“People think because we’re basketball players and we make a lot of money and we play a game we love for a living we don’t have real feelings and we don’t have to deal with real life problems. It’s the exact opposite. This is a situation that proves it,” forward Julius Randle said Monday about Smith Jr. “He’s going through something real. Us as teammates, as his brothers, we’re just going to try to be there and support him as much as we can, let him take as much time as he needs. It’s obviously a very sensitive situation. All we can do is be there, be there for him as a brother, as a friend.”