Knicks, Timberwolves close to exchanging All-Stars in potential blockbuster trade: reports

The New York Knicks are making 1 much large determination earlier the play starts to capitalize connected their title window.

According to aggregate reports, the Knicks are connected the verge of acquiring Karl-Anthony Towns from the Minnesota Timberwolves and volition nonstop Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo.

Some reports accidental the Knicks are besides adding a first-round selection.

The Knicks made it to the 2nd circular of the playoffs past twelvemonth without Randle, who dislocated his enarthrosis earlier successful the twelvemonth and missed the remainder of the season.

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Karl-Anthony Towns #32 of the Minnesota Timberwolves talks with Julius Randle #30 of the New York Knicks aft a play successful the 3rd 4th of the crippled astatine Target Center connected November 7, 2022, successful Minneapolis, Minnesota.  (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

Towns was a portion of a T-Wolves squad featuring Anthony Edwards and Rudy Gobert that made it to the Western Conference Finals earlier falling to the Dallas Mavericks.

Randle had a analyzable bequest successful New York, often frustrating fans with his play, and adjacent giving them a thumbs down because, admittedly, they would boo him. But, during his tenure, Randle revitalized himself arsenic a player, earning his archetypal 2 All-Star nods and averaging 22.6 points and 9.9 rebounds per contest.

DiVincenzo averaged a career-high 15.5 points per crippled past play portion eclipsing 40% from three-point scope for the archetypal clip successful his career, arsenic helium started a career-best 63 games.

Karl-Anthony Towns #32 of the Minnesota Timberwolves controls the shot against Julius Randle #30 of the New York Knicks astatine Madison Square Garden connected January 1, 2024, successful New York City. The Knicks defeated the Timberwolves 112-106.  (Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)

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Towns, though, is connected a Hall of Fame trajectory and is successful the speech for the best shooting big-man of all-time. He was named an All-Star for the 4th clip this past season, and his 41.6% from 3 was the second-best people of his career.

It's a homecoming for Towns, who grew up successful adjacent cardinal New Jersey and went to St. Joseph's High School successful Metuchen. He was the archetypal prime successful the 2015 NBA Draft retired of Kentucky.

Supposedly catching upwind of the news, Towns posted connected X, "…"

Earlier this offseason, the Knicks acquired Mikal Bridges from the Brooklyn Nets, further cementing themselves arsenic the "Nova Knicks" - Bridges, Jalen Brunson, and Josh Hart played unneurotic astatine Villanova. But, truthful did DiVincenzo.

A determination for a large antheral was indispensable for the Knicks - they mislaid Isaiah Hartenstein successful escaped agency, and it's been reported that oft-injured Mitchell Robinson volition not beryllium acceptable for the commencement of the season.

Karl Anthony-Towns of the Minnesota Timberwolves against the Indiana Pacers astatine Bankers Life Fieldhouse connected January 17, 2020, successful Indianapolis, Indiana.      (Andy Lyons/Getty Images)

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The 2 sides are said to beryllium finalizing details - The Athletic notes that salaries don't lucifer up with the 3 players involved. But, it looks to beryllium when, not if, this woody volition beryllium complete.

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