Star Tribune · Jul 18, 2024
How many Timberwolves Summer League players are future contributors?
From left, President of Basketball Operations Tim Connelly, draft selections Rob Dillingham and Terrence Shannon Jr. and head coach Chris Finch.Unless something dramatic happens in the coming months of what should otherwise be a quiet rest of the offseason, the Timberwolves will enter next year returning the top seven rotation players from a 56-win, Western Conference final playoff team.
The starting lineup in this scenario is obvious: Anthony Edwards, Mike Conley Jr., Jaden McDaniels, Karl-Anthony Towns and Rudy Gobert. Then there is the NBA's official Sixth Man of the Year (Naz Reid) and unofficial seventh man of the year (Nickeil Alexander-Walker).