NEWS: Timberwolves recall center Joan Beringer from G-League affiliate Iowa Wolves.
January 5, 2026
In last night's 120-110 win over Sioux Falls, Beringer finished with 14 points on 7-7 shooting, 13 rebounds, 5 blocks and 2 steals.
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just let him get some burn Finch I beg of you, can’t be any worse than the non-Rudy minutes we have now
Last year when TJ was recalled from the g league I thought that meant he would play straight away, but it still took a while for him to crack the rotation. Hopefully this is still a step towards him getting some meaningful minutes
A recall?
Is he broken?
Is there a reason if he’s not gonna get run time? Just let him ball in Iowa.
You can’t tell me he can’t make a Naz/Joan, Randle/Joan lineup a little better defensively than the current Naz/Randle one.
POGGERS
Someone must have listened to Dane and Kyle’s latest pod 😂
I doubt he’ll get a chance this season unless Gobert misses time, which I am mostly fine with, he’s very young and inexperienced. I’d prefer he could get a 5 min first half stint here and there though.
The thing with Finch that I don’t trust is that there is an actual pathway for him in year 2 and beyond to become an integral member of the team. He has not shown he’s willing to bend and let the end of bench guys ever have an opportunity at a featured role.
Clark is probably the closest to finally getting there but even his role still varies a lot night in night out.
Why wasn’t he with the team last night?!
I did not watch the game, but looking at the box score, Beringer had +19 in 33 minutes, and Freeman had -23 in 32 minutes. Wild stats, perhaps Beringer impacted the game on both ends that much.
His highlights are awesome the blocks are insane and he utilized his hook/push shot multiple times instead of just dunks.
Let him run a couple minutes in the second with Joe. Joe has been teaching Joan in real time.
I do think they need to give him a couple of games with at least 10 minutes just to see what it looks like before the trade deadline.
Either way, I think you go get another. center. But maybe he plays well and you don’t need to target a top tier backup.
Easy to find minutes for him. Clark and MC are serviceable but we won’t miss them.
need someone to play center now that rudys doin more ball handling
Finch hate young guys so he gonna be sitting there talking to rob on the bench lmao sad because Joan could help the non rudy minutes not be as bad probably just trade first for rotation players who finch will actually play at this point
Cant be any worse than Jaden playing 34 minutes and scoring 5 points.
17 comments
just let him get some burn Finch I beg of you, can’t be any worse than the non-Rudy minutes we have now
Last year when TJ was recalled from the g league I thought that meant he would play straight away, but it still took a while for him to crack the rotation. Hopefully this is still a step towards him getting some meaningful minutes
A recall?
Is he broken?
Is there a reason if he’s not gonna get run time? Just let him ball in Iowa.
You can’t tell me he can’t make a Naz/Joan, Randle/Joan lineup a little better defensively than the current Naz/Randle one.
POGGERS
Someone must have listened to Dane and Kyle’s latest pod 😂
I doubt he’ll get a chance this season unless Gobert misses time, which I am mostly fine with, he’s very young and inexperienced. I’d prefer he could get a 5 min first half stint here and there though.
The thing with Finch that I don’t trust is that there is an actual pathway for him in year 2 and beyond to become an integral member of the team. He has not shown he’s willing to bend and let the end of bench guys ever have an opportunity at a featured role.
Clark is probably the closest to finally getting there but even his role still varies a lot night in night out.
Why wasn’t he with the team last night?!
I did not watch the game, but looking at the box score, Beringer had +19 in 33 minutes, and Freeman had -23 in 32 minutes. Wild stats, perhaps Beringer impacted the game on both ends that much.
Edit: found some [highlights](https://x.com/emilianonaiar8/status/2008206858423607660?s=46)
His highlights are awesome the blocks are insane and he utilized his hook/push shot multiple times instead of just dunks.
Let him run a couple minutes in the second with Joe. Joe has been teaching Joan in real time.
I do think they need to give him a couple of games with at least 10 minutes just to see what it looks like before the trade deadline.
Either way, I think you go get another. center. But maybe he plays well and you don’t need to target a top tier backup.
Easy to find minutes for him. Clark and MC are serviceable but we won’t miss them.
need someone to play center now that rudys doin more ball handling
Finch hate young guys so he gonna be sitting there talking to rob on the bench lmao sad because Joan could help the non rudy minutes not be as bad probably just trade first for rotation players who finch will actually play at this point
Cant be any worse than Jaden playing 34 minutes and scoring 5 points.