{"id":159144,"date":"2025-07-09T21:11:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T21:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/159144\/"},"modified":"2025-07-09T21:11:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T21:11:09","slug":"timberwolves-sign-rocco-zikarsky-to-two-way-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/159144\/","title":{"rendered":"Timberwolves Sign Rocco Zikarsky To Two-Way Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Timberwolves have officially added second-round pick <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/z\/zikarro01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-07-09_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rocco Zikarsky<\/a> to their roster, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/timberwolves\/news\/timberwolves-sign-rocco-zikarsky-to-two-way-contract\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">announcing today in a press release<\/a> that the 7\u20193\u2033 center has signed a two-way contract with the team.<\/p>\n<p>Zikarsky, who will turn 19 on Friday, has been a member of the Brisbane Bullets in Australia\u2019s National Basketball League for the last two seasons. The Australian big man appeared in 18 games for the team in 2024\/25, averaging 4.6 points and 3.4 rebounds in 11.8 minutes per contest.<\/p>\n<p>The Bulls technically selected Zikarsky with the No. 45 overall pick on draft night last month, but they did so on behalf of the Timberwolves. The Lakers <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hoopsrumors.com\/2025\/06\/lakers-trading-55th-pick-cash-to-bulls-for-45th-pick.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">initially agreed<\/a> to move up from No. 55 to No. 45 in a deal with the Bulls, then <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hoopsrumors.com\/2025\/06\/lakers-to-acquire-no-36-pick-adou-thiero.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">flipped<\/a> that pick to Minnesota in a deal for No. 36.<\/p>\n<p>Zikarsky\u2019s rights were officially traded to the Wolves as part of the seven-team <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/d\/duranke01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-07-09_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kevin Durant<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hoopsrumors.com\/2025\/07\/seven-team-kevin-durant-trade-officially-finalized.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">blockbuster<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hoopsrumors.com\/2025\/07\/2025-26-nba-two-way-contract-tracker.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">our tracker<\/a> shows, Minnesota now has a pair of players on two-way contracts, with Zikarsky joining fellow center <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/e\/edwarje01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-07-09_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jesse Edwards<\/a>. The Wolves have one more two-way slot available and free agent guard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/n\/newtotr01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-07-09_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tristen Newton<\/a> is the favorite to fill it, having received a two-way qualifying offer from the club at the end of June.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Timberwolves have officially added second-round pick Rocco Zikarsky to their roster, announcing today in a press release&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":159145,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3782],"tags":[7,307,152,3954,6,2446,308],"class_list":{"0":"post-159144","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-minnesota-timberwolves","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-minnesota","10":"tag-minnesota-timberwolves","11":"tag-minnesotatimberwolves","12":"tag-nba","13":"tag-rocco-zikarsky","14":"tag-timberwolves"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114825336582577182","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159144\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}