Going into the offseason, it was clear that the Wolves had limited options to improve the team. Large contracts for Gorgui Dieng, Jimmy Butler, Jeff Teague, Taj Gibson, and the new contract extension for Andrew Wiggins essentially account for the team’s complete payroll. On top of that, there is the extension coming for Karl-Anthony Towns that could shoot this team into the luxury tax level.
Thus, the Wolves were armed with a mid-level exception, a late first-round pick, and a restricted free agency to deal with in Nemanja Bjelica.