{"id":98203,"date":"2024-09-28T05:28:57","date_gmt":"2024-09-28T09:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=98203"},"modified":"2024-09-28T05:28:57","modified_gmt":"2024-09-28T09:28:57","slug":"knicks-talked-julius-randle-trade-several-potential-suitors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/09\/28\/knicks-talked-julius-randle-trade-several-potential-suitors\/","title":{"rendered":"Knicks Talked Julius Randle Trade With Several Potential Suitors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first major post-Woj offseason trade has sent the NBA world into a frenzy. According to Shams Charania and Jon Krawczynski of The Athletic, the New York Knicks and Minnesota Timberwolves have agreed to ship <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/r\/randlju01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Julius Randle<\/a> to the Twin Cities and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/t\/townska01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Karl-Anthony Towns<\/a> to the Big Apple. Former first-round pick <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/d\/divindo01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Donte DiVincenzo<\/a>, who was one-fourth of the \u2018NovaKnicks,\u2019 will also head to Minneapolis.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Knicks are sending salary &#8212; including DaQuan Jeffries &#8212; and draft compensation to Charlotte in three-team Karl-Anthony Towns\/Julius Randle deal, sources tell me and <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonKrawczynski?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@JonKrawczynski<\/a>. <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dP4x8dTvr9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/dP4x8dTvr9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/1839860004163395602?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 28, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s no question that the move makes both teams look a lot different.<\/p>\n<p>Randle had been a core player in New York for five seasons. However, once <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/brunsja01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jalen Brunson<\/a> took over his trap, his <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/08\/15\/the-knicks-are-choosing-to-wait-on-julius-randle\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">future with the franchise was uncertain<\/a>. Similarly, Towns has been with the Timberwolves since 2015, when they drafted him with the first overall pick. Yet, 2020 No. 1 pick <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/e\/edwaran01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anthony Edwards<\/a> has usurped him as the face of the franchise.<\/p>\n<p>Time will tell if it was the right decision for either or both teams. Nonetheless, it ultimately puts both Randle and Towns in a more comfortable position. With their new teams, they\u2019re still not the No. 1 option anymore. Regardless of that fact though, it\u2019s less awkward to try to fit in as the second option on a new team than to be <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/08\/21\/timberwolves-karl-anthony-towns-insight-relationship-anthony-edwards\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">passed up as the go-to guy<\/a> on your original team.<\/p>\n<h2>Knicks Talked Julius Randle Trade With Several Potential Suitors<\/h2>\n<p>As one might expect, the Timberwolves weren\u2019t the only team that the Knicks were talking to about Randle. The Detroit Pistons, Atlanta Hawks, and Miami Heat were also among the potential destinations for the three-time All-Star, per SportsNet New York reporter Ian Begley.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Detroit, Atlanta, Miami among the other teams NYK talked to about trades of Julius Randle, per SNY sources. MIN slashes its future payroll by acquiring Randle, who can be an FA this summer. Knicks get big man they\u2019ve long had on radar in Karl Towns.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ian Begley (@IanBegley) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IanBegley\/status\/1839853739093492171?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 28, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Presumably, the chance to acquire Towns \u2014who they\u2019ve long coveted \u2014was just too difficult to pass up. Of note, Towns was represented by Knicks president Leon Rose in his days as a sports agent.<\/p>\n<h3>Heat &amp; Hawks Hesitant?<\/h3>\n<p>Of the aforementioned teams, the Hawks and Heat have All-Stars who are on the same or a higher plane than Towns. Furthermore, Atlanta\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/y\/youngtr01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trae Young<\/a> and Miami\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/butleji01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jimmy Butler<\/a> have both been involved in trade rumors this offseason. Butler is even widely regarded as a favorite of Knicks head coach Tom Thibideau. However, there does seem to be hesitance from the Hawks and Heat in regard to actually moving them.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also highly unlikely New York would\u2019ve swapped Randle for Young because they already have a high-usage point guard. In fact, Atlanta may have actually offered a package that included the likes of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/h\/huntede01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">De\u2019Andre Hunter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/c\/capelca01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Clint Capela<\/a>, who have long been on the trade block. Accepting this deal would\u2019ve actually improved the Knicks\u2019 frontcourt depth.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, neither Hunter nor Capela are at Towns\u2019s level as ceiling-raisers.<\/p>\n<h3>Motor City Crossroads<\/h3>\n<p>A trade with the Pistons could\u2019ve gone in any number of directions.<\/p>\n<p>As of now, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/i\/iveyja01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jaden Ivey<\/a> appears to be the odd man out in Motor City despite being drafted fifth overall in 2022. Needing the ball in his hands to be at his best, he isn\u2019t meshing well with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/c\/cunnica01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cade Cunningham<\/a> in the backcourt. He\u2019s also another a former client of Rose. Yet, there\u2019s nothing that would indicate he would have more success alongside Brunson.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/d\/durenja01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jalen Duren<\/a> is a more intriguing option. For one, he plays center, the position that New York needed the most help at. He\u2019s also an athletic and aggressive rebounder who has drawn comparisons to players like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/w\/wallabe01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ben Wallace<\/a>. All Thibodeau would&#8217;ve had to is mold him defensively.<\/p>\n<p>However, from a financial standpoint, it\u2019s more likely that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/s\/stewais01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Isaiah Stewart<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hardati02.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tim Hardaway Jr.<\/a> would\u2019ve been traded to New York. Stewart, a stretch-five with a mean streak, is set to make $15 million in 2024-25. Hardaway, who began his career with the Knicks, will make $16.1 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first major post-Woj offseason trade has sent the NBA world into a frenzy. According to Shams Charania and Jon Krawczynski of The Athletic, the New York Knicks and Minnesota Timberwolves have agreed to ship Julius Randle to the Twin Cities and Karl-Anthony Towns to the Big Apple. Former first-round pick Donte DiVincenzo, who was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5008,"featured_media":98217,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,4,1608,10,16,21,62,3,4721],"tags":[4107,4432,142,510,213,49188,4774],"class_list":["post-98203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-knicks","category-hawks","category-basketball","category-pistons","category-heat","category-timberwolves","category-nba","category-news","category-trade-rumors","tag-jaden-ivey","tag-jalen-duren","tag-jimmy-butler","tag-julius-randle","tag-karl-anthony-towns","tag-leon-rose","tag-rumors"],"modified_by":"Quenton S Albertie","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5008"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98203\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}