CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Knicks payment to the Hornets for helping them get Karl-Anthony Towns is two second-round picks. In order to complete the blockbuster deal involving Towns, the Knicks and Timberwolves had to recruit a third team — the Hornets — to absorb players into cap space and allow the salaries to match.

They say that it takes two to tango. In the case of the Minnesota Timberwolves and the New York Knicks deal to send Karl Anthony-Towns to the Big Apple, a third

TSN's Steph Noh shares his NBA Power Rankings after the Karl-Anthony Towns trade and heading into the start of preseason.