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Timberwolves Complete Buyout with Shabazz Muhammad

So it happened:

Shabazz Muhammad has agreed to a contract buyout with Minnesota in hopes of signing with a playoff contender, league sources tell ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) March 2, 2018

This has been rumored for a while, and it’s now done. Shabazz Muhammad is no longer a member of the Timberwolves.

There were moments over his first few seasons when it looked like Muhammad might develop into a useful bench scorer, but he could never quite put everything together. His poor defensive awareness and single-minded game never developed.