Grading Minnesota Timberwolves players at the All-Star break
#12 – Cole Aldrich
Grade: F
0.6 points, 33.3 field goal percentage, 0.0 3-point percentage, 0.5 rebounds, 0.1 assists, 0.2 steals, 0.1 blocks
Cole Aldrich has sort of grown into one of the fan favorites; being from Minnesota and being the first one out of his seat when a player does something helps that cause.
When he does enter the game, the crowd at the Target Center goes crazy. Even the players love to see the man get playing time.
Cole Aldrich throws down the two handed slam, Wolves bench enjoys it pic.twitter.com/WQpjm7D0mf
— CJ Fogler account may or may not be notable (@cjzero) January 1, 2018
It’s hard to grade him because there was never high expectations entering the season. He’s being overpaid and there’s no questioning that, making a little over $7 million this season. For a player who has barely seen time and that it almost has to be the garbage time of all garbage time, Aldrich is making way too much. Minnesota did expect to get a different player when they signed him during the 2016 offseason.
Nonetheless, this has been his worst season thus far in his career, with the points per game number sitting even lower than his rookie year in which he averaged one point a game.
He will be a free agent at the end of this season, so he may resign with the team on a minimum deal. Other than that, I can’t really see many teams paying much money to have him on their roster. The former Jayhawk never had big expectations this year, but when he’s played, he hasn’t been good.