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Minnesota Timberwolves: Fallout from the release of Tyrone Wallace

By Andrew Ites

MINNEAPOLIS, MN - OCTOBER 2: Tyrone Wallace #3 of the Minnesota Timberwolves passes the ball at practice during 2019 Training Camp on October 2, 2019 at Bresnan Arena in Taylor Center, Minnesota State, Mankato in Mankato, Minnesota. 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. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2019 NBAE (Photo by David Sherman/NBAE via Getty Images)
MINNEAPOLIS, MN - OCTOBER 2: Tyrone Wallace #3 of the Minnesota Timberwolves passes the ball at practice during 2019 Training Camp on October 2, 2019 at Bresnan Arena in Taylor Center, Minnesota State, Mankato in Mankato, Minnesota. 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. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2019 NBAE (Photo by David Sherman/NBAE via Getty Images) /
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The Minnesota Timberwolves came into training camp with a glut of guards competing for a roster spot and that position cleared up a bit after the release of Tyrone Wallace.

The Minnesota Timberwolves shook up the point guard rotation this offseason after letting Derrick Rose and Tyus Jones walk in free agency.

New president of basketball operations Gersson Rosas brought in Tyrone Wallace this summer to compete for point guard minutes, but he’s now been waived (according to Woj) after an unimpressive preseason.

To be fair to Wallace, he didn’t get much opportunity to show his skills in a preseason game as he only played double-digit minutes twice this October.

The Wolves had guaranteed $300,000 of Wallace’s salary, and they have to be a bit disappointed in that investment by paying him that money without any contributions in the regular season.

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This move leaves Jeff Teague, Shabazz Napier, and Jordan McLaughlin as the only true point guards left on the roster.

I don’t expect McLaughlin to make the 15-man regular season roster, so Teague and Napier will likely get a lion’s share of the minutes at point guard this year.

The Wolves have talked about Jarrett Culver getting some playing time at point guard after he was Texas Tech’s primary ball-handler for much of last season.

The waiving of Wallace shows that Minnesota is pretty confident in Culver’s ball-handling abilities if Teague or Napier are either off the floor or get injured at some point this season.

It also takes one more player off of the roster bubble and gives Keita Bates-Diop a better chance to make the team after it looked like he was fighting Wallace for one of those final spots.

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We’ll see what the Wolves decide to do with Jordan McLaughlin, but for now it looks like Jeff Teague and Shabazz Napier will be the only true point guards on the team entering the regular season with the expectation that Jarrett Culver will get some ball-handling responsibilities after a strong preseason.

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