KAT to the Knicks and NBA Media Day Observations | The Ryen Russillo Podcast
Ryen Russillo starts by talking about the blockbuster trade sending Karl-Anthony Towns from the Minnesota Timberwolves to the New York Knicks for Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo, why the trade makes sense for both sides, but also why it still could backfire for both teams, as well. Then he brings in his producer, Steve Ceruti, to discuss some of the biggest story lines from NBA media day, including Joel Embiid’s weight loss, Scoot Henderson’s baffling quote, and the Lakers’ all-time-high vibes.
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How are you such a casual on KAT after this long?
Cool pod idea would be top 5 nba “got the best player but lost the trade” examples. PG to LAC prolly #1. What are some other good ones??
A+ for the honesty Jacob.
KAT isn’t a competitor he just cares about the money and the fame
“I got two dad hats. gave one to my dad” has me in tears 😂😂😂😂😂😂
This is pure hate on KAT. You asked why they were trading him and then answered it but ignored that answer for a spicy one.
The doubts… means they are right! They doubted Brunson
i'm worried about thib's blood pressure from KAT picking up too many fouls during an important game
When the team that mortgages their future on a position they already have ample amounts of cap space tied around decides to offload the depreciating asset
Ryan biased as usual …….doesn’t mention Kat’s contract and wouldn’t his logic also apply to divo and Randle? 😂😂😂😂
scoot was geeked during media day
I don't understand why everyone isn't talking about how we got Detroit's 1st rounder. This is the most valuable piece to me. Could very easily be a top 3 pick
No buyers for Rudy, Karl is expensive and they have Naz waiting in the wings.
The Wolves will come out better from the KAT trade if Anthony Edwards is as good or better than advertised. It leads me to think the Minnesota brain trust saw no future with Towns as one of the franchise cornerstones, and then forking out that amount of money for him. It's likely a "one step backward, two steps forward" approach that will see them let Randle go for other building blocks or as fodder for a major trade. Or, if he plays well enough, he'll get to stay but not with the same price tag as Towns. That question you raised at the end of that segment encapsulates the KAT conundrum – a guy this good should be off-limits in a trade. I'm bullish on Edwards but he's setting off a few alarm bells. Guys getting crowned too soon often crumble either by the weight of their over-inflated ego or by unrealistic expectations, or both. I'd like for him to keep up that energy regardless, we have room for irrational confidence guys in the league, makes the NBA almost as interesting as the WWE in the Attitude Era.
I like this trade for Minnesota
Is that Ashton Kutcher!
I don't know. I can't stand Joel Embiid. His people might be right haha
Kat led the league in offensive fouls.
Ryen, how can you say NY wins the trade on a 'talent in/talent out' basis? Julius Randle is as talented as KAT or if not as talented, then very close behind. Then add Divincenzo, who is not only talented, but plays hard and plays big, something that can't be said for Towns. Then add on to that whatever talent value you want to attribute to the pick NY gave up. From my perspective, the trade went 70/30 in favour of Minnesota. Lots of people will disagree with me due to rating Towns much higher than I do, but the Knicks gave up waaay too much. Towns, in my opinion is one of the most overpaid players in the league. The x factor in this is that NY gave up 'guts', not so much in Randle, but definitely in DV. With Towns, you're getting a soft, erratic, foul-prone player who thinks he's much better than he is. Definitely not what the Knicks need to push through this season.
Ive been waiting on this analysis 🎉🎉🎉
Jajaa Sharpe estaba totalmente fumado o loco
Bron had more help and spacing D.Rose lead his team to the number 1 seed and head to head best LeBron and the Heat more then they beat them 2-1 2-0 or 3-1 something like that only people hating on d.Rose MVP are literally LeBron fans rose was playing with 2 non shooters terrible spacing and lead the way on offense and locked up on defense
17:00 did Dwight smash Ryen’s girl or something lmao he’s always so salty about Howard
KAT will foul out in the biggest moments, he never helps his cause
Sirudo is so awesome.
wolves cooked
this is spot on, perfect analysis on who KAT really is.
Being disappoint in KAT and saying he’s the reason they don’t go to the finals is ridiculous. They don’t sweep the Suns without his big games and defense on KD. They don’t win the Denver series without his defense on Jokic. The ONLY reason the Wolves didn’t go to the finals is because the entire team didn’t show up against Dallas because they were exhausted from the Denver series. And Luka and Kyrie went nuclear. I’m not sure any team would have beat Dallas in that WCF with the way they were shooting.
KAT was traded because Glen Taylor is historically cheap. It was a blatant salary dump. Donte and the pick were the real prize, Randle is just a name on a soon to be expiring contract. Any talk of the Wolves being better with Randle is just PR spin. The Wolves could easily be better, because they got two good players for one, but getting better was not the reason for the trade. Randle could absolutely kill it this year and the Wolves will still not extend him.
Minnesota welcome to the bottom of the league. Randle is a absolute waste of space 🚮
They should let Tate Frazier on.
Kat softer than Rosanne's son lol I'll rather have Randle Divencezo