For a while there, it looked like Jordan McLaughlin wasn't going to get back in the Minnesota Timberwolves’ rotation. In the first two months of the season, things were a bit out of sorts. His shot wasn’t falling and it seemed like there just weren’t enough point guard minutes to go around.
Which was unfortunate, considering the Wolves signed him to a three-year, $6.48 million contract just last summer. The length (two years + a non-guaranteed third year) signaled he’d locked up the backup point guard role going forward, but after Patrick Beverley was acquired things got a bit more complicated.