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Ayo Dosunmu: "I try to make deep improvements. I'm trying to be elite, not just good. I don't even need to be elite. So, you got to push a little bit harder. That's the goal. Do it now, every day, push it, push it, push it. I want to get a little bit better each day. I'm not looking for a huge margin, just a little better each day. And over time, after you get the separation."
Ayo Dosunmu on why he wanted to stay in Minnesota: ‘This is always where I wanted to be at. I knew once I got traded here that this was home for me, and they welcomed me. The fans welcomed me, the coaching staff welcomed me, and my teammates welcomed me. So I always knew that Minnesota was the place I wanted to be at. So it's just a blessing that I'm able to come back and continue my career here because this is where I want to be and I feel like this is where I'm accepted the most.’
Jon Krawczynski: Bones Hyland has agreed to return to the Minnesota Timberwolves next season, sources told @TheAthletic. Hyland established himself as a rotation player, teaming with Ayo Dosunmu in the "Twin Turbos" backcourt.
This trade, which can’t be official until July 6 since the Bulls required cap space to acquire Nic Claxton, will be expanded to include the Wolves’ acquisition of Ball for several reasons. The first is that Reid’s $23.3 million salary isn’t enough to match Ball’s $41.25 million individually. Randle’s $33.3 million salary is ($9,098,000 trade exception). Then they could simply trade Reid for Green and create a trade exception worth the difference in their salaries. However, the Wolves can no longer function as a below-apron team. Ball’s $41.25 million salary is too high for them to field a roster below the first apron while factoring in Ayo Dosunmu’s new five-year, $112 million contract. It is expected to start at $19.3 million, the lowest it could be with standard raises. They now must operate as an above-apron team so they can fill the rest of the roster, meaning they must do a 100 percent salary match.
The once supersized Wolves are now looking very thin in the frontline. They will have a difficult time finding an upgrade with no draft picks left to trade. They might need to part with one of Terrence Shannon Jr. or Joan Beringer to get a team interested. Otherwise, they’re looking at starting a lineup featuring LaMelo Ball, Ayo Dosunmu, Anthony Edwards, Jaden McDaniels, and Rudy Gobert. The Wolves would have limited options for upgrading the frontcourt. They will no longer create a $33 million trade exception and lose access to all trade exceptions created last season, including the $10.8 million one. They also lose the $5.5 million bi-annual exception and get the reduced $6 million taxpayer mid-level exception instead of the $15.5 million one. They are highly unlikely to get a starter with that amount.
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Chris Hine: Ayo Dosunmu's deal comes in around $22 million per year, higher than I think a lot of folks thought it might. One thing about the Connelly era -- a few more million than perceived isn't much for him to haggle over if he thinks you're a part of the core long term.
Shams Charania: Free agent guard Ayo Dosunmu intends to sign a five-year, $112 million contract to return to the Minnesota Timberwolves, with a player option in the fifth season, sources tell ESPN. Timberwolves made it a major priority to lock in Dosunmu after his tremendous postseason.
Shams Charania: Dosunmu’s agents, Mike Lindeman and Jeff Schwartz of Excel Sports Management, worked with Timberwolves executives on Monday night to land the long-term commitment. Dosunmu and Anthony Edwards gained a chemistry after his arrival from Chicago in February.
Shams Charania: Timberwolves free up significant salary with the remaining two years of Randle's deal, giving them more flexibility to retain Ayo Dosunmu and use exceptions. Nets acquire a three-time All-Star and two-time All-NBA forward in Randle into their cap space -- plus a first-rounder. Chicago uses part of its space on a talented athletic center, a position of need, with $30 million in room left.
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Bobby Marks: The Timberwolves now have the flexibility to re-sign Ayo Dosunmu and have available the $15M non tax midlevel and $5.5M biannual exception. Minnesota will also create a $33.3M trade exception.
After trading for Ayo Dosunmu at the deadline, the Minnesota Timberwolves want to re-sign him. According to NBA executives who’ve spoken with HoopsHype, Dosunmu’s range is projected to be somewhere north of $18 million annually and could reach the low $20 million range.
Q. Have you ever been asked as a in consultant role or even just in conversation about how you would address what they should do next or what they should do first? Kendall Gill: No, I' I've never been asked those questions. Q. What would you tell them? Gill: I would tell them exactly what I just told you. And then I would also tell them that, and I know it's going to take a lot of money. I've discussed this with you guys as well. I know it's going to take a lot of money, but I would definitely try to go back after Ayo Dosunmu as well. And I know that Ayo, from my conversations with him this summer, would be open to it, but it's going to take a lot to get him back. But that's what I would do.
