Minnesota Timberwolves: Predicting the Starting Five

The Minnesota Timberwolves’ offseason is all but over, with pretty much nothing happening over the course of the past month. There is still an outside chance the team could land a player such as Lauri Markkanen or Paul Millsap, but the most likely outcome is they go into the season with their current roster – possibly with either/both of Jordan McLaughlin and Jarred Vanderbilt.

The Minnesota Timberwolves are one of a few teams that should get better (despite not adding much) due to several factors – one of which was their injury misfortune last year – another being player development from Anthony Edwards, Jaden McDaniels, among others.

Minnesota Timberwolves: Predicting the starting five

The Timberwolves are one of the youngest teams in the NBA still, and have a chance to push for at least the play-in bracket – if not more – should everything go right for them this season. That said, if Minnesota continues to be one of the worse Western Conference teams with full, healthy seasons from each of Karl-Anthony Towns, D’Angelo Russell, Malik Beasley, and Anthony Edwards – there will have to be a discussion about the future of the team and its general manager, Gersson Rosas.

Presumably, though, the Timberwolves are going to be a solid, competitive NBA team in 2021-22. They have talent across their team (especially the starting lineup). Should things go well for them, the Timberwolves could be a league-wide surprise. In Bleacher Report’s latest NBA power rankings, the Timberwolves were ranked 20th – just behind the Memphis Grizzlies (19th), Los Angeles Clippers (18th), and Indiana Pacers (17th) – and that seems about right with the promise that Minnesota has combined with the lack of proven success behind the current core of players.

Now, let’s project the starting five.