Looking back on it a couple years later, how is it looking that the Wolves traded KAT so they could hold on to Naz Reid and Nickeil Alexander-Walker?
https://dunkingwithwolves.com/posts/timberwolves-insider-reveals-hidden-reason-minnesota-traded-kat
When the Wolves traded KAT for Randle and Divincenzo, the justification was that it would allow them to keep both Naz Reid and NAW, staying under the second apron and getting off of KAT’s huge contract.
They let NAW go anyways, and he had a strong year in Atlanta. Julius Randle was salary dumped, Divincenzo is a good role player who tore his **Achilles. Lastly, they just traded Naz Reid and a bunch of picks for a talented, but also somewhat unreliable and injury prone point guard.
Originally, they had a fairly perfect second option behind ANT to be able to compete with the top teams in the West in KAT.