The Minnesota Timberwolves want a piece of history.
They’re currently angling for involvement in the Kevin Durant trade from the Phoenix Suns to the Houston Rockets. It has the potential to become a seven-team deal.
The Athletic’s Fred Katz reported Wednesday night that the Rockets’ Kevin Durant deal with the Suns could expand into a seven-team swap. The five other teams reported to be involved are the Atlanta Hawks, Brooklyn Nets, Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Lakers along with Minnesota.
The expectation is that there won’t be any new trade pieces involved in the overall package but that rather it will include trades already agreed to on draft night.
“In a would-be seven-team trade, there is an unprecedented amount of detail,” Katz writes. “Unfortunately, while a seven-team trade would make for a thrilling topic at a cocktail party, there haven’t been many unexpected developments in these negotiations. At least in the iterations of the deal discussed so far, most of the recognizable names are from trades that have already been agreed to and reported but not yet finalized.”
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The Durant deal is not official yet, which is why this can happen.
It mostly allows for money and pieces to be moved in the most efficient manner by getting little bits and pieces tied in from each team on the docket.
“The Hawks would be sending Clint Capela to the Rockets in what would become a sign-and-trade, league sources say,” Katz writes. “Durant would go to Houston. The previously reported return for him, including Dillon Brooks and Jalen Green, would go to Phoenix. Only five players who were in the NBA last season are being discussed in the current iteration of the trade, as of now: Durant, Brooks, Green, Clint Capela and Daeqwon Plowden, league sources say. The rest of the players being discussed are all from already-agreed-upon draft-night trades that are yet to be finalized and can’t be until July 6.”
The Timberwolves probably will be one of the least key parts of this trade, but if they’re in there, it’s history.
The NBA had a six-team trade last summer that ended in Klay Thompson being on the Mavericks, and there was a five-team trade in 2021 when Russell Westbrook went from the Lakers to the Wizards.
It’s time for a jackpot seven.
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