Similar to the remainder of the NBA world, Karl-Anthony Cities was shocked that he was the primary piece in a blockbuster commerce between the Timberwolves and Knicks.
There had been whispers for years that the Knicks could commerce for KAT, but it surely was a kind of trades that everybody thought would by no means truly occur.
However right here we’re.
“Shocked,” he instructed reporters when requested about his preliminary response to the information. “Shocked. Perhaps the phrase flabbergasted is extra right. Simply shocked.”
Cities joked about the very first thing he did when he bought in entrance of his new teammates, after Jalen Brunson mentioned at media day he didn’t know anybody referred to as Karl – earlier than the commerce was official.
“The very first thing I did was stroll as much as Jalen and launched myself to say, ‘Hello, my title is Karl.’ As a result of I do know that was a battle for him,” Cities mentioned.
KAT could discover the system on the Knicks that little bit simpler to regulate to, as a result of he labored underneath Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau in Minnesota for two-and-a-half years.
“I feel it provides us slightly little bit of a head begin,” Cities instructed reporters. “I do know the offense he likes to run. I understand how he likes to play protection and what he expects from his gamers.”
Thibs was complimentary of KAT and appears excited to be working with him as soon as extra.
“He’s gotten much more expertise. He’s now been deep within the playoffs and is aware of what that’s like,” Thibodeau mentioned. “As a lot as you attempt to put together for one thing like that, till you undergo it, you don’t absolutely perceive what that’s. His understanding is a lot additional alongside now than in his second yr within the league. And his talent set is so distinctive that it matches properly with all people.”
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