Knicks Trade for Karl-Anthony Towns: HOME RUN or MISTAKE?! | Game Theory Podcast w/ Sam Vecenie
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ก.ย. 2024
- Sam Vecenie is joined by Bryce Simon & Andrew Claudio to break down the NBA's first true BLOCKBUSTER trade of the 2024-25 season: Karl-Anthony Towns is going to the Knicks for Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo. Was this the right trade for the Knicks? What about for the Timberwolves? Does this deal make sense for a team coming off of a Western Conference Finals berth?
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Sam Vecenie, a Senior NBA Writer at The Athletic, talks all about basketball. From the NBA, to the NBA Draft, to college hoops and even some high school, Vecenie has you covered in this show.
It's kinda like they betrayed Brunson, he took a pay cut to keep the Nova boys together...then Divo gets caught as a casualty of business, smh...cuz business wise Randle had to go, so better getting something for him than nothing...
Wtf just happened why did the knicks give up a 6th man of the year candidate and an all NBA player for a dude getting benched in the 4th for naz reid. As a knicks fan I would have rather got Naz Reid. Holy shit our defense is going to be garbage with brusen and towns on the floor together.
The only reason I can see why this happened is if randle went to Rose and said "I am not playing center, trade for a center or trade me". But how the heck did the knicks get fleeced this bad, the also put a first round pick in this, dear jesus wolves better of agreed to trade knicks Ant when he wants out in like 6 years.
@@Sutairn A first rounder that likely won't convey and Randle didn't exactly light the world on fire as a defender. But complain more.
You don't know anything about basketball. I'm a Knicks fan and have watched Randle the whole time he was here. He choked every year in the playoffs, he dribbles to much and takes horrible shots. He is too short to guard centers on switches. He is a inconsistent shooter and a bad floor spacer, plus he's way too sensitive and cries over every foul. The Knicks almost went to the conference finals without him but Brunson got injured.
Your clueless. Randle chokes every year in the playoffs. He dribbles too much and he takes horrible shots. He is too small to guard centers on switches(JOKIC is going to destroy him and Rudy Gobert). Randle is hypersensitive and argues every foul call. We are sick of him and his inconsistent shooting. The Knicks almost made it to the East Finals WITHOUT him but Brunson and OG got hurt. Now we added Mikal Bridges and a 40% 3 point shooter to help space the floor for Brunson. That Rudy Gobert and Randle frontcourt is going to provide a lot of laughs. The Knicks won the trade.
Championship contenders have a high ceiling. The Knicks just raised their ceiling. I love Randle but Towns has a better playoff resume and it’s not close. He’s made the post season 4 times with the wolves and is a career 19/10 playoff performer. Randle even when present has done nothing.
Lowered*
They weren't contenders before and they're worse now.
Lol never heard anyone say KAT as a good playoff resume.
20:21 Knicks will have a top 10 defense. OG and Bridges along with Hart. Probably a top five perimeter defense easily. If and it’s a big IF the Knicks don’t trade Robinson and he returns maybe February in shape they definitely finish top five in defense overall.
This move makes Brunson a better player with KAT at the 5.......top 10 player??
Top 10 players can defend.
The randle brunson fit was always kinda clunky. Towns fits next to brunson so much better because of the significantly better perimeter shooting he offers. Brunson and randle are both leftys who like to attack the same spots on the court, and when randle clears out defenses could easily collapse on brunson without fearing a randle 3. Teams wont be able to do that to Brunson when its Kat who clears out onto the 3 point line since hes a far bigger threat there, so the space inside the 3 point line will be significantly less congested which will unlock Brunson even more
Randle and Gobert frontcourt. 🤣😂
Love donte but we already have mcbride ready to step up and fill those minutes. Bald guy - watching the pistons has given you brain rot, dont disrespect deuce like that. Hes always performed at a high level when given the minutes
Tough day for Bryce
Deuce McBride stans y'all are fucking cooked product
I agree but I don’t think McBride is close to Donte all around
But Knicks have that white boy they drafted And he's Nasty. It's nice having Donte but they don't need him
I heard there's this guy named Bridges who can do most of things Donte did but is taller and a much better defender but lesser 3 point shooter. I wonder if he'll help...
When Sam said he saw KAT's tweet "..." and underneath the tweet I thought he was going to mention the Knicks fan who replied to him "I hope you don't be a b*tch in the garden" hahahaha
I love Donte but jesus its like we lost Curry coming off the bench. No one was talking about Donte the year before and we are playing the "if" game with Duece what if Donte doesn't play as good as he did last year?
Andrew’s comment about towns coming into New York is a quintessential example of social conformity pressure couples with the additional experience accrued by the individual.
Great analysis in both of these videos. Really impressed. The Knicks guy is great too.
fans in Minnesota joined "our owner saved money" bandwagon
U can always switched the line up!
Knicks gave up one player from the bench, essentially, and now the team lost all it's depth? C'mon.
You liked the idea of the team switching, OG and Bridges playing up and down, but now Randle for Towns ruins that? When Randle can only really play the 4?
Don't say "Randle played the 5 some at New Orleans, because Thibs has never wanted or trusted Randle to play the 5 as a Knick, and it's not like they couldn't have used that offensive boost at times. Instead, he rolled out Taj, Sims, Precious, you name it.
Towns can at least slide from 4 to 5 and back
Defensively, might that be an issue? Maybe. Probably.
Do they lose Donte's shooting and the POTENTIAL ability to fully go 5 out? Yes. They could still do that with Brunson, McBride, Bridges, OG and Towns, but I get the backcourt is small.
Some of these objections feel...forced or not well thought out.
Good show otherwise.
1 guy from the bench don't make u lose ur depth.
Cwc- mitch trash trade his a$$$$$
All Knicks talk here.
Knicks got worse, and Im here for it.
As a Knicks fan, we will take it!
Cut it out, we gotten better on offense. Space the floor more. And we still have bridges n og.
@@warrenfranklin8506 no, son. You added spacing and created stagnation, and softness. Your biggest strength from the last 2 seasons is now your biggest weakness.
And as for OG, hes going to be complaining about touches and playing time by mid-season again
Tell me you don't know basketball without telling me 😂😂😂 you people act like donte was Vinny Johnson off the bench 😂 shamet can hit the three also . KAT fits the Knicks better than Julius. We going to play like boston 5 out . I think leon rose know what he's doing 😂
Shamet? If Shamet is playing important minutes that’s a bad sign 😂
Tell me you don't know basketball without telling me....by thinking comparisons between DDV and an after-thought like Landry Shamet are credible.
He better because if this turns out to be a disaster Leon Rose will be fired!
Nah. You got softer, weaker, and worse.
It's like Donte turned into Ray Allen the moment he got traded. He's good. I'll miss him, but come on.
Do these guys watch basketball? Mitch was the best defender against Embid in the playoffs last year. I don’t think Mitch will be a a Knick much longer but these guys don’t seem to watch many Knicks games outside of Andrew of course!
This was painful to listen to tbh. These guys completely ignored all of the positives KAT brings to the table (and despite his flaws he clearly brings a ton of positives to the table) and only focused on his perceived question marks and flaws
@@levy9595...his flaws aren't percieved. They are glaring and a major handicap come playoff time. I think MIN won in spite of him and not because of him.
People who don’t love this move are Knicks fans not basketball experts. If you know basketball this trade is a huge boost. Crying about Randle and a jump shooter? Towns is a hall of famer.
If Towns was all of those things, the Wolves (a title contender) wouldn't have been looking to trade him.
Knicks definitely got worse
Said a whole alot nothing