NBA Rumors: Timberwolves traded Dlo because, well, Suivez L’argent

At the 2023 NBA Trade Deadline, the Minnesota Timberwolves traded veteran guard D’Angelo Russell.

The Minnesota Timberwolves and former point guard D’Angelo Russell were clearly not a fit for the 2022-23 NBA season. It’s nobody’s fault, sometimes that is just how things work out. But in the end, the Timberwolves managed to find a way to swap out Russell for a better fit at point guard, veteran PG Mike Conley Jr., and in that three-team trade the Timberwolves pulled off that also landed a promising young shooting guard in Nickeil Alexander-Walker as well as adding three future second-round draft picks to the coffers.

Of course, the trade never happens if the team and the player were able to…