Knicks creatively avoided Karl-Anthony Towns talk while the blockbuster trade is still pending

Karl-Anthony Towns is reportedly headed to the New York Knicks, but the organization is not actually allowed to talk about it quite yet.

While the trade was reported by The Athletic’s Shams Charania, it is not yet official. The blockbuster deal will send Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo to the Timberwolves to the Timberwolves in exchange for the four-time All-Star (who also seemed surprised about the trade).

This massive move will give New York an incredible starting five, but there is one small problem: The organization cannot actually discuss the terms and implications until the league processes the transaction. That usually isn’t a big deal but that comes at a very inconvenient time: Media day.

With so many reporters around the team, they all want to know about Towns. But they are only getting coy, canned answers. Here are a few of them so far:

Jalen Brunson: ‘Don’t know who that is’

Josh Hart: ‘We got KAT?! Oh, wow.’

Tom Thibodeau: ‘Good try’