{"id":720587,"date":"2026-06-23T05:50:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T05:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/720587\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T05:50:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T05:50:12","slug":"reports-julius-randle-traded-to-nets-on-eve-of-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/720587\/","title":{"rendered":"Reports: Julius Randle traded to Nets on eve of draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2246511\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2246511\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages_randle.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2246511\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Julius Randle was reportedly traded to the Nets on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>The Minnesota Timberwolves are trading Julius Randle and a first-round pick to the Brooklyn Nets as part of a three-team deal that also includes the Chicago Bulls, a person with knowledge of the terms said Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>The Timberwolves are sending the 28th pick in Tuesday\u2019s draft to the Nets and will be receiving the No. 33 pick that will be made in the second round on Wednesday night, said the person who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the deal has not received the required approvals from the league office.<\/p>\n<p>ESPN, which first reported the deal, also said the Bulls would be receiving Nic Claxton from Brooklyn in the trade.<\/p>\n<p>Nets receive:<\/p>\n<p>Julius Randle<br \/>\nNo. 28 pick in the 2026 NBA Draft<\/p>\n<p>Wolves receive:<\/p>\n<p>No. 33 pick in the 2026 NBA Draft<\/p>\n<p>Bulls receive:<\/p>\n<p>For Minnesota, the trade opens up a slew of financial possibilities. It creates a $33 million trade exception, plus gives the Timberwolves room they can use to re-sign Ayo Dosunmu and target more players in free agency.<\/p>\n<p>Randle, a three-time All-Star, will be moving to his fifth team after stints with New York, the Los Angeles Lakers, New Orleans and the Timberwolves. He averaged 21.1 points this past season, though shot just 39% from the field and 24% from 3-point range in Minnesota\u2019s 12 playoff contests.<\/p>\n<p>Claxton just finished his seventh NBA season, all with Brooklyn. He averaged 11.7 points this past season.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just in: Minnesota is sending Julius Randle and the No. 28 pick in the NBA Draft to the Brooklyn Nets in a three-team trade that sends Nic Claxton to the Chicago Bulls, sources tell ESPN. The Timberwolves will acquire Brooklyn\u2019s No. 33 pick for Randle and No. 28. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TvADMMNDlg\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/TvADMMNDlg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/2069242201641517467?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">June 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Julius Randle was reportedly traded to the Nets on Monday night. The Minnesota Timberwolves are trading Julius Randle&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":720588,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[6424,6428,99,6427,447],"class_list":["post-720587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-julius-randle","tag-nets","tag-sports","tag-timberwolves","tag-trade"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=720587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720587\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/720588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=720587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=720587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=720587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}