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What do the Minnesota Timberwolves need to do this summer?

By Adam Jacobs

PHILADELPHIA, PA - OCTOBER 30: Karl-Anthony Towns #32 of the Minnesota Timberwolves reacts after making a basket against the Philadelphia 76ers in the first quarter at the Wells Fargo Center on October 30, 2019 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The 76ers defeated the Wolves 117-95. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)
PHILADELPHIA, PA - OCTOBER 30: Karl-Anthony Towns #32 of the Minnesota Timberwolves reacts after making a basket against the Philadelphia 76ers in the first quarter at the Wells Fargo Center on October 30, 2019 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The 76ers defeated the Wolves 117-95. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images) /
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INDIANAPOLIS, IN – APRIL 04: Karl-Anthony Towns #12 and Devin Booker #1 of the Kentucky Wildcats battle for position on a free throw with Frank Kaminsky #44 of the Wisconsin Badgers in the first half during the NCAA Men’s Final Four Semifinal at Lucas Oil Stadium on April 4, 2015 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
INDIANAPOLIS, IN – APRIL 04: Karl-Anthony Towns #12 and Devin Booker #1 of the Kentucky Wildcats battle for position on a free throw with Frank Kaminsky #44 of the Wisconsin Badgers in the first half during the NCAA Men’s Final Four Semifinal at Lucas Oil Stadium on April 4, 2015 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images) /

The Trade Market

The most fun part of any offseason is the trades. Especially the big name-blockbuster trades. This is where, historically, the Timberwolves have not done very well and have rarely any big splashes.

I don’t anticipate that changing anytime soon, but to keep with tradition, there is one logical (blockbuster) trade that you could see being done this offseason: one which the Timberwolves acquire Devin Booker. This is the person that Timberwolves fans have been hoping to land ever since the rumors started that D’Angelo Russell was going to be signed by Minnesota this past summer.

The dream has always been pairing the three best friends together (Russell, Booker, and Towns) for the Timberwolves, the last piece may not be that far-fetched to get. Trading for Malik Beasley at the trade deadline has moved such an idea from a pipe dream to a very real possibility.

Beasley is a young player who proved that he can be a number one or two scoring option on a team, putting up high (and efficient) statistics. Given that, he proved that he could be a replacement for Devin Booker on the Suns (or, at least as close to one as you are going to get in a trade). There have always been rumblings that Devin Booker was not happy with losing the number of games that they have with the Suns, and I don’t blame him. Minnesota fans feel that we know that pain all too well.

It would have been nearly impossible for us to contact the Suns about a Devin Booker trade without giving up a 2013-Nets level of picks. Beasley provides them a great versatile scorer that they can build a team around for years to come that’s still under the age of 25. That’s really what any team is looking for when they’re trading a star player who seems unhappy in the first place. That would just be the start of the offer though. All three draft picks that the Wolves own this year would be on the table in a Devin Booker trade. Jarrett Culver and Josh Okogie could be on the move, too.

There aren’t many other players around the league that the Wolves need to trade for right now. You’re going to listen for trade offers on anybody that’s not named Karl Anthony Towns or D’Angelo Russell, but nothing is pressing or desperate that they need to trade for right now.

As long as the Wolves can draft well and can target key free agents, I think that, for the first time in a long time, the Timberwolves are set up to be a very good team. The new regime will officially start this offseason and if the first season is any indication, we will be walking towards the future smelling like Rosas.

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