All of a sudden, the Minnesota Timberwolves will enter the new season with a drastically changed roster after their revised three-team trade with the New York Knicks and the Charlotte Hornets.
Karl-Anthony Towns, the face of the franchise for nine years, was shipped by the Timberwolves to the Knicks, who also got the draft rights to James Nnaji from the Hornets.
In exchange, the Timberwolves got Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo, Keita Bates-Diop and a future first-round pick. The Hornets, meanwhile, acquired Charlie Brown, DaQuan Jeffries, Duane Washington Jr. and three future second-round picks.
The experiment with the twin towers of Towns and Rudy Gobert is officially over for Minnesota. But in Randle, Gobert will get another All-Star frontline mate.
In an interview with Sportskeeda’s Mark Medina , the 32-year-old Gobert has already envisioned how he could work efficiently with his new teammate.
“He’s a smart player,” said Gobert. “He’s very versatile. I think that I’m going to be able to help him with my screening, with my spacing and my gravity and make his life even easier.