New York Knicks ’ All-Star center Karl-Anthony Towns spent the first nine seasons of his career with the Minnesota Timberwolves. Given the direction that Minnesota seemed to be heading in, it felt as though Towns was going to become a franchise cornerstone.

Karl-Anthony Towns compared being traded to a ‘first breakup’

That seemed to be the case until last fall. Just days before training camp, Towns was traded to the Knicks for Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo, a move that stunned many, given how late in the offseason the move was made.

Towns sat down with Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show on Sunday and described what it was like being traded for the first time in his career.

“Obviously, it stung. I built my life there. It’s kinda like that first breakup,” Towns said.

Despite the late

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