"It's the Player That 'Makes' the Shoe" Julius Randle on His Skechers Partnership

Julius Randle knows what you're thinking: Skechers? Basketball shoes? Really? He had the same thought when the company -- a colossal global brand, to be sure, albeit not one with deep roots in basketball -- first approached him, but was quickly converted when he met the design team and tried the shoes out for himself. His teammates on the New York Knicks thought it too. "They were definitely curious," he says, letting out a hearty laugh when it's pointed out that dropping 40 points in a pair mak...