Jordan Bell agrees to deal with Minnesota Timberwolves
Amid the Warriors’ flailing interest and a hope to maximize his role, Jordan Bell accepted a one-year deal with the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday, a league source confirmed to Bay Area News Group. Yahoo! Sports first reported the news. The Houston Rockets, Oklahoma City Thunder and Utah Jazz also expressed interest in Bell, according to a league source. But Bell found the Timberwolves most appealing because it appeared he would have a bigger role there. The Warriors had issued Bell a $1.8 million qualifying offer last week to make him a restricted free agent. But the Warriors have no plans to match Bell’s offer sheet, in hopes to maximize cap space available to retain Kevon Looney. Bell had sought other possibilities after the Warriors acquired D’Angelo Russell in a sign-and-trade from Brooklyn. While the Warriors made that move to collect assets to compensate for Kevin Durant’s departure, it also limited the Warriors financially with a so-called “hard cap.” Therefore, the War