Trade talks that persisted forever somehow came together quickly. The New York Knicks are about to employ Karl-Anthony Towns — and the deal took them only a nano-decade to get done.
The Knicks have coveted Towns ever since team president Leon Rose took over the organization in 2020, when Rose left his former post at CAA, the same agency that represents Towns. Years ago, once New York deemed itself ready to hunt for a big name, it called the Minnesota Timberwolves to express interest in the sweet-shooting big man, league sources said. Then, the Knicks did so again. And again. But chatter never materialized into what anyone could call negotiations.
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