There was an [article](https://dunkingwithwolves.com/2023/05/24/5-karl-anthony-towns-trades-rebalance-minnesota-timberwolves-roster/) proposing some KAT trades this summer, and I was wondering what you think of them.
Trade 1:
**Celtics get:**
\-KAT
\-Kyle Anderson
\-two seconds
**Wolves get:**
\-Jaylen Brown
\-Payton Pritchard
\-Danilo Gallinari
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Trade 2:
**Knicks get:**
\-KAT
**Wolves get:**
\-Julius Randle
\-Miles McBride
\-Derrick Rose
\-three firsts
​
Trade 3:
**Bulls get:**
\-KAT
**Wolves get:**
\-DeMar DeRozan
\-Patrick Williams
\-one first
​
Trade 4:
**Warriors get:**
\-KAT
**Wolves get:**
\-Jordan Poole
\-Gary Payton II
\-two seconds and a first round pick swap
​
Trade 5:
**Blazers get:**
\-KAT
\-Kyle Anderson
**Wolves get:**
\-#3 overall pick
\-Anfernee Simons
\-Jusuf Nurkic
\-Kevin Knox
I myself like the Celtics and Portland trades the most, I think we get the best value out of them
by Finplayer_
17 Comments
Pass on all of them
They’re certainly trades
Bulls and Knicks trades nah. I feel like if the warriors offered kuminga and moody I would take it immediately. Other two trades you say yes and pop some champagne
The Warriors trade being grouped with those is hilarious. That is one of the worst trade proposals I have ever seen
Celtics and Portland trades are fair. Others are simply bullsiht
I know that anything could be in that box, even a boat, but I’ll keep the boat, thank you.
I have no desire to acquire Randle, Derozan or Poole. The Boston and the Portland ones are the only interesting ones imo
1: Probably fine, although would rather send out TP than Kyle. Doubt the Celtics would do it, even if they decide to move on from Brown.
2: Gross. Julius Randle has all the same problems KAT has, but isn’t nearly as good. Also, Quickley has to be in the deal. KAT is about the worst fit possible for playing in New York City too so I think the Knicks will hold out for an even better star.
3: A huge No to this one. I don’t think you can consider a Williams a high-value prospect at this point, DeMar would be a huge step down from KAT, and you only get 1 first. Just not sure what this trade even does for the Wolves.
4: Dear God this is terrible. KAT for Jordan Poole? Seriously? And only a swap? In what world is this a good trade for the Wolves?
5: This is the second trade that includes Kyle Anderson for no reason. If you need to add money to the trade, use TP. The only way I’m thinking about doing this trade is if Scoot is there at #3. If not, I would need Sharpe to be in the deal for me to think about it since I wouldn’t be high on the fit of Simons and Ant
Some of these are just… bad
Big NO to Randle, Poole, Derozan.
Blazers is our best bet. Knicks could be a good partner too but I’d get Quickley instead of Randle.
I would be interested in the Celtics, Knicks, or Blazers proposals. Hard pass on the others.
Trade 1: This is a tough one to evaluate due to Jaylen and Karl both having a wide variance in value depending on who you ask. There are potential redundancies between Ant and Jaylen that may make the fit not super great. Along with that sliding Jaden to the 4 is also not ideal.
Another big issue with this trade is that one major reason to trade Karl is to have more financial flexibility and be able to avoid the tax, however Jaylen would be expecting a supermax extension, and you’d be right back in the same issue where the team salary becomes untenable very shortly.
Trade2: Randle has similar warts that KAT has while also being a potential malcontent on court if things don’t go his way. Randle is also up for extension so you risk losing him or overpaying him as well.
Three firsts are nice, but they are not likely to be lottery picks and therefore don’t have a major value add. I’d be more sold if we got Quickley in this deal somehow, but really not a fan of this one as it currently is.
Trade 3: Really not a fan of this one at all. DeMar is over the hill and even more misaligned with Ant than Karl is, and Patrick Williams does not impress me. One middling first is also not super valuable.
Trade 4: I think you would have to push to get Kuminga or Moody or both included in this one. Especially since there has been news that they want to be more featured/want out. Poole would fit in a 6th man/rich mans Nowell type role. And GP2 is a decent roleplayer that is probably a career backup 3 with health concerns.
It is a tough sell to trade KAT and not even get 1 guaranteed starter back, but if they included Kuminga or Moody I could be convinced.
Trade 5: this one feels incomplete and probably needs a third team to take Nurkic. Simons is good offensively and the Third picks is valuable for either Scoot or Miller, but you immediately get worse this upcoming year if you make this trade, but may setup for a good team in the future. This is probably the most likely trade to happen, and I wouldn’t hate it.
This relieves some of the salary issues that are upcoming in the future while realigning with Ant and hopefully not getting too much worse.
Give me the Blazers #3
The Jaylen Brown trade is fine, if his contract is extended in the trade, the Portland trade is fine if Henderson is there at 3. The other trades suck. I would keep Anderson out of the trades though.
It’s not on there but would a trade to the wizards centered around porzingis make sense if we wanted to get a good pf
The only trade that remotely makes sense to me is the Portland one and it goes against what the franchise want.
I keep seeing Brown trades and that doesn’t make sense to me. He’s about to get nearly $300m on an extension, he plays the same position as Ant and Jaden, and then we’d have a hole at the 4.
And I just don’t like the other trades
Brown will be a negative asset on his super max contract. Don’t want him at that number. NY offer is better than BOS.
My preference would be to see if BKN would build something around Bridges.