Berry Tramel of The Oklahoman makes a case for the Thunder to trade Chris Paul to the Wolves for Andrew Wiggins. Paul would elevate the team’s immediate ceiling in Minnesota, providing Karl-Anthony Towns with arguably the best point guard he’s played with at the professional level.
Tramel believes OKC might provide Wiggins with an environment that would allow him to improve. Wiggins has played under four head coaches in Minnesota, and the organization doesn’t have the recent track record of developing players that OKC does.
Here’s more from around the Northwest Division:
- The Thunder have named David Akinyooye, Dave Bliss, Mark Daigneault, Brian Keefe and Mike Wilks as assistant coaches, the team announces on its website. The group will join head coach Billy Donovan and assistant coaches Maurice Cheeks and Vin Bhavnani on the bench.
- The Wolves are close to adding Pelicans assistant Kevin Hanson to their coaching staff, as Chris Hine of the Star Tribune reports. Hanson spent the past four seasons in New Orleans.
- Tony Bradley, who was selected in the 2017 draft, had a Summer League that saved his roster spot on the Jazz, Tony Jones of The Athletic explains. Third-year first-rounders don’t typically play in the Summer League, and the front office told the center that it wanted to see him be the best player on the team. Bradley thrived and will be the third center behind Rudy Gobert and Ed Davis.
