Ranking the Minnesota Timberwolves' three best contracts

Ranking the Minnesota Timberwolves’ three best contracts

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Minnesota Timberwolves, Karl-Anthony Towns, Jake Layman

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2. Jake Layman, Forward

2019-20: $3.6M

2020-21: $3.8M

2021-22: $3.9M

Jake Layman has been a pleasant surprise for the Timberwolves this past season. Though he has missed the majority of the season due to injury, he has shown a lot of promise on both ends of the floor towards becoming a long-term role player.

The Minnesota Timberwolves signed Layman, who was a Trail Blazers restricted free agent, to a three-year, $10 million contract this past summer. While he has only played 23 total games due to injury, finding cheap forwards that have the ability to stretch the floor usually cost a tremendous amount more than what Layman is currently making.

Layman is averaging just over nine points on 7.8 field goal attempts per game. He’s also picking up three rebounds, one assist, and one rebound per game. He is shooting on splits of 45/33/75. While Layman is no All-Star, he is a surefire role player that can contribute minutes in playoff series.

Layman is also really solid on defense. He’s not the best two-way 3&D player in the NBA (I’m looking at you, Robert Covington), but he is enough to have a role on virtually any NBA team.

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