Free agent guard Ayo Dosunmu intends to sign a five-year, $112 million contract to return to the Minnesota Timberwolves, with a player option in the fifth season, sources told ESPN's Shams Charania on Monday night.
The Timberwolves, who shipped three-time All-Star forward Julius Randle to the Brooklyn Nets earlier in the night, made it a priority to sign Dosunmu long term after his tremendous postseason.
Dosunmu's agents, Mike Lindeman and Jeff Schwartz of Excel Sports Management, worked with Timberwolves executives on Monday night to ultimately secure the long-term commitment. Dosunmu and guard Anthony Edwards gained chemistry after he arrived from the Chicago Bulls in February.
In that deal, Minnesota sent four second-round picks and former lottery pick Rob Dillingham to acquire Dosunmu.
In his first three months with his new team, Dosunmu emerged as a crucial rotation player for a conference contender, averaging 15.6 points in 29.2 minutes during a 10-game playoff run. On the night Timberwolves starting guard Donte DiVincenzo suffered a torn right Achilles, Dosunmu scored 43 points off the bench in an upset win over the Denver Nuggets in Game 4 of their first-round series.
But persistent right calf trouble stunted his playoff emergence. Dosunmu was forced to miss Game 6 against the Nuggets and Game 1 against the San Antonio Spurs because of right calf tightness that was also a problem late in the regular season. He returned in the second round but was relatively ineffective (9.4 points on 36% shooting) in five games against the Spurs.
ESPN's Anthony Slater contributed to this report.
