There's a real chance that the Minnesota Timberwolves have already given up their best-fitting piece next to Anthony Edwards. When they traded Karl-Anthony Towns in the deal with the New York Knicks, they traded a guy who had been a part of the organization for a decade. A guy who might have been the best fit.
This year, Towns proved that he's capable of helping a team win an NBA Championship. He could have done that in Minnesota, but the Wolves decided to move on from him for what felt like somewhat financial reasons. They didn't want to pay Towns his next bag, likely because he would have been eligible for a supermax contract.
So, the Wolves decided to get cheaper while also adding depth, as Julius Randle was the star of that trade and Donte DiVincenzo was the depth. Unfortunately, in their pursuit of creating sustainability, they might have ruined their best chance at winning it all.
Karl-Anthony Towns may have been Anthony Edwrads' best chance at a title
Edwards and Towns made so much sense on the basketball court. It wasn't a perfect fit, and Towns wasn't the best defender, especially at the power forward spot, but he's a good player.
And maybe it would have been worth it for the Wolves to find a way to build a defensive infrastructure around Towns at the five rather than pushing him out and trying to play him at the four.
Rudy Gobert isn't a great offensive player. And based on recent NBA Champions, you can't really have many offensive holes on your team if you want to win a title.
Randle didn't work out because he was a turnover machine. Now, he's not even in Minnesota anymore. They shipped him out in a salary dump so they could re-sign Ayo Dosunmu in free agency.
So, looking back at the way everything went down, was it really worth it? Should the Wolves have actually traded Towns? He might have been their best bet at winning a championship with Edwards.
Towns is better than Randle. He's better than Gobert. He's probably even better than LaMelo Ball, who the Wolves just traded for to be Edwards' new co-star in town.
There is a real case that Towns is the best player that Edwards ever played with, and the Wolves got rid of him because they didn't really want to pay him down the line.
That could end up being one of the biggest fumbles in franchise history, and now, the Wolves will never know if Towns could have helped Edwards get over the ultimate hump if they kept trying to build around those two.
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