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The Minnesota Timberwolves and New York Knicks traded big man Karl-Anthony Towns to the New York Knicks in exchange for Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo, and a first-round draft pick from the Detroit Pistons late Friday night. I completed a trade to send it to.
The trade also includes the Knicks sending salary, Daquan Jeffries and draft compensation to the Charlotte Hornets to complete the deal.
Here’s the problem. What on earth were the Minnesota Timberwolves thinking?
Minnesota captured America’s heart just a few months ago when they reached the Western Conference Finals. It was a coming out party for Anthony Edwards, proving that the 23-year-old can truly become the face of the NBA.
However, that rapid progress would not have been possible without Towns. Towns will expertly space the floor for the explosive Edwards and head to the Eastern Conference to support Jalen Brunson and Mikal Bridges, who the Knicks just acquired in a trade earlier this offseason. Become.
Towns was surprised by the news and cryptically tweeted a few minutes before Shams Charania announced his trade news.
he I have never requested a trade from the Timberwolves.according to reports. The 2015 No. 1 overall pick spent nine seasons in Minnesota, finally finding some success and being sent on his way.
The return of Randle and DiVincenzo should add even more depth to the Timberwolves. However, the frontcourt of Randle and Rudy Gobert feels crowded and doesn’t make much sense on paper. The Wolves thrived when Towns, the NBA three-point contest champion, was spacing the floor. The combination of Randle and Gobert sounds unserious.
Knicks fans have been hoping for the past two offseasons that the team would find a way to move on from Randle. Love is never lost there. New York losing DiVincenzo will dismantle the Villanova reunion, but it probably won’t be the end of the world, especially if the return yields a star center.
The first round pick from the Pistons is a fun mystery box addition to this move. already called Advantageous aspects of this deal.
But the Pistons should be better. They’ve spent years as bottom feeders and have amassed some interesting young talent, including Cade Cunningham, Jalen Duren, Jaden Ivey, and Ron Holland. They also just hired JB Bickerstaff shortly after leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers. He is known for turning around losing franchises. No one is saying the Pistons will be in the NBA playoffs, but it’s not the layups that add to the No. 1 overall pick conversation.
And why do the Timberwolves want the No. 1 overall pick? you were close by. You were closer than ever.
The five-game series against the Dallas Mavericks in the Conference Finals wasn’t fun, but it provided players like Edwards and Towns with valuable experience playing against players like Luka Doncic.
Doncic lost to the Boston Celtics in the NBA Finals. The Knicks are at full strength and will be one of the biggest powers in the Eastern Conference to dethrone Boston.
And they would do the same with Towns, which on paper they could pry away pretty easily.
