The biggest trade of the summer is here: the Jazz traded Gobert to the Timberwolves in exchange for Malik Beasley, Beverley, Vanderbilt, Walker Kessler, Bolmaro + 4 first-round picks Sign +1 first-round swap.

The biggest trade this summer is here: Jazz traded Gobert to Timberwolves in exchange for Malik Beasley , Beverley , Vanderbilt, Walker Keys Le, Bolmaro + 4 first-round picks + 1 first-round swap. Why do you say this transaction is the largest? Gobert replaced 5 players + 5 first-rounders, involving 11 people!

Let’s focus on these picks: ’s four first-round picks are 2023, 2025, 2027 (all three are unprotected) and 2029 (the top five picks are protected). There is also a first-round swap right in 2026. The Timberwolves spent their future to trade for Gobert.

looks very good!

A 10-for-1 deal, paying 5 first-rounders, what is the deal? Timberwolves team reporter Jon Krawczynski reported that the entire Timberwolves team is very excited about Gobert's arrival. The management feels that Gobert can best increase the team's upper limit. The Timberwolves have already begun to celebrate!

should be the most luxurious insider combination in history! Double 200 million insiders!

Let’s not talk about Edwards ’s contract renewal next summer. Currently, the Timberwolves already have two Mr. 200 million: Towns 4-year super maximum salary of 224 million to renew the Timberwolves in advance, including the existing contract , his total salary in the next six seasons is US$295 million. Gobert's contract is 5 years and 205 million U.S. dollars, and it will not expire until the summer of 2026~~~~ Taking the 2025-26 season as an example, Towns' salary is 54.1 million U.S. dollars, and Gobert's salary is 46.66 million U.S. dollars. Their salaries exceed For 100 million US dollars, the two of them alone have locked up the future space of the Timberwolves!

looks very impressive. After all, he is the owner of 3 DPOY.

The Timberwolves have Towns and Edwards in their offense. They don't need to worry too much. They just want Gobert's defense and frame protection. NBAIn history, only four players have won the Defensive Player of the Year three times: Mutombo, Big Ben, Howard and Gobert. There is a magical place. The magical place is that in the playoffs , Gobert was repeatedly singled out by opponent defenders. I think many people are impressed by this picture ↓

There is also this picture ↓

Then, the starting lineup of the Timberwolves in the new season will most likely look like this

Full of talent! Two No. 1 picks, one No. 2 pick, plus Mr. 200 million, the talent is overflowing

At present, looking at the lineup on paper, I really feel that in terms of talent, the Timberwolves' lineup is already full of talent. After all, Russell has offensive talent. Very high, not to mention Hua Zi. The No. 1 pick in 2020 has absolutely no problem with his ability. McDaniels' talent is also considered the best choice in that class!

Herein lies the problem: What about the defense of this lineup? Is it Russell, who often misses people on defense? Russell's own defensive willingness and enthusiasm are not very high, so it is difficult to count on him; or should he count on Gobert to defend from the inside to the outside? Gobert has been slipped away from the outside not only once or twice, but also with Towns. Towns' offense is to float on the outside, and recently he has a tendency to play farther and farther outside! Forget about defense~~~In the end, the most reliable player should be McDaniels, which means the Timberwolves are counting on him to build a solid fence on the outside to protect the team from wind and rain! ! And for a long time in the future, the Timberwolves will not have a first-round pick. In other words, in the future, they will count on second-round treasure hunting and undrafted picks. However, judging from the Timberwolves' draft perspective (visually, it is better than the Kings) ? The strength is limited), and there is a big question mark.

The two big guys are still under contract. What will happen to Edwards in the contract year?

One last point: this year is 2022. After next season, in 2023, Edwards and McDaniels will be in their contract years. By then, the big contracts of Gobert and Towns will still be in effect. . .What to do then? Give up the core and defensive leader of the team (of course it also depends on the development of McDaniels)? Then it will be another headache, right?

I hope the Timberwolves can get good results next year. After all, there may not be many opportunities to assemble such a talented lineup.

Finally, I also wish Beverley a bright future. ,all the best!