Despite the repeated proclamations from the Golden State Warriors front office that he was part of the future, the franchise agreed to trade away D’Angelo Russell to the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Alongside Jacob Evans and Omari Spellman, the Warriors in return received former number one overall pick Andrew Wiggins, a (lightly) protected 2021 first-round pick, and a 2021 second-round pick.
The consensus belief was that Russell was largely acquired from the Brooklyn Nets as an asset, only some thought his tenure in the Bay would last longer than February’s trade deadline.
For a team as desperate as the Timberwolves were leading up the deadline, many assumed that Golden State could have fetched a bigger return for trading away D’Angelo Russell, perhaps in the offseason.