One of the biggest NBA trades in recent memory was a three-team trade that sent Karl-Anthony Towns from the Minnesota Timberwolves to the New York Knicks . The other headliner was that the Knicks sent Julius Randle to the Timberwolves in the trade, and the Charlotte Hornets were added to ensure it all worked. However, the trade was made without Towns knowing.

On the most recent episode of “The Young Man and The Three,” Karl-Anthony Towns talked with Tommy Alter and Ben Stiller about how he found out he was traded from the Timberwolves to the Knicks and how surprising it was for everyone he knew because there were no rumors about it before the move. Timberwolves general manager Tim Connelly personally broke the news to him before his family.

Towns said, “I got a call saying that Tim w

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