Last November, the Minnesota Timberwolves traded Jimmy Butler and Justin Patton to the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for Robert Covington, Dario Saric, and Jerryd Bayless.
Covington and Saric were co-headliners in the return, with Covington representing the 3-and-D player the Wolves have never had while Saric was the younger player with the higher upside.
Saric began his Wolves career in an unfamiliar spot. After starting for much of his first two-plus years in the NBA, Saric found himself coming off the bench in Minnesota, playing roughly 20 minutes a night backing up veteran big man Taj Gibson.