The Minnesota Timberwolves are reportedly shopping Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo and the No. 28 overall pick in the 2026 NBA Draft around the NBA, reopening a deal tree that once looked finished. Michael Scotto reported the same package is now being moved again, even though Minnesota had already used that draft pick on Joan Beringer.
The reason the report is drawing attention now is simple: it is the exact package the New York Knicks sent to Minnesota for Karl-Anthony Towns in the 2024 offseason. That trade helped define both rosters, and by the 2026 NBA Playoffs the Knicks were playing with Towns as a centerpiece, his playmaking from the top of the key opening space for the offense while Jalen Brunson thrived as a scorer off the ball.
For Minnesota, the reported logic cuts the other way. The Timberwolves decided the contract they offered Towns was too large to sustain, which is why moving the same bundle of salary and draft capital now carries extra weight. It is not just about changing pieces on the board; it is about what Minnesota believes it can afford to keep attached to those pieces.
That is what makes the rumor feel more than routine trade chatter. The package itself has already been spent once, and the draft pick is no longer a draft pick at all. Minnesota used it on Beringer, so any new deal would have to be built around Randle and DiVincenzo as the movable parts, with the Wolves trying to squeeze value out of assets that were once at the center of a much larger swing.
What Minnesota wants back has not been spelled out, and that is the real question hanging over the report. If the Timberwolves are moving the same return they once accepted for Towns, they will need a deal that resets the roster without repeating the same salary problem. Until that answer comes into focus, the trade market will keep treating Minnesota's old Towns package like unfinished business.
