But while most of the discussion has circled around how Towns can help them become a championship team, many forget that KAT's connection to New York is deep. Towns was born and raised in New Jersey.

During ESPN's NBA Today on Thursday, Windhorst expressed his surprise at just how many executives felt that Minnesota's acquisition of Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo—as well as a conditional first round pick—was the superior haul to that of Towns.

At least one person in the NBA doesn't want to hear about Karl-Anthony Towns' reputation as a soft player. Speaking to Stefan Bondy of the New York Post,