Portland Trail Blazers restricted free-agent forward Jake Layman has agreed to a three-year, $11.5 million contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves, agent Mark Bartelstein of Priority Sports told ESPN. The deal will be part of a sign-and-trade that the Blazers agreed upon to accommodate Layman's desire to join the Timberwolves. Minnesota had the ability to sign Layman to an offer sheet, and Blazers president of basketball operations Neil Olshey allowed Layman the chance to join the Wolves without the aggravation of that process. Layman's future with the Blazers had become uncertain, given the franchise's trade for Kent Bazemore, re-signing of Rodney Hood and drafting of North Carolina's Nassir Little. read more https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/27115629/wolves-get-layman-sign-trade-blazers
