Kendrick Perkins is torching the Timberwolves for violating the Karl-Anthony Towns trade

Why fix something that isn’t broken? This is something that many fans ask about Minnesota Timberwolves‘ jobs this past offseason. Fresh off an appearance in the Western Conference Finals, the Timberwolves organization believed that the franchise’s long-term financial health was best if made a trade sending Karl-Anthony Towns to the New York Knicks in exchange for Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo and a well-protected first-round pick.

But it’s clear that basketball games aren’t won on contract tables; The Timberwolves have clearly become a worse team after Towns’ away trade, dropping to mediocrity after being one of the best teams in the West last season. Towns, meanwhile, has seen his numbers increase with the Knicks, and New York clearly looks like the winner of what appears to be an increasingly bad deal.

Even Kendrick Perkinswhich does not have an extensive track record in pronouncing uniform recordings, I couldn’t help but feel disappointed how things turned out for the Timberwolves.

“The team (Minnesota Timberwolves are) the most disappointing team. And the way it’s trending right now, they’re on the verge of making the worst trade in NBA history, trading Karl-Anthony Towns,” Perkins said on ESPN’s NBA Countdown on Wednesday night.

While Perkins certainly resorted to hyperbole in describing the Towns trade as potentially the worst in NBA history, the Timberwolves really messed up the bag by messing with a good thing. It still wasn’t necessary for the Timberwolves to trade Towns; in fact, they didn’t need it at all. They simply had to swallow a huge tax bill, and for a struggling team, that’s always worth paying.

Now, the Timberwolves are struggling to keep up with the best teams in the West; they are currently just one game over .500, and their postseason status is very much up in the air.

Kendrick Perkins sheds light on the unintended consequences of the Timberwolves’ Karl-Anthony Towns trade

The away trade of Karl-Anthony Towns removed one of the best scorers in the NBA from the Timberwolves lineup. In came Julius Randle, who, while he can shoot the three, doesn’t draw as much attention from deep as Towns. In turn, Anthony Edwards is forced to shoot more threes, as Kendrick Perkins pointed out.

“Everybody keeps talking about, ‘Oh Anthony Edwards, he doesn’t drive the basket.’ He shoots so many three-point shots.’ He has no choice!” Perkins said. “Because he’s on the floor with Rudy Gober and Julius Randle.” The color is overflowing.”