Minnesota Timberwolves: Why the 2021 season will be better than 2020

Minnesota Timberwolves: Why the 2021 season will be better than 2020

Improved 3-point shooting

One thing we know for sure about the Gersson Rosas and Ryan Saunders pairing is that we will see a lot of 3-pointers shots being put up by Wolves players. Saunders has made it a point to give virtually all Timberwolves players the confidence to fire from deep.

This is highlighted by the fact Minnesota shot the third-most threes of any team this season at 39.7 per game. That’s up from 28.7 attempts during the 2018-19 season, which was only No. 26 in the league.

While Timberwolves players have the green light to shoot from deep they were not efficient this season, to say the least. In fact, they only ranked No. 28 overall in 3-point percentage at 33.6.

It is a given that the Wolves will keep firing away from 3-point range during the 2020-21 season, but it looks as though their 3-point efficiency is bound to go up with the new players added to the roster at the 2020 trade deadline.

Since becoming Timberwolves, Malik Beasley shot 42.6 percent from three, Juancho Hernangomez hit at a 42 percent clip, James Johnson shot 37 percent, and D’Angelo Russell was at 34.5 percent.

If Minnesota can retain Beasley and Hernangomez and Johnson picks up his player option, the Timberwolves can be lethal shooting the ball. Don’t forget, they have KAT on the roster as well, the best shooting big man in the NBA.

There is also free agency and the potential to trade for better shooting this offseason as well. No matter what happens between now and the start of the season, however, the Wolves are bound to be a more efficient 3-point shooting team.