The Houston Rockets are in the infancy stage of a rebuild. Odds are, they don’t see themselves as ready to broker a blockbuster trade. However, there is a move that they could make to get into contention for the 2022-23 NBA season, which would be trading for Minnesota Timberwolves’ superstar Karl-Anthony Towns.
At the same time, odds have become increasingly meaningless in the NBA.
By 2022, anything can happen in this league. The Rockets have contracts and a surplus of draft capital. Could they go star hunting ahead of schedule?
Meanwhile, the Minnesota Timberwolves just enjoyed a rare postseason appearance. They’re probably not looking to move on from Karl-Anthony Towns. In the same breath, remember what we just said about probabilities in this league. They’re far from absolute.
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The Wolves could decide that they’ve hit a ceiling with this group and that they’re better off rebuilding around the 20-year-old Anthony Edwards.
Here are three hypothetical trade packages that send Karl-Anthony Towns to the Houston Rockets.