Randle’s wife, Kendra, has opened up about the difficulties of her husband being traded after the Knicks sent the All-Star forward to Minnesota for Karl-Anthony Towns on Friday, just days before the start of training camp.Kendra explained Tuesday in a TikTok video what’s been going on in the couple’s world since they learned Randle was traded for the first time in his 11-year NBA career — and “the hardest part” about the transition.“Touch up my hair and makeup with me while I tell you guys what it’s like to be traded from an NBA team as a first timer,” Kendra began.“… I’m really grateful that it’s actually not in the middle of the season, like before the deadline or whatever.

But it has been pretty crazy for our first time and unexpected.“And I’m not gonna lie, when we heard Minnesota it was pretty shocking, although we were ready to leave New York.“Living in a condo with two kids is so hard.

I don’t care what anyone says.It was a great experience, but we were already looking to move outside the city.

It was just getting so hard and overwhelming for us because my husband is from Texas and I’m from Kentucky and that’s just not how we grew up.Kendra said their sons — Kyden, 7, and 2-year-old Jayce — are excited for this new chapter in the Midwest, but there have been challenges.“The hardest part by far was telling our 7-year-old that he had to leave his school and friends.

That was the hardest conversation and honestly the hardest part for Julius and I too [was] leaving that community.That school is incredible [and] the parents,” she said.

Kendra added that NBA trades are hard on families, especially kids.“Everyone is just so sad that he is leaving,” she said.

“So that’s the really hard part about the NBA and the family aspect of it is that it affects all of the kids, the whole family — and they have to uproot their life.“As adults we can deal with it and move on but for kids it’s really tough.S...