Minnesota Timberwolves Receive: F Miles Bridges, F Kelly Oubre Jr., C Kai Jones, 2024 First-Round Pick (CHA)
Charlotte Hornets Receive: C Karl-Anthony Towns
A caveat: Miles Bridges is about to hit Restricted Free Agency. This deal assumes that his market value is roughly $20 million. Feel free to disagree.
It won’t be the first time someone has disagreed with one of our pieces.
If that assumption holds, this could be a great deal for the Minnesota Timberwolves. They instantly put two quality pieces around Edwards in Bridges and Jones. At 26, Oubre could easily be around for the entirety of their rebuild as well.
Again: none of this is likely to appeal to the Timberwolves or their fans. They’re far more likely to make marginal moves to upgrade their roster around Towns and Edwards.
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On the other hand, if they did choose to hit the reset button, any of these deals would put them in a prime position to build around Edwards.
In five years, their fans may not be so disappointed about them after all.