The Timberwolves have dealt 24-year old shooting guard Corey Brewer to the Knicks for 21-year old power forward Anthony Randolph and 28-year old center Eddy Curry. Brewer played in 56 games (22 starts) for the Timberwolves this year and he averaged 24.3 minutes, 8.6 points, 2.7 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.6 steals per game. He played in 232 games (147 starts) in his four years with the T-Wolves and he averaged 25.7 minutes, 9.1 points, 3.3 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.3 steals per game. Brewer never lived up to his potential with the Timberwolves so they won’t miss him too much going forward.

Anthony Randolph is the prize here for the T-Wolves. He played in 17 games (0 starts) for the Knicks this year and he averaged 7.5 minutes, 2.1 points, 2.3 rebounds and 0.4 assists on only 31.1% shooting from the floor. Randolph has now played in 113 games (29 starts) in his first 3 years in the NBA and he is averaging 17.7 minutes, 8.1 points, 5.5 rebounds, 0.9 assists and 1.2 blocked shots per game. Randolph will back up Kevin Love the rest of the year. Eddy Curry’s expiring contract is what interested the T-Wolves about him. He has not played in any games so far this year and he has only played in 10 over his last three years. Curry has now played in 511 games (410 starts) so far in his NBA career and he is averaging 25.4 minutes, 13.3 points, 5.3 rebounds and 0.6 assists per game. He will likely never see the court for the Timberwolves. I really like this deal from the T-Wolves end as Randolph has a much higher upside than Brewer does.

UPDATE: The Timberwolves have also dealt 22-year old center Kosta Koufos to the Nuggets for a 2nd round pick as part of this deal. Koufos played in 39 games (1 start) for the Timberwolves this season and he averaged 8.6 minutes, 2.7 points, 2.5 rebounds and 0.2 assists per game. The T-Wolves didn’t really need Koufos anymore due to the addition of Anthony Randolph.

UPDATE II: The Timberwolves have bought out Eddy Curry before he even played in a game with them.

21-year old point guard Jonny Flynn and 24-year old shooting guard Martell Webster are both ready to return to action for the Timberwolves.  They were both projected to be starters for the T-Wolves this year so it will be interesting to see if the Timberwolves improve a lot with them on the court.  Jonny Flynn played in 81 games (all starts) as a rookie for the T-Wolves last season and he averaged 28.9 minutes, 13.5 points, 2.4 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 1.0 steal per game.  Martell Webster came over in a deal with the Blazers during the draft last June.  He played in 82 games (49 starts) for the Blazers last season and he averaged 24.5 minutes, 9.4 points, 3.3 rebounds and 0.8 assists per game.  I think Flynn & Webster are going to make the Timberwolves a much better offensive team when they both get up to speed.

In the Timberwolves 112-103 win over the New York Knicks last Friday Night they had outstanding efforts by their young pair of starting forwards. 22-year old power forward Kevin Love played in 41 minutes in this game and he finished up with 31 points, 31 rebounds, 5 assists and 1 blocked shot. This was the first 30 point, 30 rebound game since Moses Malone did it in 1982! 21-year old small forward Michael Beasley finished up with 35 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals and 1 blocked shot in 41 minutes on Friday Night. He has played in 9 games for the T-Wolves so far this year and he is averaging 30.3 minutes, 20.0 points, 5.3 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.0 steal per game. Love & Beasley are the guys the Timberwolves should build the team around.

The Timberwolves have signed 24-year old point guard Sundiata Gaines. Gaines played in 32 games (0 starts) for the Jazz last season as a rookie and he averaged 6.8 minutes, 3.3 points, 0.9 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game. He was a decent player for the Jazz last year when he got on the court, which wasn’t much. But with the T-Wolves he should have no problem getting some P.T. to show what he can do.

The Timberwolves have released 26-year old shooting guard Maurice Ager. Ager played in 4 games (0 starts) for the T-Wolves this year and he averaged 7.3 minutes, 3.8 points, 0.5 rebounds and 0.3 assists per game. Ager shot 54.5% from the floor and he was 3 of 4 from three point range for the Timberwolves. The Timberwolves wanted to go in a different direction which led to Ager’s release.