NBA Insider Reveals Even More Details On Why Minnesota Timberwolves Shockingly Traded KAT

A new report has offered up some extra details on the Minnesota Timberwolves’ surprising decision to trade Karl-Anthony Towns a week before the start of preseason. This was a pretty quiet summer for the Timberwolves. There had been speculation that they could trade Towns due to the salary cap implications of his contract in the years ahead. However, months went by and it looked like KAT would be back to try and make another Finals run with top star Anthony Edwards. That was all changed last week when it was revealed that the Wolves and Knicks had finally agreed on a long-rumored deal to send the four-time All-Star to New York. It was stunning because it came just a week before the start of the preseason and it was a left-field end to his nine-year career in Minnesota. There have been various reports on why the organization took this bold step now, and not before February’s trade deadline. On Monday, veteran NBA insider Marc Stein added some extra intel to the speculation in a new piece on his Substack page.