Nets Get Randle in 3-Team Trade; Wolves Sign Dosunmu
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- Brooklyn Nets acquire three-time All-Star Julius Randle and the No. 28 pick from Minnesota, sending the No. 33 pick to the Wolves; Randle's $33.3 million salary lands on Brooklyn's books.
- Chicago Bulls land center Nic Claxton (11.7 PPG, 6.9 RPG, 57.1% shooting) and send forward Mo Gueye to Minnesota, but the deal can't be finalized until July 6 because Chicago is using cap space to absorb Claxton's $23.3 million.
- Timberwolves gain a $33.3 million trade exception plus the $15.1 million midlevel and $5.5 million biannual exceptions, giving them the room to sign Ayo Dosunmu to a five-year, $112 million deal with a year-five player option.
- Dosunmu, 26, averaged 19.2 points on 50% shooting (42.5% from three) in the postseason after being acquired from Chicago at the deadline, helping keep Minnesota alive while Anthony Edwards nursed a hyperextended left knee against Denver.
- Randle, 31, returns to the New York market after five Knicks seasons and an October 2024 trade to Minnesota; he was one of 10 players to average 20+ points, 5+ rebounds, 5+ assists in 79 regular-season games but managed just 12.8 points on 34% shooting in a six-game second-round loss to San Antonio.
Why it matters: The trade is essentially a salary-shedding vehicle: Minnesota dumped Randle's contract and shed Claxton's to clear roughly $33M+ in exceptions, with the real prize being the Dosunmu extension. Randle lands with a rebuilding Brooklyn squad that now carries his $33.3M, while Chicago gets a 27-year-old two-way center for its youth core — though the Claxton acquisition is frozen until the July 6 cap-space date.
