What the Minnesota Timberwolves can do this offseason
- ›Minimum deals only for outside free agents — no cap room, and no exception left big enough to use.
- ›Hard-capped at the second apron — triggered by Jonathan Kuminga taxpayer MLE signing, so it can't cross that line the rest of the season.
- ›Over the first apron: capped at 100% salary matching in trades.
- ›Draft capital: 1 extra incoming pick, owes 15.
CapTax1A2A
Minimum$3.9M
Projected record
44-38
Projected net rating
+1.7
Current baseline
44 wins · +1.7 net
Full standings · models the position-aware rotation, a real-age aging curve, perimeter defense, and a bounded penalty for a structural hole; a talent-on-hand projection, not a full-season forecast (no coaching or playoff translation).
Team profile · on-court identity + fit
Offense
B-
56
Defense
B-
56
Spacing
B
61
Playmaking
D
32
Rim protection
B+
62
Perimeter D
B
59
Rebounding
C+
48
Spacing +1.9Defensive core +1Defense +0.6Connectors +0.6Balanced +0.5Thin playmaking -1.1
InjuredDonte DiVincenzo Torn Achilles (out for season)
Grades are minutes-weighted from the projected rotation; the chips are the fit read — how much each strength or gap is worth in net rating, on top of raw talent. Dimensions come from each player’s real 2025-26 box profile. Injuries are real reported facts, factored into projected minutes.
Projected rotation · minutes by position, best players first
PGPoint
65LaMelo BallST25y28m
72Anthony Edwards25y5m
55Bones Hyland26y15m
50Ayo Dosunmu27y1m
SGShooting
72Anthony EdwardsST25y26m
53Jaden McDaniels26y2m
50Ayo Dosunmu27y19m
55Bones Hyland26y2m
SFSmall F
53Jaden McDanielsST26y28m
72Anthony Edwards25y5m
47Jaylen Clark25y13m
44Terrence Shannon Jr.26y2m
PFPower F
48Jonathan KumingaST24y23m
53Jaden McDaniels26y2m
49Trey Lyles27y20m
CCenter
73Rudy GobertST34y31m
51Joan Beringer20y8m
Out of rotation · no projected minutes in the 240-a-night budget
41Isaiah Evans32Cody Williams58Donte DiVincenzoTorn Achilles
Projected minutes from the position-aware rotation model: five on-court spots share a fixed 240-minute-a-night budget, best players first, with versatile players (their secondary spot shown on hover) sliding to a second position. ST = projected starter. Not a coach’s actual rotation.
Roster (14)
72SGAnthony Edwards$48.9M
65PGLaMelo Ball$40.8M
73CRudy Gobert$36.5M
53SFJaden McDaniels$26.2M
50PGAyo DosunmuNO-TRADE$19.3M
58PGDonte DiVincenzo$12.5M
48PFJonathan KumingaNO-TRADE$6.1M
32SGCody Williams$6.0M
51CJoan Beringer$4.4M
47SGJaylen ClarkNO-TRADE$3.2M
44SGTerrence Shannon Jr.$2.8M
55PGBones HylandNO-TRADE$2.4M
49PFTrey LylesNO-TRADE$2.4M
41SGIsaiah EvansNO-TRADE$1.4M
Draft capital
Own first-rounders
’27 → UTA’28 swap w/ CHA’29 prot 1-5’29 swap w/ CHA’30 swap w/ SAS’31 → SAC’32 kept’33 → CHA
Incoming picks & swap rights
’30 2nd · conditional
Full ledger — 1 in, 15 out
in 2030 — second round draft pick from Memphis
out 2027 — first round draft pick to Memphis, Utah or Phoenix
out 2027 — second round draft pick to Portland
out 2028 — first round draft pick to Charlotte (swap, Charlotte incoming)
out 2028 — second round draft pick to Denver
out 2029 — first round draft pick to Utah or Charlotte (overlaps with another outgoing pick from Minnesota)
out 2029 — first round draft pick to Charlotte or Phoenix (Charlotte, Cleveland or Utah incoming, overlaps with another outgoing pick from Minnesota)
out 2029 — second round draft pick to Charlotte
out 2030 — first round draft pick outgoing (San Antonio or Dallas incoming, connects to another outgoing pick from Minnesota)
out 2030 — first round draft pick to Charlotte (Minnesota, San Antonio or Dallas outgoing, Charlotte incoming, connects from another outgoing pick from Minnesota)
out 2030 — second round draft pick to Detroit
out 2031 — first round draft pick to Sacramento
out 2031 — second round draft pick to Chicago or Detroit
out 2032 — second round draft pick to Charlotte
out 2033 — first round draft pick to Charlotte
out 2033 — second round draft pick to Charlotte