The Minnesota Timberwolves lacked a realistic path to acquire Kevin Durant at the trade deadline, but they still made a few calls to register interest and are expected to make another attempt this offseason.
“Another small market team to watch: the Minnesota Timberwolves,” said Brian Windhorst on Get Up. “Which Ant Edwards and KD have a very tight connection. Also from the Olympics. The Timberwolves tried to pull off a crazy trade at the deadline for KD. Look for them to revisit those talks this summer.”
The Wolves were serious enough about acquiring Durant at the trade deadline that they called third teams about potentially getting under the second apron to facilitate a trade. Minnesota would likely have to build a trade package around Julius Randle and some combination of younger players and future assets. The Wolves do not currently have any tradeable first round picks, but they could send out a number of swaps.