The bad news was that they lost Julius Randle to right groin soreness. The good news was that Minnesota's young guys gave the team everything it needed in a 138-113 blowout win over the Utah Jazz at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City. The win is Minnesota's fourth straight, and second in as many nights playing on the back end of a back to back.

Randle went to the locker room during the second quarter of Thursday's game against the Jazz with an apparent right thigh injury, Chris Hine of the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. Randle looked to be in significant discomfort and didn't waste much time before heading in to the locker room to be examined further.

ESPN writer Kevin Pelton has floated a Julius Randle trade that would absolutely improve the Minnesota Timberwolves' spacing.

Minnesota Timberwolves forward Julius Randle exited during the second quarter and was later ruled out for the remainder of Thursday night's game against the Utah Jazz at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City due to a groin soreness.

Reid will miss his first game of the season Wednesday, with the veteran big man battling an illness. The Timberwolves will likely lean on Julius Randle, Luka Garza and Leonard Miller to help shoulder the load in the frontcourt in his absence.

I don’t know how the Minnesota Timberwolves are going to last as a title contender with Julius Randle starting over Naz Reid, and it seems like Finchy is looking at this situation by playing Naz ...

Naz Reid has been ruled for Wednesday night's game against the Phoenix Suns at the Footprint Center in Phoenix due to illness, Minnesota Timberwolves coach Chris Finch told reporters pregame. Rob Dillingham, who was also questionable due to illness, is available. Kevin Durant (thumb), who was a gametime decision, is available for the Suns.

Mike Conley is listed as questionable with a right thumb sprain. If the Wolves choose to exercise caution with their 37-year-old point guard on the second night of a back-to-back,

Twenty-eight of them have been to Rudy Gobert. That’s fewer than passes to Julius Randle, Naz Reid, and even McDaniels. (McDaniels is shooting 30.2 percent on 3-point attempts off Edwards passes.

Keep an eye on Minnesota in a Butler deal. In the offseason, the Heat were one of the teams that expressed interest in trading for Julius Randle, per SNY sources. Randle has remained on the

But the Timberwolves did not need Randle to do the heavy lifting. His new teammates Anthony Edwards and Naz Reid combined for 14 of the Timberwolves’ 22 3-pointers, which matched their season-best. "Julius wants to win,” Minnesota coach Chris Finch ...

But there might be an opportunity to improve the team by trading Julius Randle and starting Naz Reid in his place. The loss of Karl-Anthony Towns and the arrival of Randle has had a predictable ...