Could the Mavericks be eyeing up the young Timberwolves star?
It’s easy to forget, given the playoff success they’ve had in the last few years, but the Minnesota Timberwolves are still a very young team.
With Anthony Edwards being the leader at just 23 years old, they have a bright young core that still feels like they can develop into an amazing squad.
Aside from Rudy Gobert and Mike Conley, who are on the wrong side of 30, the Timberwolves have a team filled with some bright, youthful talent.
But one young star in particular has caught the eye of the Dallas Mavericks assistant GM, as he praised the way he has developed so quickly.
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Mavs assistant GM praises Terrence Shannon
Dallas Mavericks assistant GM Matt Riccardi did an interview with the team’s YouTube channel. He talked about the evolving nature of the draft.
He spoke about Minnesota Timberwolves rookie Terrence Shannon, who is older than Anthony Edwards, but is making up a lot of ground in his development.
“Now there are 23-year-olds coming out. Terrence Shannon comes in after, I don’t know, it seemed like he was in college for 10 years. right, and contributes for Minnesota’s last few games in the playoffs.”
“The craziest part about what I heard this morning, Shannon is older than Anthony Edwards, but he’s a rookie.”
“Everyone thinks Ant’s been in the league X amount of years, and now he’s going to take this rookie under his wing who just got there.”
“Terrence Shannon is older than Anthony Edwards. It’s fascinating. It definitely changes the landscape a little bit.”
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Timberwolves must build the right way
This current Western Conference Finals run has shown that the Minnesota Timberwolves are still not at the level to compete for a championship.
Of course, a miraculous comeback from down 3-1 will prove that statement wrong, but there are some gaping holes in their current roster.
If they continue to try and build through the draft, they might not find as much success, because with their expected regular-season record, they won’t be picking very high.
It’s time that the new ownership considers a real opportunity to make changes to their front office to give them a better chance at competing for a title.