Julius Randle is on the road to recovery.
The Knicks power forward, who underwent surgery on his left ankle in early June, shared a workout video on Instagram on Wednesday, with the comment “Getting back to it.”
The post shows Randle rehabbing his ankle following the arthroscopic operation, as he aims to be ready for Knicks training camp in the fall.
Randle, 28, played through injury at the end of the 2022-23 season after initially spraining his ankle on March 29 against the Heat.
The All-Star missed the final five games of the regular season and returned for the first-round of the NBA playoffs against Cleveland where he reinjured his ankle in Game 5.
The 6-foot-8 starter missed Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals against Miami and the Knicks eventually lost the series in six games.
Randle, who averaged 25.1 points, 10.0 rebounds and 4.1 assists in the regular season while shooting 45.9 percent overall and 34.3 perfect from beyond the arc, saw his effectiveness plummet in the playoffs.
Though Randle wouldn’t use injury as an excuse, the numbers didn’t lie.
His postseason averages dropped to 16.6 points, 8.3 rebounds and 3.6 assists.
Randle is now using the offseason to recover and reflect on last year while preparing himself to get right back to work come October.
“A lot of times with injuries, bro, they suck, the rehab and that stuff is awful, the process of it, but it’s the offseason for us, so it’s really giving me an opportunity just to slow down and digest everything from the whole year,” Randle said last month, after the surgery.
“I watch a lot of basketball, but I’ve never been a film guy. So I’m doing things that I might not necessarily take the time to do. I can’t physically be out there, but mentally I can put myself in those places and watch and learn.”
