NBA Trade Rumors: 6 stars New York Knicks should make godfather offers for

Karl-Anthony Towns, Minnesota Timberwolves

For two very different reasons, both the Minnesota Timberwolves and New York Knicks will enter the offseason in hopes of making subtle changes to their roster. The Knicks will be trying to make the jump to contender status while the Wolves will be looking to figure out the unnecessarily difficult puzzle that their roster construction has suddenly become. And there’s reason to believe that Karl-Anthony Towns and Rudy Gobert may not be able to coexist together.

I don’t believe that the Wolves will enter the offseason with trading KAT as their No. 1 goal, but if the right deal comes around this team isn’t in a position where they could simply decline – especially considering how much they gave up to acquire Gobert in the first place last summer.

The Knicks could replenish some of the draft capital the Wolves lost in the Gobert trade and Minnesota would give a player that never truly reached his ceiling in return. Maybe the Wolves also get a young big such as Obi Toppin that could be a better fit for Gobert on the floor.

I’m not sure KAT truly answers all the concerns that the Knicks have right now but he’s certainly a better player than Julius Randle at this point in his career. If KAT or Randle is going to take another step in their respective games, you’d have to assume it’ll be KAT.