With the weekend of Aug. 23 just around the corner, the promise of a trade bringing Kevin Love to the Cleveland Cavaliers is nigh.
But that deal will also mean a move to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Andrew Wiggins and Anthony Bennett, players the Cavaliers have used the last two No. 1 picks to acquire. The higher profile player, Wiggins has dealt with the brunt of the rumors. Bennett was presented with his own opportunity to evade questions the trade, which could go through as soon as Saturday.
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Bennett, in Canada for the NBA Americas Team camp, spoke the Toronto Star about the potential trade.
“I’m just a young man that’s ready to work,” he said. “Wherever I end up, it doesn’t really matter to me. I just want to play basketball.”
Bennett said he has talked to Wiggins over the course of the summer, but all they can do is wait at this point.
“We’ve been going back and forth a lot,” Bennett said. “I know he’s busy so I don’t really try to hit him up too much. But he said he’s working too. So there’s not much we can do, you know.”