WHILE NEWS CAME out yesterday that Minnesota and Cleveland had agreed in principle to a trade that will send All-Star Kevin Love to the Cavaliers for Andrew Wiggins, Anthony Bennett and a first-round draft pick, the Daily News has learned that the Sixers will, indeed, be involved in the deal.
A source informed the Daily News that the Sixers will be sending veteran forward Thaddeus Young to Minnesota for a package that will include Bennett, the No. 1 pick in the 2013 NBA draft.
The deal, which two sources have confirmed to the Associated Press, will not be official until Aug. 23, when Wiggins, this year's No. 1 draft pick, becomes eligible to be traded.
It has been reported that Minnesota sees Young as the right guy to fill Love's shoes. The Timberwolves, it has been reported, could use the first-round pick they get from the Cavaliers to help entice the Sixers to part with the 26-year-old Young, but that has not been confirmed.
Love, 25, is coming off his best season, one in which he averaged 26.1 points, 12.5 rebounds and 4.4 assists. He can opt out of his contract next summer, and the three-time All-Star made it clear to the Timberwolves that he was looking to join a contender after missing the postseason for six seasons in Minnesota.
Young is coming off a solid year in which he averaged career-bests with 17.9 points and 2.3 assists a game. He has spent his 7-year NBA career with the Sixers after being drafted out of Georgia Tech with the 12th pick in 2007.
For now, the deal will unite Love, LeBron James and Kyrie Irving in a new-look Big 3 in Cleveland. As for the Sixers, it will give them three of the top 11 picks from the 2013 draft - Bennett, Nerlens Noel and Michael Carter-Williams
So depending on where the future first round pick winds up, Minny basically trades Love for Wiggins straight up. Young will almost certainly opt out of his deal and walk after this season. The only way he stays in Minny is if they massively overpay him.
ing Bennett getting tossed around like a more hyped up version of DeJuan Blair.
Because he sucks. Even if he is a prospect, 1st pick salary is a lot of money.
Philly. Okafor, Embiid and Noel on same team if everything will go as they wanted.
Philly makes out like a bandit again. I don't think I've ever see a team get this many lottery picks in this short of a time. This is their fifth in only two drafts. And then they get a first on top of that when it looks like Bennet for Young straight up was a steal? Crazy.
MCW and Noel are nice (ACL recoveries are usually pretty standard nowadays... look at Blake Griffin), but Embiid worries me. back problems, foot problems. those are gigantic red flags for big men. one of those lottery picks is also Dario Saric and who knows if or when he'd actually help them. its only been 1 year for Bennet but cleveland was actively trying to dump him. i'd still rather have him than Thad Young for 1 season
Worst draft ever to get the #1 pick.
from Kevin Love to Thad Young
This is why the Timberwolves are the worst organization since the prime Tokowitz Clippers of the 80s. Thaddeus Young has been a high potential guy for 7 years now and hasn't done . Someone needs to buy that team, clean house, and move them to Vancouver or Seattle where they can begin again as a legitimate NBA franchise. They're a disgrace to the league as it is right now.
The Clippers actually have a winning record all-time against the Timberwolves even with Tokowitz in his prime
lol Flips Saunders is as good as GM as he was a coach... absolutely horrible...
Trade wouldn't be bad at all if they had protected the first round pick but they didn't
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