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Timberwolves land LaMelo Ball, Josh Green, re-sign Dosunmu.

6/27/2026

Summary

Story summary

The Minnesota Timberwolves acquired LaMelo Ball and Josh Green from the Charlotte Hornets.
In return, Minnesota sent Naz Reid, a 2033 first-round pick, three first-round swaps and three second-round picks to Charlotte.
Ball enters Minnesota with three years left on a five-year $203.9 million contract and can earn a two-year $119.2 million extension after July 6.
Minnesota also re-signed guard Ayo Dosunmu to a five-year $112 million deal, reinforcing its core.

History

Historical Context

The 1995 NBA-NBPA collective bargaining agreement first imposed a league-wide salary cap and a maximum player salary, a framework later tightened during the 1999 lockout, which set individual caps at $9-14 million and introduced a luxury-tax penalty. Decades of such limits have not stopped star contracts from soaring, as shown by the Timberwolves’ 2025-28 $203.9 million deal for LaMelo Ball.

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Story summary

The Minnesota Timberwolves acquired LaMelo Ball and Josh Green from the Charlotte Hornets.
In return, Minnesota sent Naz Reid, a 2033 first-round pick, three first-round swaps and three second-round picks to Charlotte.
Ball enters Minnesota with three years left on a five-year $203.9 million contract and can earn a two-year $119.2 million extension after July 6.
Minnesota also re-signed guard Ayo Dosunmu to a five-year $112 million deal, reinforcing its core.

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