Three-time NBA All-Star Julius Randle intends to signal a three-year, $100 million deal to stick with the Minnesota Timberwolves, sources informed ESPN’s Shams Charania on Sunday.
The deal features a participant choice for the 2027-28 season.
Wolves officers and Randle’s brokers, Aaron Mintz and Steven Heumann of CAA, have been ironing out particulars of the deal, sources stated. Minnesota has additionally locked in Naz Reid, sources informed ESPN on Friday.
Randle landed in Minnesota final summer time after a shocking commerce that despatched former Timberwolves franchise star Karl-Anthony Cities to the New York Knicks.
Randle, 30, struggled to begin his debut season in Minnesota however hit the bottom working after getting back from an adductor pressure on March 2. He averaged 18.2 factors, 6.8 rebounds and 5.2 assists whereas taking pictures 52.3% from the sector and 39.8% from 3 over the past two months of the season.
He carried that robust play into the playoffs, averaging postseason profession highs throughout the board and serving to Minnesota attain its second straight Western Convention finals.
Randle shall be heading into his twelfth NBA season after he was drafted No. 7 by the Los Angeles Lakers in 2014. He has profession averages of 19 factors, 9.1 rebounds and three.8 assists.