There is a lot of smoke around D’Angelo Russell and the Minnesota Timberwolves. Gersson Rosas has been continuously talking about the need to be aggressive and creating a team that helps Karl-Anthony Towns win right now. As Andrew Wiggins does not look like the second star Towns needs, the Wolves have to look elsewhere. The tantalizing big names, such as Bradley Beal and Jrue Holiday, appear to be unavailable for now. That leaves someone like Russell. It doesn’t hurt that Russell and Towns are close friends.
However, we have all been a bit nonplussed about how something like this could work.