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The Golden State Warriors have agreed to trade D'Angelo Russell to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Andrew Wiggins, a 2021 unprotected first round pick and a 2022 second round pick.

Via Adrian Wojnarowski/ESPN

jlokine wrote:wow good for wiggins. smaller role. hopefully he can find himself in that role

LaRance wrote::o WOW!!! I like it though.. Andrew Wiggins isn't a great 1st or 2nd option but he will be a great 3rd option on the Warriors

hyberx wrote:Don't get why Bob Myer pulled this off, he could have waited till the offseason. It really depends on how the 2021 pick turn out to be. Contract wise Wiggins is just as big a burden for us as DLo, but at least he fills a need at the SF spot and he can score. It looks like we are getting our old Harrison Barnes back with a bit less D and bit more O.

dickfox wrote:People are hating this for GS but wiggins made a big jump this year with more shooting and driving. Improved his passing. I think he is going to play well in the warrior's system. Way less pressure to be the go-to guy when the trio is healthy.

I like.

DJ_3_Ball wrote:Why did this take so long? Everyone kept reporting the Wolves were obsessed with DLo and made it seem like the Warriors just wouldn't be reasonable. I heard someone say the Wolves offered two 1st round picks and the Warriors wouldn't do it unless they had Minny's 1st this year unprotected thrown in too.

And now it comes out that they essentially gave DLo away. I mean, congrats to Minnesota. They won that game of hardball. I just don't understand why they didn't make this move earlier in the season when they still had a shot at the playoffs.

Killboard wrote:

DJ_3_Ball wrote:Why did this take so long? Everyone kept reporting the Wolves were obsessed with DLo and made it seem like the Warriors just wouldn't be reasonable. I heard someone say the Wolves offered two 1st round picks and the Warriors wouldn't do it unless they had Minny's 1st this year unprotected thrown in too.

And now it comes out that they essentially gave DLo away. I mean, congrats to Minnesota. They won that game of hardball. I just don't understand why they didn't make this move earlier in the season when they still had a shot at the playoffs.

The wolves didn't want to part with picks IMO. Now they did but acquired an extra one in Covington deal. I think they didn't want to trade Roco just for picks and were intrigued by Beasley.

Basically is
Wiggins+Roco+2021 Top3 protected first
Beasley+Dlo+2020 Top14 protected fist (nets)

We Are Groot wrote:

hyberx wrote:Don't get why Bob Myer pulled this off, he could have waited till the offseason. It really depends on how the 2021 pick turn out to be. Contract wise Wiggins is just as big a burden for us as DLo, but at least he fills a need at the SF spot and he can score. It looks like we are getting our old Harrison Barnes back with a bit less D and bit more O.

i don't think any waiting is necessary to know that their defense (severely underrated during their chip runs) wld fall off a cliff with D'Lo. the play was always going to be to trade D'Lo @ some pt.Wiggins is actually a nice fit with their core and there's still some untapped potential there imho. the 'only' top 3 protected '21 pick was probably the main impetus for GS to get a deal done.

if they did take a hard pass here - what else do u see out there that packages a rotation level player AND a potentially high 21 FRP? KAT's pretty grumpy right now, so i think there was urgency for the Wolves to get sumn done now. no guarantee this package wld be available in the summer