In order for the New York Knicks to achieve success, Jalen Brunson and Karl-Anthony Towns have to be on the same page. As the two best players on the team, they will ultimately determine how far the Knicks are able to go in their first season together.

The weekend before the preseason began, New York agreed to its second colossal transaction of the summer, sending Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Towns, a man the Knicks had kept in the corner of their sightline for years. But the trade hardly ended with those three people.

The Knicks express excitement at the addition of Towns, which remains unofficial, while lamenting the departures of Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo.