Arguably the two best young players in the NBA today are Los Angeles Lakers superstar guard Luka Doncic and Minnesota Timberwolves phenom Anthony Edwards.

Before the Dallas Mavericks finalized a blockbuster trade that sent Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for a package headlined by Anthony Davis, one target in mind was Anthony Edwards of the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Anthony Edwards and Karl-Anthony Towns were never necessarily the perfect match, but they were two perennial All-Stars playing for an organization that had never made an NBA Finals and whose last (and only) division title was in 2004.