{"id":783357,"date":"2026-07-10T21:45:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T21:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/783357\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T21:45:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T21:45:22","slug":"wolves-hornets-nets-bulls-finalize-four-team-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/783357\/","title":{"rendered":"Wolves, Hornets, Nets, Bulls Finalize Four-Team Trade"},"content":{"rendered":"

The four-team blockbuster trade that saw LaMelo Ball<\/a> land with Minnesota and Julius Randle<\/a> head to Brooklyn is now official, according to press releases from the Timberwolves<\/a>, Hornets<\/a>, Nets<\/a> and Bulls<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"The full breakdown of the trade is as follows:<\/p>\n

Timberwolves acquire LaMelo Ball<\/a>, Josh Green<\/a>, and the draft rights to Isaiah Evans<\/a> (No. 33 pick; from Nets).
\nHornets acquire Naz Reid<\/a>, Mouhamadou Gueye<\/a>, the draft rights to Matteo Spagnolo<\/a> (from Timberwolves), the Timberwolves\u2019 2033 first-round pick, the Timberwolves\u2019 2029 second-round pick, the Timberwolves\u2019 2032 second-round pick, the Timberwolves\u2019 2033 second-round pick, the right to swap their 2028 first-round pick for the Timberwolves\u2019 2028 first-round pick, the right to swap their 2029 first-round pick for the Timberwolves\u2019 2029 first-round pick (6-30 protected), and a 2030 first-round pick swap.
\nNets acquire Julius Randle<\/a> and the draft rights to Joshua Jefferson<\/a> (No. 28 pick; from Timberwolves).
\nBulls acquire Nic Claxton<\/a>.<\/p>\n

One aspect of the four-team deal wasn\u2019t previously reported: Charlotte acquiring the draft rights\u00a0to Spagnolo, a 6\u20196\u2033 Italian guard whom Minnesota selected with the 50th overall pick in 2022 (Twitter link<\/a> via Rod Boone of The Charlotte Observer). The 23-year-old spent last season with Baskonia, which struggled during the 2025\/26 EuroLeague season but went 25-9 in Spain\u2019s top domestic league (Liga Endesa) before losing in the quarterfinals of the playoffs.<\/p>\n

Another minor component of the trade was slightly altered so that each club \u201ctouches\u201d at least two other teams in the deal. Rather than being traded to Minnesota (from Chicago), Gueye was instead sent to Charlotte, ensuring that the Hornets receive something from a team besides the Wolves. The 28-year-old\u2019s contract is non-guaranteed and he seems unlikely to be part of the Hornets\u2019 plans going forward.<\/p>\n

The blockbuster deal was initially reported as two separate<\/a> agreements<\/a> but was rolled into one transaction for salary-matching purposes. It couldn\u2019t be finalized until July 9 at the earliest because Gueye didn\u2019t sign with the Bulls until April 9 and had a three-month trade restriction.<\/p>\n

Nets general manager Sean Marks was the only team executive who was quoted in the four announcements.<\/p>\n

\u201cJulius is an extremely accomplished player who will raise our level of physical toughness and competitiveness,\u201d said Marks in a statement. \u201cHis veteran leadership and big game experience will be immensely impactful to our young players as we continue to grow as a team. We\u2019re excited to welcome Julius and his family and look forward to making them part of our Brooklyn community.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe decision to part with Nic was not an easy one. Over his seven seasons with our team, Nic was an exemplary representative of our organization and the borough of Brooklyn. It\u2019s been rewarding to witness Nic\u2019s growth as both a player and a person throughout his time with the Nets and we wish him and his family nothing but the best in the future. We are thankful for the impact Nic had here and he\u2019ll always remain part of the Nets family.\u201d<\/p>\n

Notably, while the Nets and Bulls were operating under the cap and the Timberwolves had to construct the trade in a way that won\u2019t generate a traded player exception<\/a>, the Hornets created the largest TPE in NBA history as part of the deal. It\u2019ll be worth roughly $40.77MM, the amount of Ball\u2019s outgoing salary. Charlotte has a year to use it.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re tracking all of the 2026 offseason trades right here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The four-team blockbuster trade that saw LaMelo Ball land with Minnesota and Julius Randle head to Brooklyn is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":783358,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3777],"tags":[7,684,473,3878,685,2428,5756,64359,376,966,35509,45824,520,6,2728],"class_list":["post-783357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-charlotte-hornets","tag-basketball","tag-charlotte","tag-charlotte-hornets","tag-charlottehornets","tag-hornets","tag-isaiah-evans","tag-josh-green","tag-joshua-jefferson","tag-julius-randle","tag-lamelo-ball","tag-matteo-spagnolo","tag-mouhamadou-gueye","tag-naz-reid","tag-nba","tag-nic-claxton"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116897875737180862","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=783357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783357\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/783358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=783357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=783357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=783357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}