The Minnesota Timberwolves Need to Extend D’Angelo Russell

D’Angelo Russell was a target of former Minnesota Timberwolves President of Basketball Operations Gersson Rosas for quite some time. Rosas pushed hard to sign Russell in free agency during the summer of 2019, but Russell eventually chose the Golden State Warriors as his next home, even after Wolves’ executives pulled out all the stops.

Wolves: *take D’Angelo Russell in a helicopter to show him beautiful California*

D’Lo: *picks a team in California*

Hmm.....

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— SKOR North (@SKORNorth) July 1, 2019 Nonetheless, Rosas did not quit his stalking - err, I mean pursuit - of Russell and eventually got the Golden State Warriors to agree to a trade package…