Minnesota Timberwolves: 10 wing options in free agency

4. Wayne Ellington

Here’s another former Timberwolf who has found (much more) success playing elsewhere.

Ellington has bounced around quite a bit after leaving the Timberwolves via trade back in 2012. It took him awhile to find his niche in the NBA, but he found his role as a sharpshooter and legitimate rotation player with the Miami Heat over the past two seasons.

His career 3-point percentage is 38.1 percent, including a consistent 37.8 percent two years ago in Miami and 39.2 percent last year. Notably, he’s also a 42.6 percent shooter from the corners, and has made 45.9 percent of his corner threes in a Heat uniform.

Since going to Miami, Ellington attempted 77.5 percent of his field goal attempts from beyond the arc. Prior to being with the Heat, only 40.3 percent of his field goal attempts were threes.

Ellington has also turned into a decent defender, and while he’s primarily a shooting guard, can play the three — and even the one — in a pinch.

Somehow, Ellington will already be in his age-31 season next year. But if he maintains the same role that he had under Erik Spoelstra in Miami, he’ll be a valuable NBA contributor for the next several years.