Poll: What do you think of Karl Anthony Towns as a potential trade target?

[Big333223]

He isn't available and probably cost more than Davis

bingo

Yep. KAT is as much of a trade target as Giannis or Steph Curry. Of course the Celtics would like to have him but he's not available.

[RazzelnoDazzel]

He isn't available and probably cost more than Davis

bingo

Yep. KAT is as much of a trade target as Giannis or Steph Curry. Of course the Celtics would like to have him but he's not available.

Step and Gannis are on teams that can make it to the finals, Kat is not. Matter a fact Kat doesn’t even have a team that can consistently make it to the playoffs period. With that being said the Wolves are short on flexibility when it comes to improving the roster due to them tying up their cap space with Wiggins, Towns, and Deing. With that being said I do not think KAT is untouchable. Hayward, Tatum, Smart, 14th pick, Grizzlies Pick for Kat and Deing, or for Kat and Wiggins would be interesting for the Wolves to look at because they are currently not going anywhere anyways.

But that trade wouldn’t get Gannis or Step as those players are key parts to the positive direction their clubs are going.

I ALSO WOULD NOT DO THAT TRADE FOR TOWNS IM JISR DEMONSTRATING HOW THE CELTICS (((could)) pry a player like Towns away.

[Bobshot]

I wouldn't mind giving up Tatum and another medium piece and a pick for Towns.  I see Tatum, Brown and Hayward as a conflict of interest, and unloading one of those for a star big would help the chemistry. Hayward isn't going anywhere and Brown is probably not enough. I wonder how Horford fits here.

[Moranis]

Remember Kevin Love’s stats on Minnesota vs. his stats on Cleveland? KAT also has a much lower BBIQ than Love.

per minute this year Love's stats were pretty darn similar to his time in Minnesota and that is with him playing much of the year injured (when he actually played).

[Big333223]

He isn't available and probably cost more than Davis

bingo

Yep. KAT is as much of a trade target as Giannis or Steph Curry. Of course the Celtics would like to have him but he's not available.

Step and Gannis are on teams that can make it to the finals, Kat is not. Matter a fact Kat doesn’t even have a team that can consistently make it to the playoffs period. With that being said the Wolves are short on flexibility when it comes to improving the roster due to them tying up their cap space with Wiggins, Towns, and Deing. With that being said I do not think KAT is untouchable. Hayward, Tatum, Smart, 14th pick, Grizzlies Pick for Kat and Deing, or for Kat and Wiggins would be interesting for the Wolves to look at because they are currently not going anywhere anyways.

But that trade wouldn’t get Gannis or Step as those players are key parts to the positive direction their clubs are going.

I ALSO WOULD NOT DO THAT TRADE FOR TOWNS IM JISR DEMONSTRATING HOW THE CELTICS (((could)) pry a player like Towns away.

He's Minnesota's only asset and he's 23. Minnesota has as little incentive to let him go as any team in the league to let anyone go, even the MVP caliber players like Steph and Giannis. AD is, of course, the exception because he asked out. If KAT asks to be traded, then we can start talking about him as a target. Until then, we might as well start asking how to trade for Curry.

[celticsclay]

Remember Kevin Love’s stats on Minnesota vs. his stats on Cleveland? KAT also has a much lower BBIQ than Love.

per minute this year Love's stats were pretty darn similar to his time in Minnesota and that is with him playing much of the year injured (when he actually played).

I just looked at Love's numbers this year and noticed he shot 38%. What was up with that? I realize half his shots were 3's, but that still seems crazy bad.

[Moranis]

Remember Kevin Love’s stats on Minnesota vs. his stats on Cleveland? KAT also has a much lower BBIQ than Love.

per minute this year Love's stats were pretty darn similar to his time in Minnesota and that is with him playing much of the year injured (when he actually played).

I just looked at Love's numbers this year and noticed he shot 38%. What was up with that? I realize half his shots were 3's, but that still seems crazy bad.

Some of it is the 3's, but he had a toe injury which cost him most of the year.  Affects the shooting a great deal with that type of injury.  Even with that though his TS% of 56.1 was just off his 6 season average in Minnesota of 56.6. 

his 22.2 TRB% this year was the 3rd highest in his career.  His AST% was also the 3rd highest of his career.  Per 100 possessions, he had the 3rd highest rebounding, 2nd highest assist, and 3rd highest scoring numbers of his career (those were totals).

His minutes were obviously way down given his injury, but when he was actually on the floor he was still quite productive (even with being hampered by the injury).  In other words, just because a guy's numbers get deflated going from a #1 option to a #3 option, doesn't mean he is a lesser player, just lesser opportunities, which is what we saw when he went back to being a #1 option this year (again under lesser minutes).