Anthony Edwards and Karl-Anthony Towns Shared a Raw FaceTime Moment After the Knicks Won It All

Karl-Anthony Towns just won his first NBA championship with the New York Knicks. But for Minnesota Timberwolves fans, the moment hit differently — because they watched their former franchise cornerstone celebrate with the guy who replaced him as the face of the franchise.

Minutes after the Knicks closed out the Spurs in Game 5, a clip started circulating online. It showed Towns on a FaceTime call with Anthony Edwards. The two former Timberwolves teammates, now on opposite sides of the league, exchanged a simple but powerful message.

“My brudda 4eva! Love you fam,” read the caption on a video posted by New York Basketball. The clip shows Edwards grinning ear to ear while Towns holds up the championship cap.

It was a moment that hit hard for fans who remember the Edwards-Towns duo leading Minnesota to the Western Conference Finals two years ago. That team fell short against the Dallas Mavericks, and the front office made a difficult call that summer: they traded Towns to the Knicks for Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo.

Since then, the Timberwolves have stayed competitive. They made the Western Conference Finals again this season but lost to the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Knicks, meanwhile, reached the Eastern Conference Finals last year before falling to the Pacers — and then broke through this year by beating San Antonio.

The narrative now, as you might expect, is that New York won the trade. And on paper, it’s hard to argue. The Knicks have a ring. The Timberwolves have a conference finals exit and a bunch of questions.

But the reality is more complicated. Minnesota hasn’t fallen off a cliff. They’ve remained a legitimate playoff team. The real issue is whether they can get over the hump — and according to league insiders, the front office plans to be aggressive this offseason.

One name that keeps surfacing is Giannis Antetokounmpo. The Timberwolves reportedly had interest in the Bucks superstar at the trade deadline, and that pursuit is expected to intensify over the summer. But the team has not confirmed any formal offers, and multiple reports suggest the Heat and Celtics are the frontrunners in any potential bidding war.

For now, though, the NBA world is still buzzing about that FaceTime call. It was a rare moment of genuine joy between two players who genuinely like each other — a reminder that not every trade ends in bitterness.