Malik Beasley is being charged with fifth-degree drug possession and threat of violence following his September 27th arrest at his resident in Minnesota. 

"We are cooperating with the law enforcement investigation and will carefully review the discovery and charges in the coming days," said Beasley's attorneys in a statement to The Athletic. 

Beasley allegedly aimed a rifle at a couple and their child in a SUV outside his home where police later found  1¾ pounds of marijuana. Beasley's girlfriend claimed the marijuana belonged to her.

The Minnesota Timberwolves met with LaMelo Ball in Southern California on Tuesday.

The Wolves own the top overall selection in the 2020 NBA draft.

Gersson Rosas and Ryan Saunders attended the meeting, which was the first one Ball has conducted. 

Ball is scheduled to interview with the Golden State Warriors next week and is also expected interview with the Charlotte Hornets and Chicago Bulls. There currently is no expectation that Ball will meet with the New York Knicks, who currently own the No. 8 pick.

Ball didn't workout for the Wolves and his last competitive game was on November 30, 2019.

The Charlotte Hornets draft third overall and would like to select James Wiseman and would consider trading up for him.

Both the Minnesota Timberwolves and Golden State Warriors are open to trading down from No. 1 and No. 2, respectively. The Hornets could offer the 32nd overall pick and future selections. 

Cody Zeller is the only center on Charlotte's roster signed for 20-21 as he enters the final season of his four-year, $56 million deal.

Anthony Edwards is considered the backup plan if Wiseman isn't available to the Hornets.

The Golden State Warriors and Charlotte Hornets are believed to prefer James Wiseman.

The Warriors select No. 2 with the Hornets at No. 3, which means Charlotte could need to trade up with either the Minnesota Timberwolves or Golden State to select him.

Kevin O'Connor suggests the cost of moving up could be similar to when the Philadelphia 76ers traded No. 3 and a future first from the Sacramento Kings to the Boston Celtics for No. 1, which became the Markelle Fultz for Jayson Tatum trade.

Wiseman entered the draft season as the top rated prospect but he played in just three games at Memphis.

The Minnesota Timberwolves admitted they have yet to zero in on one player with the first overall pick, but Gersson Rosas is confident they will identify that player by the time they're on the clock on Nov. 18.

"The analysis is fair," Rosas said during Wednesday's videoconference availability. "There's no guy that has separated himself from the pack from public or external view, but I'm very confident that as we go through this process, the talent will rise to the top and we'll be confident about identifying one guy as the best guy, the best talented player with the most upside and most ability for our organization."

Minnesota will conduct interviews while also exploring the trade market.

"For us, we typically study the draft from 1 to whatever number we feel like is a draftable player," Rosas said. "And we'll evaluate those guys for trade scenarios, trade back, trade out, for undrafted free-agent opportunities, for minor league opportunities, so we really beat up the draft board as much as can all the way up until the draft.

"But I do, now, at the stage that we're at, about a month out, we have formulated a lot of opinions, but you want to challenge those as much as you can here as you go all the way up to draft night, but our staff has done an unbelievable job."

Anthony Edwards, James Wiseman and LaMelo Ball are widely considered the top three prospects in the draft.

The Minnesota Timberwolves have interest in trading down from the No. 1 overall pick or out of the drat altogether for a win-now player, executives around the NBA tell Kevin O'Connor of The Ringer.

Towns can't become a free agent until 2024, but the Wolves have an accelerated timeline of contention.  Russell is signed through 22-23. The Wolves last reached the playoffs in 2018.

Gersson Rosas took over the Minnesota front office in 2019.

The Golden State Warriors also are believed to have interest in trading down from No. 2 for a win-now player.

The Houston Rockets will interview David Vanterpool for their head coaching job.

Vanterpool spent seven seasons on the staff of the Portland Trail Blazers before becoming the top assistant with the Minnesota Timberwolves a year ago.

The Rockets are searching for a replacement for Mike D'Antoni.