A massive trade which popped right out of nowhere have been reportedly completed with the New York Knicks acquiring Karl-Anthony Towns from Timberwolves for Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo and a first round pick (protected) via Detroit. As reported by Shams Charania on X
https://x.com/ShamsCharania/status/1839851169968984211This is my opinion is quite a disruption deal for both franchise, while I'm really curious to see how it will all play out, I'm currently convinced that it's more of win for the Wolves than for Knicks, I could be wrong, though.
Agreed, KAT is very inconsistent and injury prone while Knicks player that they give up is reliable and versatile. I wonder how Knicks will utilize this trade by giving up a lot of key player that was supposed vital to build a solid team for them.
If you say that KAT is injury prone then why they take that risk to get him? Same with the Wolves as well, Randle is coming off from a injury and we don't know the extend of it. If by unfortunate chance, he got injured again, it could be another season ending and obviously, they will lose the capacity of that big men.
I'm not judging by which player could possibly get injured or not, that's a factor beyond either of these players or any other player as matter of fact, I'm inclined towards what each players bring to the table on the court and what it could mean for their new respective roster, while KAT is probably the best 3 point scoring big man in the league, I'm not sure how that ticks the boxes that the Knicks could be looking out for, meanwhile Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo seem to tick the box perfectly with the Timberwolves, while Randle is also an elite scorer, the Wolves would be getting a elite primary defender in DiVincenzo who can also easily get hot from behind the arc, and that's thought process for saying the Wolves are the most benefitting party of this said trade.
I’m not sure how Randle will fit in on Minnesota, so to me that is the big question mark with this trade. I’m expecting Ant to have a breakout year statistically though.
I think that's the same question I'm asking of KAT into the Knicks team, Randle to me is player that could score in a number of ways and his style should easily match that of ANT, I guess we'll see as soon as the season gets underway.