Much of the Timberwolves\u2019 long-term core is locked up for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n
Anthony Edwards, LaMelo Ball, Ayo Dosunmu and Jaden McDaniels are all inked through at least the 2028-29 season.<\/p>\n
The future of the organization\u2019s basketball boss isn\u2019t as clear.<\/p>\n
Timberwolves president of basketball operations Tim Connelly is in the final year of his contract. So, the man in charge of the long-term health of the roster could feasibly depart on his own accord.<\/p>\n
Connelly has given no indications he\u2019d make such a move. When questioned about his contract status on media day Monday, he reiterated his happiness with his current situation, noting his third child was born in Minnesota, and he and his family \u201cfeel really part of this Minnesota community.\u201d<\/p>\n
Connelly added that his focus is on \u201ccontinuing to build and continuing to win games.\u201d<\/p>\n
He noted his time in Minnesota marks the first instance in which his contract status was known. Still, it is odd to lack a cemented long-term commitment in his role. Connelly has had potential outs at various points in his tenure \u2014 through contract options and available forays with other teams \u2014 but he\u2019s still in Minnesota.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s what Connelly uses as evidence that his \u201ccommitment has been pretty consistent\u201d to the organization.<\/p>\n
Minnesota has experienced a heavy dose of ownership flux in recent years, with a turmoil-filled transfer from Glen Taylor to Marc Lore and Alex Rodriguez in 2025, followed by Marc Lore selling his majority shares to Marc Stad last month.<\/p>\n
Connelly insists he\u2019s \u201cexcited\u201d about the new ownership group, adding he\u2019s \u201cbeen really fortunate to work with a lot of good people.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Timberwolves don\u2019t own their first-round pick in the NBA draft of any odd-numbered year until 2035, as Connelly has been consistently aggressive in reshaping Minnesota\u2019s roster through trades. The team\u2019s 2033 first-round pick was dealt to Charlotte in the Ball trade nearly as soon as it was made available by NBA league rules.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s one reason it would be ideal to know if the Wolves\u2019 top basketball decision-maker is in this for the long haul. But until a contract extension is formally struck, Minnesota will remain in a small form of limbo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Much of the Timberwolves\u2019 long-term core is locked up for the foreseeable future. Anthony Edwards, LaMelo Ball, Ayo…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":847757,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3782],"tags":[7,307,152,3954,6,66,3994,308],"class_list":["post-847756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-minnesota-timberwolves","tag-basketball","tag-minnesota","tag-minnesota-timberwolves","tag-minnesotatimberwolves","tag-nba","tag-sports","tag-tim-connelly","tag-timberwolves"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/117361748454450000","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/847756","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=847756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/847756\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/847757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=847756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=847756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=847756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}