Report: 76ers’ Thaddeus Young going to Timberwolves in Kevin Love trade

The Cavaliers and Timberwolves apparently kept negotiating.

The trade between the two teams – Kevin Love for Andrew Wiggins, Anthony Bennett and the Heat’s top-10 protected first rounder – will reportedly include a third team.

Mark Perner of the Philadelphia Daily News:

A source informed the Daily News that the Sixers will be sending veteran forward Thaddeus Young to Minnesota for a package that will include Bennett

Young doesn’t fit into Philadelphia’s rebuilding plans. The 26-year-old is too old and too good. Bennett, whose potential mostly remains untapped, is a better fit there.

But I’m not sure why the Timberwolves would go for such a swap. If they trade Love for Wiggins, they’re going to take a step back – and they weren’t a playoff team last season to start. Getting Young would make Minnesota a little better next year, but it seems the main consequence of that would be worse lottery positioning.

Bennett had a miserable rookie season, but he looked like a different player during summer league. I wouldn’t sell low on him now – not even if it meant unloading a bothersome (expiring) contract.

For the 76ers, this is an opportunity to snatch value when it’s there.