Portland Trail Blazers: Rumors about KAT heading to Rip City heating up
Rumors about the Portland Trail Blazers pursuing Karl-Anthony Towns are heating up. Is there any fire to this smoke?
Rob Ryan
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Rumors about the Portland Trail Blazers pursuing Karl-Anthony Towns are heating up. Is there any fire to this smoke?
With both the Portland Trail Blazers and Minnesota Timberwolves seasons officially over, rumors are starting to spread on the internet about certain players being available for trades.
One such rumor has Portland acquiring former All-Star big man Karl-Anthony Towns from Minnesota. In return the Portland Trail Blazers would send back a combination of young players and draft picks.
We start with a look at what a trade like that would look like and how it would impact the team.
The High Cost of KAT
Some of the hypotheticals surrounding a Blazers/Timberwolves trade have revolved around a package of Simons, 3 future firstst round picks, and another young player like Shaedon Sharpe or Nassir Little. Right away, including Sharpe AND Simons together in any trade for Towns is a gross overpay.
Regarding future draft picks, Portland has to be careful with them because they would still need to retain enough assets to acquire a player to fill in at the starting small forward spot. So the most General Manager Joe Cronin should give up for Towns would be a package of maybe Simons, Little, and a future lottery-protected pick.