Atlanta Hawks Receive: F/C Karl-Anthony Towns

Minnesota Timberwolves Receive: G Trae Young 

In fact, these two teams, and the way they’ve responded to their franchise players’ limitations, have a lot of parallels. 

We already touched on the Wolves’ Gobert acquisition. The Hawks made a similar decision this summer. They acquired Dejounte Murray to make up for Young’s inability to guard the point-of-attack. 

Unfortunately, that pairing has proven problematic on offense. Murray isn’t much of a shooter, so he doesn’t compliment Young when he has the ball. Meanwhile, Young is such a gifted playmaker that he ought to have the ball – often. 

The Wolves have run into a similar dilemma. Acquiring Gobert to protect the rim while Towns can’t made some sense.

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Unfortunately, Towns can’t guard the perimeter either. Meanwhile, pairing the two big men has hurt Minnesota’s pace. 

Would trading Towns for Young bring them up to speed?