NBA trade rumors: Hawks' Evan Turner part of Timberwolves' D'Angelo Russell deal

Hawks veteran forward Evan Turner could reportedly land with the Minnesota Timberwolves as part of the four-team D'Angelo Russell trade.

Atlanta Hawks veteran forward Evan Turner could reportedly land with the Minnesota Timberwolves as part of the four-team D'Angelo Russell trade between the Hawks, Timberwolves, Houston Rockets and Golden State Warriors ahead of the NBA's Feb. 6 trade deadline, according to Jabari Young of CNBC.

Timberwolves swingman Robert Covington would be sent to the Rockets, Houston center Clint Capela would get dealt to the Hawks and potentially two first round picks and an expiring contract would go to the Timberwolves, along with Turner.

The Timberwolves would then use those picks to acquire Russell from the Warriors:

Learned of the 4-way trade discussion between #Rockets #Warriors #Timberwolves #Hawks this morning. Also told Evan Turner would be involved in the deal and would end up in Minny as of now. Russell for Wiggins, and Looney’s deal needs to apart too. Would keep GS from repeater tax

— Jabari Young (@JabariJYoung) February 4, 2020

The Timberwolves have been trying to acquire Russell since this past summer. He's very close friends with Minnesota All-Star big man Karl-Anthony Towns.

The Hawks acquired Turner this past offseason from the Portland Trail Blazers in the Kent Bazemore trade. The former second overall pick has only appeared in 19 games this season. He's averaging 3.3 points, 2.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists while shooting 37.3 percent from the field and 85.7 percent from the free-throw line.

On Jan. 3, Turner told Hawks reporters Atlanta spoke to him and Chandler Parsons about being inactive for the foreseeable future.

Turner is making $18,606,557 this season, the final year of his contract. He has career NBA averages of 9.7 points, 4.6 rebounds and 3.5 assists in 705 games with the Philadelphia 76ers, Indiana Pacers, Boston Celtics, Blazers and Hawks.

Turner played his college ball at Ohio State.