Just after 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, the Timberwolves, Knicks and Hornets made official a multi-faceted trade that sent Karl-Anthony Towns to New York and netted the Wolves Julius Randle, Donte Divincenzo, Keita-Bates Diop and a protected 2025 first-round pick via Detroit.
For the past five days, the respective social media teams had time to prepare their content, and Wednesday after, they all unleashed their creations. Towns posted a thank you video to Wolves fans and the Wolves released a few things in appreciation of Towns. Among those thanking Towns on behalf of the organization was head coach Chris Finch, who could finally discuss the particulars of the trade now that it was official.
“The most important thing in my relationship with [Towns] and our time together was just how gracious he was, welcoming and accommodating, open and coachable,” Finch said. “Right off the bat, think he kind of set the tone for me and for our environment. For a guy who has faced so much change in his career at that point in time, he didn’t have to be that way.
” When Finch took the job in February 2021, Towns paved the way for the new coach to establish the kind of culture he wanted, even after the team fired someone Towns was close with in Ryan Saunders. Finch has said previously he will always be appreciative of Towns never holding that against Finch and keeping an open mind for what buying in to what he was bringing. Finch came to the Wolves after spending over a decade as an NBA assis.
