Thunderclap this night in the NBA! The Athletic has in fact revealed the contours of a large-scale exchange between Karl-Anthony Towns and Julius Randle, since the first is sent to New York against the second, who heads to Minneapolis!
On paper, the Wolves hit hard since in addition to recovering Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo also arrives in Minnesota in the transaction, with a first draft as a bonus!
It must be believed that New York was really inclined to part with Julius Randle, who had been out of action since January due to a shoulder injury and had surgery in April, and that KAT was the priority to replace him. If the two players can be judged to be of equivalent level, Karl-Anthony Towns showed his adaptability by playing in positions 5 then 4 following the arrival of Rudy Gobert, and demonstrated regularity in a conference at a higher level. raised, while the price of Julius Randle has visibly fallen on the market, due in particular to his repeated injuries.
A Randle-Gobert tandem that promises!
Where the deal may seem unbalanced, however, is the presence of a first round of the Draft and especially of Donte DiVincenzo in the exchange, while the guard was coming off a fairly breathtaking playoff campaign with the Knicks. , in a context where it is never easy to impose yourself. At the same time, it was undoubtedly the condition to push Minnesota to accept.
The Knicks have achieved great things without their presumed leader and Tom Thibodeau will have the opportunity to re-articulate his major five around the Brunson-Towns axis to which the Bridges-Hart-Anunoby trio will be added.
The future seems less obvious for Minnesota, where one might have thought that KAT's departure would rebalance the forces present. We will therefore closely follow the first statements from the Wolves side and the way in which Chris Finch will this time try to associate Julis Randle with Rudy Gobert in the paint.
Note that this is in fact a three-team exchange including the Hornets, who will receive cash, compensation via the Draft and DaQuan Jeffries who arrives from the Knicks.
