NBA trade rumor season is opening up, and league insider Marc Stein has suggested the Minnesota Timberwolves will be actively looking to get off of D’Angelo Russell’s expiring max contract this summer.
D’Angelo Russell wound up on the bench at crunch time in the Timberwolves’ season-ending Game 6 defeat at home to Memphis and averaged just 12.0 points per game on 33.3% shooting in his second career playoff series. Numerous rival teams expect the Wolves to try to trade Russell this offseason irrespective of Russell’s close relationship with Minnesota star Karl-Anthony Towns.