Minnesota improved its rotation Thursday, hours ahead of the NBA trade deadline.

The Timberwolves completed a deal to bring in Ayo Dosunmu and Julian Phillips from Chicago in exchange for Rob Dillingham, Leonard Miller and four second-round picks, a source confirmed to the Pioneer Press.

Dosunmu is the prize in the transaction. The recently turned 26-year-old guard is averaging 15 points per game this season while shooting 45% from 3-point range and serving as an apt defender.

He’s a facsimile of Nickeil Alexander-Walker, the standout reserve guard Minnesota lost to free agency last summer, and hasn’t been able to replace thus far this season.

Dosunmu slides in nicely as Minnesota’s seventh man. And, along with Naz Reid and Bones Hyland, who’s shown flashes of late, Minnesota could have a sound top eight with which to move toward the postseason.