On June 28, just a few days before NBA free agency began, Timberwolves coach Chris Finch was speaking about the team's need to develop the young talent it had on the roster.
Usually that meant Finch was talking about the two young players who see the most minutes: Anthony Edwards and Jaden McDaniels.
But during those comments, Finch threw in another name unprompted into that discussion — Jaylen Nowell.
"One thing we know for sure is that the internal development of Ant and Jaden and Jaylen, those three guys in particular, will be the single biggest driver of how far we can go next year before we do anything else," Finch said then.