Just days before training camps begin, the Knicks and Timberwolves have agreed to a blockbuster deal that will see Karl-Anthony Towns land in New York and Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo head to Minnesota, sources confirmed to ESPN.
Talks intensified between the teams over the last 24 hours and the deal was being finalized Friday night, sources said.The blockbuster comes just days before the start of training camps throughout the NBA and sees the Knicks add a four-time All-Star in Towns to pair with star guardset to miss the beginning of the regular season after offseason ankle surgery, league sources confirmed to ESPN earlier this week.to help the Timberwolves reach the Western Conference finals this past season.
During that stretch, Towns played in all 204 of the Timberwolves games, averaging 23.0 points and 12.3 rebounds. He was one of just three NBA players in that span with at least 4,000 points and 2,000 rebounds, along within seven games. Randle, though, was not part of the picture in the playoffs. He dislocated his shoulder Jan. 27, and after two months of rehab, he opted to undergo season-ending right shoulder surgery in April.
That ended an All-Star season for the 29-year-old forward, who was averaging 24 points on 47% shooting, 9.2 rebounds and 5 assists per game at the time of the injury.Contractually, Towns is in year one of a four-year, $220 million super max extension he signed in 2022. Randle has $28.9 million and $30.9M left on his contract, which has a player option for next season. DiVincenzo, the sharp-shooting 27-year-old who averaged 17.
At ESPN Bet, the Knicks entered the day +800 to win the NBA title this year. After the trade, those odds moved to +700, behind only the defending champion
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