Minnesota Timberwolves: 10 wing options in free agency

9. Avery Bradley

Avery Bradley is one of the players that Darren Wolfson mentioned on his podcast earlier in the week as someone the Timberwolves will likely have interest in acquiring.

The long-time Boston Celtic split last season between Detroit and the Clippers. He remains an extremely average 3-point shooter, logging a career mark of 36.6 percent, and rarely gets to the free throw line, never even managing to average two free throw attempts per game in his eight-year career.

Bradley has a reputation as a good defender, although his skill on that end of the floor seems to be a bit exaggerated. Over the course of his career, advances stats and metrics suggest that he’s largely a below average defensive player, and while that may not necessarily be true, it is certainly damaging to his overall image as a defensive player.

For instance, according to ESPN’s Real Plus-Minus, Bradley came in at 49th among shooting guards with a defensive real plus-minus of -0.53.

Bradley would still be a solid contributor off the bench, but he’s the prototypical good-at-most-things-but-not-great-at-anything player. That’s okay for a sixth man, but for the way that Tom Thibodeau staggers his lineup, it’s likely more prudent for the Wolves to find a couple of players that would classify as specialists.