Bleacher Report floated a trade swapping Randle for Portland Trail Blazers wing Jerami Grant. He would fit better on the win-now Timberwolves than on the young Trail Blazers. He’s a multipositional who has helped winning teams in the past, like the Denver Nuggets in 2020.

Those injuries have been the latest problem for Minnesota in a disappointing follow-up to last year's trip to the Western Conference finals. The Timberwolves went 5-8 with Randle sidelined and are now 33-29 and hold the No. 8 seed in the West following Sunday's win.

The Minnesota Timberwolves are reeling, as they have lost four of their last five games to fall down to the No. 9 seed in the Western Conference standings. However, they finally got some good news on Sunday regarding star forward Julius Randle, who has missed the past 13 games with a right groin strain.