Minnesota Timberwolves: Best remaining unrestricted free agents to consider

Minnesota Timberwolves Free Agent Option No. 3: Langston Galloway

Langston Galloway is another option in the combo guard category.

Despite standing only 6-foot-1, Galloway has played almost exclusively shooting guard in recent years. He was an important member of the Detroit Pistons rotation from 2017 to 2020 after signing a three-year, $21 million contract.

Similar to Moore, Galloway was a fringe member of the Suns’ rotation last year and only appeared in two playoff games for the Western Conference Champions.

Galloway isn’t the defender that Moore is, but he’s a fantastic shooter. His career 3-point shooting percentage is 37 percent, but over the past two seasons, he’s making 40.4 percent of his long-range attempts.

Signing Galloway would be more along the lines of a value addition. The basic thought here is that he deserves to be on a roster and in a rotation, and the Wolves need outside shooting and backcourt depth. If Minnesota can add Galloway at a reasonable price, they shouldn’t turn their nose up at the idea.

In some ways, Galloway could be redundant with Jaylen Nowell’s skill set, but the Wolves also need to be convinced that Nowell can provide rotation-worthy production as the team tries to make the leap into playoff contention.

There’s an old adage that applies here, as well: a team can never have enough shooting. The Wolves, of course, finished No. 25 in the league in 3-point shooting last year and No. 28 in 2019-20. Having a healthy Towns and a healthy Russell will go a long way towards finding success in that department, but adding Galloway as a legitimate depth piece wouldn’t be a bad idea, either.

Again, the Wolves are only likely to make an addition in the event that one or both of McLaughlin and Vanderbilt don’t return. But until the duo of restricted free agents is actually locked up, anything could happen.