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NBA world shocked over Karl-Anthony Towns’ reported trade to New York Knicks

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NBA world shocked over Karl-Anthony Towns’ reported trade to New York Knicks

A Shams bomb shook up the NBA world on Friday night. The Athletic’s Shams Charania reports that the New York Knicks have acquired Karl-Anthony Towns from the Minnesota Timberwolves for Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo, and a first-round pick in a three-team trade involving the Charlotte Hornets.

According to Charania, the Knicks are sending DaQuan Jeffries, salary, and draft compensation to the Hornets.

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No one saw this news coming, especially a few days before training camp starts for both teams.

Towns appeared to be emotional about the trade, posting an ellipsis on X, formerly Twitter.

The Athletic’s Jon Krawczynski reports Towns’ camp is “stunned” by the move. Knicks president Leon Rose used to be Towns’ agent.

This comes after the Knicks traded for Mikal Bridges from the Brooklyn Nets earlier in the offseason. The Knicks are looking to build around guard Jalen Brunson and advance to the NBA Finals for the first time since the 1999-2000 season.

Towns, whom the Timberwolves took first overall in the 2015 NBA Draft, was a four-time All-Star with the team. He averaged 21.8 points and 8.3 rebounds last season as he and Anthony Edwards helped lead the Timberwolves to the Western Conference Finals.

The trade news set NBA social media ablaze.

What does Karl-Anthony Towns’ contract look like?

ESPN’s Bobby Marks points out that Towns is in the first year of a four-year, $220 million supermax extension he signed in 2022.

The Knicks now have an apparent starting five of Towns, Brunson, Bridges, O.G. Anunoby, and Josh Hart.

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