El Segundo, CA (SportsNetwork.com) – Julius Randle’s rookie season will last only a single game, as the Los Angeles Lakers announced Thursday that the 2014 first-round pick will miss the remainder of the campaign after undergoing surgery to repair a fractured right tibia.<\/p>\n
Randle fell hard after driving to the lane during the fourth quarter of the Lakers’ season-opening 108-90 loss to Houston at Staples Center. After being attended to on the court for several minutes by the medical staff, the No. 7 overall pick was carried to the locker room on a stretcher with his leg in an air cast.<\/p>\n
The Kentucky standout was 1-of-3 from the floor for two points in 13-plus minutes in his NBA regular season debut.<\/p>\n
Randle spent just one season at Kentucky before declaring for the draft, earning SEC Freshman of the Year and First Team All-Conference honors while helping the Wildcats reach the NCAA Tournament Championship Game last spring.<\/p>\n
Over 40 games with the Wildcats, Randle averaged 15 points, 10.4 rebounds and 1.4 assists along with a nation-leading 24 double-doubles.<\/p>\n
Randle is the second Lakers’ player in the past week to be declared out for the season. Veteran point guard and two-time league MVP Steve Nash will not play in 2014-15 due to a chronic back injury that limited him to only 15 games last season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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