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The Minnesota Timberwolves are sending Julius Randle to the Brooklyn Nets in a three-team trade that sends Nic Claxton to the Chicago Bulls, ESPN’s Shams Charania reports.
Per the report, the Timberwolves are actually moving down in the draft to facilitate the trade and get Randle off their payroll. Here are the full details of the trade, per Charania:
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Minnesota is sending Randle and the No. 28 pick in this week’s NBA Draft to the Nets. In return, the Timberwolves will receive only Brooklyn’s No. 33 pick in the second round. The Bulls, per the report, will receive Claxton and give up nothing in the deal while taking on the two remaining years of his four-year, $97 million contract.
The trade marks a stunning turn for the Timberwolves, who parted two offseasons ago with Karl-Anthony Towns in the deal to acquire Randle from the New York Nets.
Towns has since helped lead the Knicks to this year’s NBA championship. And the Timberwolves were ready enough to part with Randle to move down in the draft to do so.
Randle has two years remaining on a three-year, $100 million contract that includes a player option for 2027-28. The Nets will take on Randle and his contract in addition to moving up five spots in the draft.
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For the Timberwolves, the move frees up cap space as they project to prioritize retaining pending free-agent Ayo Dosunmu. The Timberwolves acquired Dosunmu from the Chicago Bulls via a midseason trade.
A career role player, Dosunmu stepped into a key role for the Timberwolves during the postseason and helped lead the Timberwolves to a first-round victory over the Denver Nuggets.
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Author : Jason Owens
Publish date : 2026-06-23 02:17:00
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