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Timberwolves target veteran guards as final roster spot as season nears<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a><\/p>\n

The Minnesota Timberwolves have been on the cusp of the NBA Finals over the past few seasons; however, they have yet to achieve this goal.<\/p>\n

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With their eyes on an NBA Finals berth, the team\u00a0 are looking to make more significant roster changes.<\/p>\n

So far this offseason, they re-signed Julius Randle and Naz Reid to contract extensions, solidifying their front court. Now with the 2025-26 season approaching, the team could be looking to fill its final roster spot with a proven veteran guard.<\/p>\n

According to the Athletic’s Jon Krawczynsk<\/a>i, Minnesota is looking to fill its final roster spot to strengthen its backcourt.<\/p>\n

“Their recent signings of Johnny Juzang to a training camp deal and Enrique Freeman to a two-way contract essentially leave one open spot on the roster that the team plans to use on guard to bolster the depth behind Mike Conley and Rob Dillingham,” he wrote.<\/p>\n

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He added that the team has explored several options, including Bones Hyland,Malcolm Brodgon, Cam Payne, Payen, and Landry Shamet.<\/p>\n

The Timberwolves’ backcourt features veteran Mike Conley and Rob Dillingham, who often play next to Anthony Edwards. Adding another quality ball handler could provide valuable insurance for\u2014the upcoming season.<\/p>\n

Bones Hyland, who spent part of \u00a0last season with the Iowa Wolves, signed a two-way contract with Minnesota annd appeareds in four games. He remains in the front runner for the final spot.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cam Payne and Lamdry Shamet both last played for the Knicks last season, proving to be solid rotational players for a team that went to the Conference Finals last season.<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, Brodgon, the 2023 \u00a0Sixth Man of the Year, last played with the Washington Wizards, would add proven playmaking and another veteran leader to any team he joins.<\/p>\n

With Mike Conley nearing retirement, the Timberwolves appeared determined to continue their ascent and climb towards an NBA Finals berth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Timberwolves target veteran guards as final roster spot as season nears originally appeared on The Sporting News The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":233449,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3782],"tags":[375,7,7291,11816,3458,10934,376,304,4988,371,307,152,3954,520,6,1220,977,6841,308,468],"class_list":{"0":"post-233448","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-minnesota-timberwolves","8":"tag-anthony-edwards","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-bones-hyland","11":"tag-cam-payne","12":"tag-enrique-freeman","13":"tag-johnny-juzang","14":"tag-julius-randle","15":"tag-knicks","16":"tag-landry-shamet","17":"tag-mike-conley","18":"tag-minnesota","19":"tag-minnesota-timberwolves","20":"tag-minnesotatimberwolves","21":"tag-naz-reid","22":"tag-nba","23":"tag-nba-finals","24":"tag-rob-dillingham","25":"tag-roster-spot","26":"tag-timberwolves","27":"tag-washington-wizards"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115035592778634421","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233448","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=233448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233448\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/233449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}