Transactions & Injuries
          
            
  
    
          
              
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| 2024-25 | ||
| 2025-06-29 | 
                          
                 
              
            
                          Signed by the Minnesota Timberwolves to a three-year contract extension.
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| 2025-03-02 | 
                          
                 
              
            
                          Missed 13 games (groin strain - right).
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| 2025-02-05 | 
                          
                 
              
            
                          Groin strain - right, sidelined indefinitely.
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| 2025-01-31 | 
                          
                 
              
            
                          Groin injury, day-to-day.
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| 2024-10-02 | 
                          
                 
              
            
                          
                Acquired from the New York Knicks
              
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                      In a three-team trade, the New York Knicks acquired center/forward Karl-Anthony Towns from the Minnesota Timberwolves, and center James Nnaji from the Charlotte Hornets; Minnesota acquired guard Donte DiVincenzo, forwards Julius Randle and Keita Bates-Diop and a protected first-round draft pick in 2025 from the Knicks; and Charlotte acquired forwards DaQuan Jeffries and Charlie Brown Jr., guard Duane Washington Jr., a second-round draft pick in 2026, a second-round draft pick in 2031 and cash from the Knicks, and a conditional second-round draft pick in 2025 from the Timberwolves. | 
| 2023-24 | ||
| 2024-05-20 | 
                          
                 
              
            
                          Missed the last 36 regular season and all 13 playoff games (shoulder surgery - right).
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| 2024-04-04 | 
                          
                 
              
            
                          Shoulder surgery - right, remainder of the regular season.
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| 2024-01-28 | 
                          
                 
              
            
                          Shoulder dislocation - right, sidelined indefinitely.
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| 2022-23 | ||
| 2023-05-02 | 
                          
                 
              
            
                          Missed 1 game (sprained left ankle).
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| 2023-04-30 | 
                          
                 
              
            
                          Sprained left ankle, day-to-day.
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| 2023-04-15 | 
                          
                 
              
            
                          Missed the last 5 regular season games (left ankle sprain).
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| 2023-03-30 | 
                          
                 
              
            
                          Left ankle sprain, sidelined indefinitely.
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| 2021-22 | ||
| 2022-04-11 | 
                          
                 
              
            
                          Missed the last 5 regular season games (right quadriceps).
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| 2022-04-01 | 
                          
                 
              
            
                          Right quadriceps, day-to-day.
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| 2022-03-27 | 
                          
                 
              
            
                          Missed 3 games (right quadriceps).
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| 2022-03-22 | 
                          
                 
              
            
                          Right quadriceps, day-to-day.
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| 2022-03-22 | 
                          
                 
              
            
                          Fined $40,000 by the NBA. 
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| 2022-03-06 | 
                          
                 
              
            
                          Fined $50,000 by the NBA. 
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| 2022-01-04 | 
                          
                 
              
            
                          Missed 2 games (health and safety protocols).
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| 2021-12-30 | 
                          
                 
              
            
                          Health and Safety Protocols, day-to-day.
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| 2021-10-21 | 
                          
                 
              
            
                          Fined $15,000 by the NBA. 
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| 2021-08-26 | 
                          
                 
              
            
                          Signed by the New York Knicks to a four-year contract extension.
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| 2020-21 | ||
| 2021-03-29 | 
                          
                 
              
            
                          Missed 1 game (left thigh injury).
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| 2021-03-27 | 
                          
                 
              
            
                          Left thigh injury, day-to-day.
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| 2019-20 | ||
| 2020-01-12 | 
                          
                 
              
            
                          Missed 2 games (personal reasons).
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| 2020-01-08 | 
                          
                 
              
            
                          Personal reasons, day-to-day.
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| 2019-07-08 | 
                          
                 
              
            
                          Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the New York Knicks to a three-year contract.
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| 2018-19 | ||
| 2019-06-16 | 
                          
                 
              
            
                          Declined to exercise his contract option with the New Orleans Pelicans for the 2019-20 season.
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| 2019-02-06 | 
                          
                 
              
            
                          Missed 6 games (sprained right ankle).
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| 2019-01-24 | 
                          
                 
              
            
                          Sprained right ankle, day-to-day.
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| 2018-12-21 | 
                          
                 
              
            
                          Missed 1 game (sprained right ankle).
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| 2018-12-18 | 
                          
                 
              
            
                          Sprained right ankle, day-to-day.
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| 2018-07-09 | 
                          
                 
              
            
                          Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the New Orleans Pelicans to a two-year contract.
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| 2018-07-02 | 
                          
                 
              
            
                          Qualifying offer rescinded by the Los Angeles Lakers.
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| 2017-18 | ||
| 2018-06-27 | 
                          
                 
              
            
                          Los Angeles Lakers tendered a qualifying offer.
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| 2016-17 | ||
| 2017-02-06 | 
                          
                 
              
            
                          Missed 1 game (illness).
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| 2017-02-03 | 
                          
                 
              
            
                          Illness, day-to-day.
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| 2017-02-02 | 
                          
                 
              
            
                          Missed 1 game (pneumonia).
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| 2017-01-30 | 
                          
                 
              
            
                          Pneumonia, day-to-day.
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| 2016-12-25 | 
                          
                 
              
            
                          Missed 2 games (personal reasons).
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| 2016-12-22 | 
                          
                 
              
            
                          Personal reasons, day-to-day.
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| 2016-11-29 | 
                          
                 
              
            
                          Missed 3 games (hip pointer).
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| 2016-11-23 | 
                          
                 
              
            
                          Hip pointer, day-to-day.
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| 2016-10-26 | 
                          
                 
              
            
                          Los Angeles Lakers exercised their contract option for the 2017-18 season.
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| 2015-16 | ||
| 2015-12-25 | 
                          
                 
              
            
                          Missed 1 game (ankle injury).
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| 2015-12-23 | 
                          
                 
              
            
                          Ankle injury, day-to-day.
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| 2015-10-15 | 
                          
                 
              
            
                          Los Angeles Lakers exercised their contract option for the 2016-17 season.
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| 2014-15 | ||
| 2015-04-15 | 
                          
                 
              
            
                          Missed the last 81 regular season games (fractured tibia).
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| 2014-10-29 | 
                          
                 
              
            
                          Fractured tibia, remainder of the regular season.
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| 2014-07-13 | 
                          
                 
              
            
                          Signed by the Los Angeles Lakers.
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| 2013-14 | ||
| 2014-06-27 | 
                          
                 
              
            
                          Drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1st round (7th overall) in 2014.
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