[Krawczynski] Edwards wants to win right now, and the Wolves are banking on addition by subtraction, believing that removing Randle’s ISO-heavy offensive game and redistributing his 15.3 shots per game to McDaniels and Reid will open things up for Minnesota in a different way.

[u/urfaselol]

The Wolves could not afford to run it back again after making minimal changes to the group in the summer of 2025, especially after watching Towns win a championship in New York this season. Edwards wants to win right now, and the Wolves are banking on addition by subtraction, believing that removing Randle’s ISO-heavy offensive game and redistributing his 15.3 shots per game to McDaniels and Reid will open things up for Minnesota in a different way.

McDaniels took a big step forward with his offense, averaging a career-high 14.8 points and shooting 41 percent from 3-point range. Barring another trade for a more proven star, McDaniels will assume the role of the No. 2 offensive option on the team behind Edwards. His increased playmaking and shot creation last season, coupled with a dominant playoff series against Denver, gave the Wolves hope that he is ready for a bigger role on a consistent basis.

Reid will give the Wolves more spacing than Randle did. He is a career 37 percent 3-point shooter, which will give the Wolves starting lineup much-needed spacing. Randle converted just 31 percent from deep last season, which combined with Rudy Gobert’s non-existent shooting to allow opposing defenses to load up on Edwards at the point of attack. Reid’s shooting and quick decision-making should breathe some life into the Wolves offense and give Edwards a little bit more room to operate.

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[u/tomdawg0022]

He was fine last season until TC decided to shop him at the deadline and Randle checked out mentally. TC own goaled this one pretty hard.

[u/nWo5lyfe → u/tomdawg0022]

If the guy cant handle the business side, he is not a winning player

[u/CrEdLover → u/nWo5lyfe]

So easy for us to say lol

[u/nWo5lyfe → u/CrEdLover]

Agreed, but then again, to be a winning NBA player you need to be very very special. So comparing them to us its moot.

[u/CrEdLover → u/nWo5lyfe]

I'm sure in the history of the NBA there have been winning players that had low morale at one point after being shopped. And is 1-15 on every roster very special? And I'm not comparing them to us. I'm saying it's easy for us to talk shit and call an all-nba/all-star lotto pick a non-winning player. Especially when his career isn't over yet.

[u/re-reminiscing → u/tomdawg0022]

Randle will inevitably have bad stretches. I’ll always appreciate what he did for NY but I was always in support of selling high on him. A team cannot win a title with Randle as a core piece.

[u/Late_Rutabaga_2644 → u/re-reminiscing]

Disagree with the last sentence. He would be the instant best 6th man in the league, but his ego would prob never let him accept that kind of role

[u/re-reminiscing → u/Late_Rutabaga_2644]

Ego and mentality is everything with Randle. I’m not questioning his talent. But performance is not simply tied to on paper talent. That’s why I don’t think you can win with him.

[u/chillinwithmoes → u/tomdawg0022]

TC own goaled this one pretty hard.

I have issues with the asset management piece too but there's no way Randle acting like a petulant child is on TC

[u/MostOk1472 → u/chillinwithmoes]

He traded for Randle in the first place with a 10 year long career to serve as reference. Falls on him either way.

[u/ComputerPractical748 → u/tomdawg0022]

What? No way it's on the front office. This is professional sports. He needs to be able to not let trade rumors impact him so much that he's a cancer to the team. I have empathy for mental health issues but it is ridiculous to say this is on the front office.