The timing of the trade was something no one saw coming. The Towns family was "stunned" a league source told The Athletic.

This has come as a shocker, as nobody expected this to happened and all of a sudden it did. Karl-Anthony Towns is leaving the Minnesota Timberwolves, a franchise in which he had be

The Timberwolves reportedly agreed to trade superstar Karl-Anthony Towns to the Knicks. Read more on Boston.com.

The Knicks are now dealing with the burden of expectations and are adding a player who might not be an ideal fit with what Tom Thibodeau likes to do.

The Minnesota Timberwolves are sending Karl-Anthony Towns to the New York Knicks in exchange for Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo and a first-round draft pick in a franchise-altering deal

The New York Knicks continue to build a roster that can contend for an NBA championship in ways the franchise hasn’t seen in at least two decades. The Knicks have reached a deal to acquire center-forward Karl-Anthony Towns from the Minnesota Timberwolves,

According to Shams Charania and Jon Krawczynski with The Athletic, the Timberwolves are trading Karl-Anthony Towns to the New York Knicks for Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo and a first round pick.

The Karl-Anthony Towns trade between the New York Knicks and Minnesota Timberwolves is a rarity even in NBA terms. This league is certainly no stranger to surprising blockbuster trades, but surprising blockbuster trades the weekend before training camp begins involving two championship contenders hamstrung by a new collective bargaining agreement designed in part to kill deals like this?

NBA Insiders break down the biggest questions on the trade that sends Karl-Anthony Towns to the Knicks and Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo to the Wolves.