The Nets are acquiring Julius Randle from the Minnesota Timberwolves in a three-team trade that will see Brooklyn send Nic Claxton to the Chicago Bulls.
The deal, as first reported by ESPN’s Shams Charania, will see Brooklyn send a second-round pick (No. 33 overall) in Tuesday’s NBA Draft to Minnesota, in exchange for Randle and a first-round selection (No. 28 overall).
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The Nets will send Claxton to Chicago, who will use cap space to add the center, meaning the deal can not be made official until July 6.
Randle, 31, spent the past two seasons in Minnesota after he was acquired in a three-team deal with the Knicks and Hornets that saw Karl-Anthony Towns join New York in late September 2024.
In 79 games last season with the Wolves, Randle averaged 21.1 points on 48.1 percent shooting with 6.7 rebounds, 5.0 assists, and 1.1 steals in 33 minutes.
He played five seasons with the Knicks, making three All-Star teams and two All-NBA Teams (second in 2021 and third in 2023). He was the league’s Most Improved Player in 2021, when he averaged 24.1 points, 10.2 rebounds, and 6.0 assists while playing 37.6 minutes.
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Claxton, 27, was the 31st overall pick (Round 2) by Brooklyn in the 2019 draft. He appeared in 69 games for the Nets last season and averaged 11.7 points on 57.1 percent shooting with 6.9 rebounds, 3.7 assists, and 1.1 blocks in 27.8 minutes. In total, Claxton played 380 games (297 starts) with the club over the first seven seasons of his career.
Brooklyn now has two selections to make in the first round, No. 6 and No. 28. Arkansas’ Darius Acuff Jr. and Louisville’s Mikel Brown Jr. are seen as possibilities for the first of those two picks. The Nets also have the No. 43 selection for Round 2 on Wednesday.
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