Minnesota did not take its blockbuster transaction lightly.
For nine seasons, Towns had been a fixture with the Timberwolves for every up and down. Minnesota fans had seen him win Rookie of the Year, make four All-Star teams, and transform the Timberwolves into a consistent playoff contender.with Knicks guard Jalen Brunson and forward Josh Hart, when it was time to say goodbye, Minnesota made a point to do it the right way.
"I didn't get called. Tim told me to my face that I was traded," Towns said in Friday's episode of the show. "It was gangster, I ain't gonna lie." Karl-Anthony Towns says Timberwolves president Tim Connelly pulled up to his house, with his three friends and dad there, to inform him he had been traded"The fact that it happened that way, I got to give him respect," Towns said. "It was me, three of my closest friends, and my pops. Shout out to him. He came to a house by himself. ... I gotta give him respect for that for sure.
Basketball can be a brutal business, but the Timberwolves' dignified farewell to Towns shows that relationships can endure across organizations.Patrick Andres is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. He joined SI in December 2022, having worked for The Blade, Athlon Sports, Fear the Sword and Diamond Digest. Andres has covered everything from zero-attendance Big Ten basketball to a seven-overtime college football game.
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