The Minnesota Timberwolves are on the brink of starting their 2024-25 NBA regular season . Chris Finch needs to take his to the next level. If it’s going to happen, it will take place without Karl-Anthony Towns .
The trade went down with quickness , and Tim Connelly came out looking like a gangster. Minnesota Timberwolves kept Karl-Anthony Towns in the dark It’s virtually impossible to make a move in any league without the news leaking prematurely at this point. Between Jeff Passan , Adam Schefter , and Shams Charania , each league has their special insider.
The Timberwolves were able to get things done without Karl-Anthony Towns knowing it was coming, and that makes Tim Connelly basically ruthless. The new Knicks guard appeared on teammate Jalen Brunson’s “ Roommates Show ” to discuss how everything went down. “Four minutes [before the Shams tweet is when Towns found out].
By the time the shock had wore off, Shams had already tweeted. I didn’t get called. They told me, Tim told me to my face that I was traded so.
Gangster, it was gangster, I’m not going to lie. I was at the house. He came to my crib.
Honestly, it’s a tough situation regardless what would have happened, but the fact that it happened that way I have got to give him respect. It was me, three of my closest friends, and my pops, so. Shout out to him.
He came to a house, by himself, with five dudes there who could’ve just started spazzing out and crash out. We said alright. I’ve got to give h.
