Submitted 2 months ago by ctl68@lemmy.world to nba@lemmy.world
Randle and DiVincenzo to Minnesota.
I know with Hartensteins departure and Robinsons injury woes the 5 spot was an issue, but I’m not sure I like Towns for them. I’m not sure he can bring the toughness and mentality the team showed.
Randle felt like a weird foreign object after this season, bit I will miss Donte. The Villanova 4 didn’t last long.
Wow what the F?! This is nuts.
Just realized that even though they weren’t involved in the trade Denver is a huge winner here. Felt like having 3 bigs they could put on Jokic was huge and no other team really has that.
I just learnt there are big financial implications on this trade for Minnesota that is now under some cap
Per The Athletic’s Shams Charania, the T-Wolves are trading the three-time All-Star to the New York Knicks in exchange for Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo and a first-round draft pick via the Detroit Pistons.
Charania added that Charlotte Hornets are also included in the trade as part of a three-team deal. The Knicks are sending salary, including DaQuan Jeffries, and draft compensation to the Hornets in the exchange.
The draft pick is a 2025 top-13 protected pick, per ESPN’s Bobby Marks.
Deal makes sense for Knicks for sure since they need center depth and I kinda see what the wolves are going for but feels a little light on the return but maybe I’m not valuing Randle right.
I think it’s about the best the wolves could have hoped for trading KAT. Their three-headed $100m+ center monster was just not sustainable, so breaking KAT into Randle and Donte is a good result for them. Not saying they will be better, but it’s something that was always going to happen and they got a decent result out of it.
Yeah and if I’m not mistaken, Randle is soon gonna be a free agent so they don’t have to keep him if he doesn’t fit.
I think the trade is good for both sides even if I’d have wanted Randle to stay with the knocks for a while for a nice story.
My first thought was MN won, but didn’t know Randle was hurt. Randle coming off injury and surgery is a pretty big gamble to take trading one of the top 3pt shooters in the entire league, forget among centers. In a league where it’s more valued each year, giving that up is enormous.
Divencezo, yes shooting 3 is great and a scrappy defender is high value but now who plays with/off Rudy?
Towns was kind of the odd man out in the playoffs with MN, his skills are wild but can see why MN let him go.
Personally I think KAT is worth more than Randle and Divencezo
vodkasolution@feddit.it 2 months ago
I definitely did not see that. I know Kat is not the centerpiece of Minnie’s future but they already spent a lot to get Gobert (compared to what was given for KD), now they acquired an inflated strong forward with some health issues in Randle and a protected pick, the shooter is the real only upside imo but not worth the trade. However, I often disagree with Minnie’s GM, so…
On the other side, that’s a great move for NY, they lost some depth but nothing they can’t look for in February among ring chasers and FAs…
David_Eight@lemmy.world 2 months ago
KAT disappears every post season, might as well try something new.
vodkasolution@feddit.it 2 months ago
That sounds right. I hope for them this will lead to something because buying high and selling (relatively) low doesn’t seem a good strategy on a long term