Minnesota Timberwolves Receive: F Zion Williamson, C Jonas Valanciunas

New Orleans Pelicans Receive: C Karl-Anthony Towns

If the Minnesota Timberwolves did opt to trade Karl-Anthony Towns this summer, it would be a fairly ironic decision.

After all, this club just made their second postseason trip over his six-season tenure with the team. To cut ties now, after all this player and team have experienced together, would border on cruel.

At the same time: this club has been to the playoffs just twice over his six-season tenure with the team.

They’ve won exactly zero playoff series’. If the Wolves decided they’d hit a ceiling with Towns in the middle, that would be perfectly justifiable.

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This trade would absolutely shock the NBA community. It’s unlikely to actually transpire. Still, it doesn’t require a genius to rationalize it for either side.

At this point, we’ll proceed to the part where we prove that theory.