The emotion will be strong this evening for Karl-Anthony Towns this evening as he will meet the Minneapolis public in the colors of the Knicks. For the first time in his career, he will sit in the opposing locker room. It will also be a reunion evening for the players included in his trade, starting with Julius Randlewho became an All-Star in a Knicks jersey.
“It’s one more match. I'm going to go home, play with my kids, eat something, then sleep.” he lists. “Then I'm going to get up, go to the shootaround, probably have some treatment, then I'll go shoot… And I'll go home, have lunch, and I'll come back to the room to play the game. »
For Donte DiVincenzo, it is above all the possibility of meeting friends from the Villanova Connection. “I am in contact with them all the time, and it remains family. I watch their matches, with a different point of view. I'm more of a fan of them than of their team. I wish them nothing but the best.”
In the opposite camp, Josh Hart thinks there will still be emotion, or at least a spirit of revenge.
“When you get traded, no matter what it is, it’s always difficult and there’s always emotion”said the Knicks winger. “You always have this feeling of not being wanted. This is the case on both sides. I think Donte and Julius probably felt that way. And KAT probably felt the same way, and every time a trade happens, you feel like, even though you're the centerpiece of the trade and another team wants you, you still have pressure and you always feel unwanted. »
