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Towns to New York (www.espn.com)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Randle and DiVincenzo to Minnesota.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Per The Athletic's Shams Charania, the T-Wolves are trading the three-time All-Star to the New York Knicks in exchange for Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo and a first-round draft pick via the Detroit Pistons.

Charania added that Charlotte Hornets are also included in the trade as part of a three-team deal. The Knicks are sending salary, including DaQuan Jeffries, and draft compensation to the Hornets in the exchange.

The draft pick is a 2025 top-13 protected pick, per ESPN's Bobby Marks.

Deal makes sense for Knicks for sure since they need center depth and I kinda see what the wolves are going for but feels a little light on the return but maybe I’m not valuing Randle right.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

My first thought was MN won, but didn't know Randle was hurt. Randle coming off injury and surgery is a pretty big gamble to take trading one of the top 3pt shooters in the entire league, forget among centers. In a league where it's more valued each year, giving that up is enormous.

Divencezo, yes shooting 3 is great and a scrappy defender is high value but now who plays with/off Rudy?

Towns was kind of the odd man out in the playoffs with MN, his skills are wild but can see why MN let him go.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Personally I think KAT is worth more than Randle and Divencezo

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yeah. I didn't watch DVC in NY last year. NY definitely didn't lose this trade, MN seems like lower odds of this being a good tradeoff for them. Unless Randle is exactly the same quality and fits the team, or they get super lucky on a mid first round pick, they basically gave away a big piece for multiple less good pieces.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I think it's about the best the wolves could have hoped for trading KAT. Their three-headed $100m+ center monster was just not sustainable, so breaking KAT into Randle and Donte is a good result for them. Not saying they will be better, but it's something had to happen.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yeah and if I’m not mistaken, Randle is soon gonna be a free agent so they don’t have to keep him if he doesn’t fit.

I think the trade is good for both sides even if I’d have wanted Randle to stay with the knicks for a while for a nice story.