This offseason the Golden State Warriors made one of the surprising moves of the offseason by acquiring all star D'Angelo Russell in a sign and trade from the Brooklyn Nets after they acquired Kyrie Irving. A team that was also interested in getting D'Angelo Russell was the Minnesota Timberwolves. Their star center Karl Anthony Towns and D-Lo are good friends on Towns has been pushing the Wolves to get D-Lo. News today says that the Timberwolves has been "intensifying" their pursuit of D'Angelo Russell. They recently traded away Jeff Teague away to the Hawks which was an important step in getting D-Lo. There is a good possibility this happens due to many reasons. Once Curry and Klay come back things can get crowded so they might be looking to move D-Lo for picks and/or defense. Minnesota has both picks and defense as their 3 and D specialist Robert Covington has been rumored to be on the trading block to be acquired by several teams and he can be in the potential trade with GS. So a potential trade for D'Angelo Russell could involve some picks from Minnesota along with Robert Covington maybe some bench players involving both teams. I see this as a win-win for both teams. Minnesota gets a all star to pair with KAT and Golden State adds some much needed defense with ROCO and picks to help them either trade or to continue to gather young talent. We will find out soon if this trade will actually happen as the trade deadline comes closer.