When the Minnesota Timberwolves traded Andrew Wiggins for D’Angelo Russell back in February, it seemed less like a “star-for-star” trade, and more like a swap of luxury for flexibility
The prize jewel for the Warriors was almost surely the Wolves’ 2021 first-round pick in the NBA Draft, and for that, they were willing to swap Russell’s bad contract for Wiggins’ even worse deal.
The trade made too much sense not to happen. Wiggins is a good player -- a lightning-quick slasher who can knock down threes, and that’s really all the Warriors need him to be.