D’Angelo Russell reportedly wants to join Timberwolves

Despite interest from the team he started his career with, D’Angelo Russell appears to have a different preference for his new home.

According to Marc Stein of the New York Times, the Minnesota Timberwolves are Russell’s preferred option in free agency, and they believe they can free up the necessary cap space to sign him. The feeling is mutual, as the Timberwolves have made him their top target as well.

Minnesota is at the top of D'Angelo Russell's free-agent wish list as the opening bell nears, league sources say — with the Timberwolves increasingly confident they can make the necessary salary-cap moves to land him

— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) June 30, 2019

The Lakers' interest in D'Angelo Russell is undeniable, league sources say, but Minnesota has made the All-Star guard its top priority in free agency knowing that the Nets mere hours away from the momentous addition of Kyrie Irving

— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) June 30, 2019

Russell is already set to meet with the Timberwolves. Unless the Los Angeles Lakers can change his mind, it sounds like it will be a matter of Minnesota clearing the cap space required to bring the guard in.