On Sunday, the idle Timberwolves announced that they had called up rookie big man Justin Patton to the active roster.
Patton has sat on the bench with the big club for a couple of short stints earlier this year but has yet to step on the court in an NBA game. In 38 games in the G-League with the Iowa Wolves, Patton scored 12.7 points, pulled down 5.4 rebounds, and tallied 1.4 blocks per game.
Don’t expect Patton to play much, obviously, although it was games precisely like Saturday evening’s blowout loss in Philadelphia that would present an ideal opportunity for Tom Thibodeau to get the rookie some run at the NBA level.