Timberwolves' Julius Randle, Naz Reid contracts aren't actually complete yet

Julius Randle and Naz Reid are returning to the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Well, that's what all the reports say. But their contracts aren't actually signed yet.

It should be just a matter of procedure on Randle's reported three-year, $100 million deal and Reid's reported five-year, $125 million deal.

But the Timberwolves and their forwards haven't completed those contracts yet.

"It’s not entirely clear why the Timberwolves' two big deals for their power forwards have been delayed," writes Hoops Rumors' Luke Adams. "My best guess is that Minnesota is waiting on a decision from another free agent on an offer that would use the team’s taxpayer mid-level exception. In that scenario, the Wolves would want to get Reid’s and Randle’s first-year salaries as low as possible to ensure their team salary stays below a second-apron hard cap. If there’s not another non-minimum free agent incoming, the club could potentially increase Reid’s and Randle’s first-year salaries slightly. That’s just my speculation, however."

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That all makes sense, for sure.

And there's really no sense at all of any problems here, so the peacefulness around this situation suggests Adams is spot on.

It'll be interesting to see if Minnesota can add another player, or if this is the group they're running it back with.

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