He has made three big deals. Here’s the spreadsheet:
Outgoing: Patrick Beverley, Walker Kessler, Jarred Vanderbilt, Leandro Bolmaro, Malik Beasley, D’Angelo Russell, Karl-Anthony Towns, four first-round picks and a second-round pick.
Incoming: Rudy Gobert, Mike Conley, Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo, Keita Bates-Diop, a first-round pick, three second-round picks and financial flexibility that would not have existed with Towns on the roster.
He has traded one player you would want on your team, Towns, and landed five winning players.
Connelly looked at a team that seemed to be on the rise, that had made the playoffs for just the second time in 15 years, and decided not to stand pat and blame the players and coaching staff if they faltered.