Thaddeus Young rumors: Young will be part of Kevin Love deal
At the end of the week, the deal between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Minnesota Timberwolves sending power forward Kevin Love to the Cavaliers should become official by the end of the week.
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The Philadelphia 76ers were reportedly also going to be involved because the Timberwolves covet 76ers’ forward Thaddeus Young. It looked like it may be a separate deal but it turns out the Timberwolves will be getting Young, forward Anthony Bennett and swingman Andrew Wiggins.
According to both Dan Barreiro of KFAN and Jon Krawczynski of The Associated Press, Young will be part of the deal and the Timberwolves will actually be getting both Bennett and Young with Timberwolves’ point guard Alexey Shved, forward Luc Mbah a Moute and a first round pick from the Cavaliers going to Minnesota.
Ditto RT @DanBarreiroKFAN: What I expect by end of day Sat: Love, Shved, LRMAM, No. 1, 4 Wiggins, Bennett, TYoung, cap except. 3-team deal.
— Jon Krawczynski (@JonKrawczynski) August 21, 2014
Educated guess for Saturday: CLE gets Love, MIN gets Wiggins, Bennett, Young, PHI gets Shved, Moute, CLE #1 (from MIA).
— Jon Krawczynski (@JonKrawczynski) August 21, 2014
There are still some final wrinkles to be ironed out, but that's how everything is shaping up. Optimism on all sides that it gets done
— Jon Krawczynski (@JonKrawczynski) August 21, 2014
Young went for 17.9 points, 6.0 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 2.1 steals per game and shot 45.4% from the field, 30.8% from beyond the arc and 71.2% from the free throw line this season. Bennett averaged 4.2 points and 3.0 rebounds per game while shooting 35.6% from the field, 24.5% from beyond the arc and 63.8% from the free throw line. Love averaged 26.1 points, 12.5 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game last season while shooting 45.7% from the field, 37.6% from three and 82.1% from the charity stripe last season.
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