It is safe to say that Andrew Wiggins hasn’t justified the five-year, $148 million contract he signed back in 2017 with Minnesota Timberwolves so far. And it seems like Wolves are well aware of this fact as they began shopping the 2015’s NBA Rookie of the Year in these past weeks.
Darren Wolfson of SKOR North recently reported that Timberwolves offered Wiggins to the Brooklyn Nets in a sign-and-trade deal for D’Angelo Russell. Wolfson, however, adds that these talks didn’t get off the ground much. Nets are not willing to take on contracts, especially the bad ones like Wiggins’, as they plan to pursue superstar free agents like Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving in the free agency.
Wiggins has four years and $122 million remaining on his contract, so it is safe to say that Minnesota has quite a challenge ahead of them. The 24-year-old Canadian is coming off an underwhelming season in which he averaged 18.1 points per game while shooting a career-low .412 percent from the field.
Timberwolves will not be discouraged by the Nets’ rejection, as they are planning to explore other ways they could get Russell on their team.
