The NBA was hit with a monster trade between two legitimate championship contenders just days before most of the league’s teams report to training camp for the new season. Karl-Anthony Towns is now a member of the New York Knicks.

Trades are sometimes unpredictable and Friday's news hit hard even with years of "Towns to the Knicks" rumors as a paper trail. But the human element to this deal hit even harder and has Wolves fans wondering why they would trade Towns ahead of one of the most anticipated seasons in franchise history.

New York has the urgency to build a floor-spacing, five-out team around Jalen Brunson, but Minnesota upended a conference finals team.