Carl Anthony Towns, who has been in charge of the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association (NBA) since 2015, is expected to make a big trade with the New York Knicks.
According to sports media The Athletic on the 28th (Korea time), Minnesota and New York are negotiating to exchange first-round draft picks for Towns-Julius Randall, Dante DiVinchenzo and rookie. The trade process has entered the final stage, the media said.
Towns, who entered the NBA as the No. 1 overall rookie draft in 2015 after playing at the prestigious University of Kentucky in the National University Sports Association (NCAA), has since solidified his position as a leading player by playing only in Minnesota.
He won the Rookie of the Year award unanimously in the 2015-2016 season, averaging 22.9 points and 10.8 rebounds in 573 regular league games.
Like the NBA’s evaluation of being the best big man on the outside shooting, the three-point success rate (39.8%) is close to 40%, which is considered the standard for luxury shooter.
In the 2023-2024 season, he averaged 21.8 points and 8.8 rebounds with a three-point success rate of 41.6%.
In the playoffs, he played in 32 games and averaged 18.8 points and 10.2 rebounds.
Towns, a four-time All-Star, competed in the three-point contest for the 2021-2022 All-Star Game and was honored as the first winner of the center position.
When the news of the trade broke, Towns expressed his embarrassment by posting only a shortening of words on social networking services (SNS) without any expression.
Last season, Towns’ center Rudy Gobert, the defensive player of the year, made a “Twin Tower” to bring Minnesota to the Western Conference finals.
It was the first achievement in 20 years since Kevin Garnett, a legendary NBA player, played in the 2003-2004 season, and it was a feat of overpowering the Denver Nuggets, who were considered favorites.
In the series with Denver, Towns made a brilliant contribution to stopping center Nikola Jokic, who is considered the ace of opponents and the best-performing player among active players.
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