@TWolvesNationFR Knicks pay KAT, Brunson, OG, Hart, Bridges all locked until 2028, still paying Robinson, have a stacked bench AND are in the NBA Finals year two. Role players are everywhere that's the point. Gobert and Randle combined 1 for 12 for 3 points in your elimination game Poor Excuses.
@CoachBGonzo Knicks pay KAT, Brunson, Mikal, OG AND Hart and STILL built a deep bench with quality role players everywhere and made the Finals in year two. Almost like excuses are just excuses
I think people are totally forgetting what our team would have looked like if we kept KAT.
We would have had to Lose Naz Reid for nothing or trade him for a 1st, and we would never of had Donte, Randle, and Beringer.
Our Roster would literally be:
Ayo
Ant
McDaniels
KAT
Gobert
Zero bench.
That group ain’t doing anything in the west. In the east they would likely make the East Finals. East is weak still.
Tim Connelly made a smart move. Now he needs to make another smart move this summer and potentially even a gamble.
@JVSwaps@OutHereWriting They are randle, Gobert on fat contracts and dont have the picks or cap space to get a 2nd star. and one is not going to sign. Takes you guys time but you will see in a few years when ant leaves its the same pattern. ANT will realize nobody wins alone not even MJ or lebron.
The Timberwolves traded KAT because they didn't want all their eggs in one basket as Anthony Edwards entered his prime. Keeping him would've guaranteed both NAW & Naz leaving. No Donte in that reality either.
If the Ant/KAT/Jaden/Rudy core ran into issues, they'd be stuck.
@zsouthwick@TwolvesBlog Excuses they paying randle and gobert a lot of money not to be the star number 2 kat is you dont trade a hall of famer in his prime as gifted as kat. Almost like trading dirk nobody in nba hiatory will have as many 3, points, rebounds in nba history as kat when he retires.
Happy for Towns. But, ya know, bittersweet. Joins a list of 4 traded Wolves stars who made it to the finals or won a ring. We just aren’t good enough, and not much I think they can realistically do other than move to the East.
@PolymarketHoops Tbf the wolves also went to the conference finals the past two years. And if Donte didn’t tear his Achilles who knows they could’ve gave the spurs a run
Karl-Anthony Towns in the last three seasons:
2026: 1 win away from the Finals
2025: Reached ECF
2024: Reached WCF
Wolves gave up on him for Julius Randle & Donte DiVincenzo… 😶
It was has been an every round tradition, here are the best 10 players in this series but NOT in any order
Brunson
KAT
OG
Bridges
Hart
Mitch
Donovan Mitchell
Harden
Mobley
Allen
First time these playoffs i have 6/10 Knicks and not 7/10 Knicks
McBride was close to Allen but had to give the nod to the big guy
@joelvmoran KAT ain’t good enough either. Cost them the Dallas series. Will eventually cost the Knicks. Rob turned into Ayo so who cares. Losing NAW hurt, but again, they’ll be able to sign Ayo, Randle was good before this series against a unicorn.
If you’re Anthony Edwards you are rightfully frustrated
Over the last 2 years you’ve seen:
- KAT traded
- Rob Dillingham flop
- NAW walk
- Julius Randle stink it up
From his perspective how is he suppose to feel confident in the organization building a championship contender?
@Dadiplomatt@joelvmoran Wrong you need two stars to win in this league and sometimes 3. Star players get max contracts. Who wins without stars? not even lebron and jordan won without top 75 players in their prime ever it takes multiple.
@joelvmoran I promise you KAT is about to put the same stats as Randle. Folks forget how trash he was against the Mavericks when he should have been feasting
@legendkite@joelvmoran Ant was trash 3 straight games just like gat was but kat actually showed up for game 7 against the nuggets ANat did not and he was bad game 1 and 2
@Dadiplomatt@joelvmoran Kats a future hall of famer in his prime and will retire with the most 3s, points ajd rebounds by anyone in nba hiatory when hes done he absolutely is a max player.
@joelvmoran They had to trade KAT. He’s getting paid a max and isn’t a max player. Jalen Brunson took a pay cut for it to even work in NY. Obviously before signing back but still he could have gotten way more.
@Wbballbets@joelvmoran Funny you point out kats had 3 straight bad games but not ant was garbage for game 7 ,1and 2. Guess KAT will get the last laugh when Ant never makes the finals in a wolves uniform.
@joelvmoran You mean the same Kat who shot 23% in the first 3 games of the WCF.
You know Naw and Naz are both gone if Kat is still on roster, right?
Also Beringer who has high upside but here and DDV is a quality piece.
Would the wolves done any better with Kat these last 2 years?
@joelvmoran The general public / media still ignoring what Tim Connelly said in black in white after the KAT trade. The move was made to get below the 2nd apron (not to save money), but to create roster and trade flexibility to pair ant with another superstar. Randle was never the end game.