NBA Trade Rumours: Chris Paul could join Minnesota Timberwolves in lucrative deal

According to various NBA reports, Minnesota Timberwolves might be  team most likely to acquire Chris Paul before NBA tre deline in February.  Some reports also mentioned that Paul's $85 million contract might be a 'major impediment' for Oklahoma City Thunder including teams looking to acquire him. 2021 free-nt class is also supposed to include various NBA All-Stars. Chris Paul's contract should be a chance for teams to spend big and acquire a superstar player. 

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NBA Tre Rumours: Chris Paul might be acquired by Minnesota Timberwolves

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At first, rumours about Miami Heat acquiring Chris Paul were doing rounds. However, it is likely that OKC's rthwest Division rivals will try to acquire Paul. reports furr ded that a team without any major free nt aspirations in 2021 would be a better choice for Paul. Hence a team like Timberwolves is a good fit for Paul. Chris Paul is averaging at 15.8 points, 4.1 rebounds, and 5.6 assists while shooting  44.7% from field and 41.1% from three-point range. Paul could be a good fill for Timberwolves, whose point guard Jeff Teague is also ar likely mid-season tre candidate of rthwest Division. This is t first time Paul has been linked with Timberwolves. Before NBA 2019-20 season started, an NBA report mentioned a tre scenario where Paul and Danilo Gallinari would be tred to Minnesota in exchange for Andrew Wiggins, Gorgui Dieng and Jeff Teague. 

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