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Minnesota Timberwolves: Top 5 remaining free agents

By Trey Flynn

SACRAMENTO, CA - APRIL 11: Vince Carter #15 of the Sacramento Kings. Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by Rocky Widner/NBAE via Getty Images)
SACRAMENTO, CA - APRIL 11: Vince Carter #15 of the Sacramento Kings. Copyright 2018 NBAE (Photo by Rocky Widner/NBAE via Getty Images) /
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LOS ANGELES, CA – MARCH 28: Kyle Kuzma #0 and Brook Lopez #11 of the Los Angeles Lakers leave the court for a time out in the game against the Dallas Mavericks at Staples Center on March 28, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images) NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement.
LOS ANGELES, CA – MARCH 28: Kyle Kuzma #0 and Brook Lopez #11 of the Los Angeles Lakers leave the court for a time out in the game against the Dallas Mavericks at Staples Center on March 28, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images) NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. /

No. 2 Brook Lopez

Brook Lopez is the ideal center in the NBA right now, a guy that can get boards and shoot from the arc is the perfect player to have at the big man position. Karl-Anthony Towns is essentially the ceiling of Brook Lopez but at a young age, and Lopez would fit perfectly at the back up center position to Towns.

Lopez will likely be re-signed by the Los Angeles Lakers, but who knows what Magic Johnson is thinking about doing with that team right now. With LeBron James going to LA, and them signing Javale McGee, there could be no use for Brook Lopez.

Although, the Lakers could use their mid-level of $8 million to get Lopez with the hope to still get Kawhi Leonard.

By looking at Lopez’s statistics, you can assume the Lakers have no idea how to use him. After seeing Lopez score close to 20 points per game for the majority of his career and then being shipped off the LA where he produced 13 points per game obviously shows a problem in their lineup usage.

Lopez would most likely sign a 1-2 year deal somewhere he can be used in the correct fashion and be respected as a very good big man. The Timberwolves could even do this by placing him at the four with Towns on the court – slowing down the offense but still being efficient. There are a lot of ways to use multi-faceted big men like Lopez and Towns.

This is still the most unlikely signing of the five free agents because Lopez will likely receive more money elsewhere with more upside of winning immediately, but he would be a fun piece in Minnesota.