It's been surprising to some how Minnesota Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns became the center of trade rumors.
This was due to a recent podcast with ESPN's Zach Lowe and Brian Windhorst. But the hypothetical back and forth between Lowe and Windhorst was apparently misconstrued.
Lowe clarified today on a podcast with Bill Simmons (transcribed by Canis Hoopus):
“Don’t believe it,” Lowe responds immediately before clarifying what was actually said on his recent podcast with Brian Windhorst.
“People need to listen to the podcast, OK. People need to listen. All I said in that entire segment was ‘things aren’t great internally,’ which I meant to apply to the entire Timberwolves franchise—and I cited Darren Wolfson’s comment on a recent podcast—which is in a state of unhappiness, a malaise, a something.”
“[Windhorst] then proposes the KAT trade, and I even said, ‘Windy you’re just stirring the pot buddy.’ I said the words stirring the pot. KAT’s not getting traded. Wiggins is a different deal, and there’s some stuff going on internally, but all I said was things aren’t great internally. I did not mean to suggest KAT was going to get traded. He’s not going to get traded. They’re not doing that. I don’t believe it.”
This makes more sense now. The idea of trading Towns never really made much sense while Andrew Wiggins on the other hand could.
Wiggins saw his role diminish with the addition of Jimmy Butler. Still young, he has pretty decent trade value and could yield the Timberwolves a more suitable piece.
Towns is really the centerpiece of the team's future. His defense has been questioned in his first few seasons but he's making strides on that end while developing offensively into the ideal center of the modern NBA.
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