Without a doubt this is the biggest trend of this summer. The most unexpected thing too. Traded to the Knicks with the Wolves a few weeks ago, Karl-Anthony Towns went behind the scenes trade a phenomenon And the least we can say is that the king expected about it as much as we did.
Big moves in the NBA are often subject to a lot of reactions, especially on social networks. Everyone has their own opinion, and stray bullets whiz by regularly in all directions. Fans and other players are having a field day discussing and analyzing the move, but one answer is often forgotten: the opinion of the major parties involved, at least for now . In some cases, certain images are revealed, and then cause scenes that become legendary. For example, we remember Derrick Rose’s tears when he moved to New York, or Harrison Barnes sent to the Kings in the midst of a game. Situations sometimes terriblebut we know it, in the nba, business is business.
Luckily for him, Karl-Anthony Towns didn’t have to endure such a violent exposure as his friends mentioned above. If the pivot was not expected to be moved, the Wolves bosses were still playing the game, and took the trouble to get in shape. Tim Connelly, Minnesota’s head of basketball operations, reached out to KAT in person to break the news, as the latter reports in the podcast by Jalen Brunson and Josh Hart.
Karl-Anthony Towns says Timberwolves president Tim Connelly pulled up to his house, with his three friends and father there, to tell him he was being traded.
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— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) October 18, 2024
“No one called me. Tim [Connelly] came and told me to my face that I had been traded. He came to my house. Three of my close friends and my father were there. He came home alone, when there were five of us, and the situation was difficult. I have a lot of respect for him for that.” – Karl-Anthony Towns via Showmates Show
If the new pivot of the Knicks is still grateful for how things went, he says nevertheless that the news surprised him, as can be seen from his response to X a few minutes later. For the record and according to his statements, KAT learned about his move just four minutes before Shams Charania’s tweet on the subject. A little time to digest, before you are hit with a wave of reactions right in your face. In addition, Karl-Anthony Towns admitted that he was sure he would finish his career in Minnesota. But for the Wolves, the call of business was stronger than that.
Karl-Anthony Towns traded from Minnesota:
“I thought I was retiring there… but my old employer didn’t agree to that.
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— Legion Hoops (@LegionHoops) October 18, 2024
“I really thought I was going to retire here. I thought Minnesota would be my home for my entire career and beyond, but my previous employer disagreed with that idea. So, that’s how it is.”
From now on, the Minnesota chapter is behind KAT, and the pivot will be able to write a new page in his history with New York. A story that has started well now, because Towns was pretty good in the preseason. Preparation something special, which allowed KAT to play his first minutes with the Knicks. The opportunity, too, to cross swords with the Timberwolves for the first time in his career.
Text source: Roommates Show
2024-10-19 12:22:00
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