Minnesota Timberwolves roster locks heading into camp

By the end of training camp, the Minnesota Timberwolves need to figure out which 15 players will make the regular season roster. Here are the players I think are locks to make the squad.

The Minnesota Timberwolves come into this season with plenty of new faces in the front office, on the coaching staff, and on the roster.

Gersson Rosas and the rest of the front office have done a good job of building a deep team in Minnesota, which will make cutting the squad down to 15 men a difficult task for him and Ryan Saunders.

With Jeff Teague being the only player over 30 years old on the roster, the Wolves will have a much younger team than they did during the Tom Thibodeau “TimberBulls” years.

The elder statesman Teague is locked in to the roster unless Rosas can find some way to trade him before the season begins.

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Karl-Anthony Towns, Andrew Wiggins, a healthy Robert Covington, and Josh Okogie are all locks to make the squad after getting significant playing time last season.

Gorgui Dieng is another holdover from last year who’s expected to make the roster, but his massive contract should be on the trading block as well.

The rest of the team will be made up of new additions or young players who haven’t caught their big break yet.

Jarrett Culver is a lock to wear an NBA uniform this season after being selected with the sixth overall pick in this year’s draft. His two years of experience at Texas Tech should help him avoid spending much time in the G League as a rookie.

Shabazz Napier, Noah Vonleh, Jake Layman, Treveon Graham, and Jordan Bell should all make the roster as well and have fairly significant roles early on. None of these free agent additions provide a ton of star power, but Rosas and the front office did a good job of filling out this team around the margins.

Those players mentioned above will likely be the 12 who are in uniform each and every night as long as they stay healthy.

Tyrone Wallace has a great shot to be the 13th man on the squad, but I hesitate to call him a “roster lock” at this point.

That leaves three spots open for the rest of the roster to fight for, and there are some notable names on the roster bubble due to the Wolves’ surprisingly deep well of talent.