Minnesota Timberwolves Depth chart after Day 1 of free agency frenzy

Turn to the 2022 Timberwolves depth chart at the trade deadline

To fully get a sense of what the Timberwolves value, and where this Timberwolves depth chart is going, we’ll need to add more data points. And to do that, we’ll need to turn the calendar back to the initial Timberwolves depth chart for the 2022-23 NBA season.

We know that the Timberwolves upgraded the roster at the 2023 NBA Trade Deadline when the team traded away PG D’Angelo Russell and outright released Bryn Forbes, acquiring veteran PG Mike Conley Jr. and Nickeil Alexander-Walker in the exchange.

Rotation:    PG                   SG                               SF                             PF                                     C
S: Mike Conley Jr. | Anthony Edwards | Jaden McDaniels | Karl-Anthony Towns | Rudy Gobert
B: Jordan McLaughlin | Jaylen Nowell | Kyle Anderson| Taurean Prince |  Naz  Reid
R: Austin Rivers | Nickeil Alexander-Walker | Wendell Moore Jr.  | Josh Minott | Nathan Knight

Two Two-Way Contracts: C Luka Garza and F Matt Ryan

That was a step in the right direction, as the team certainly seemed to coalesce a far better locker room chemistry without Russell. and both Conley Jr. and Alexander-Walker played huge roles for the Timberwolves in the 2023 NBA Playoffs. But where did the Timberwolves’ depth chart begin to start the 2022-23 NBA season?

Initial 2022-23 Timberwolves Depth Chart

If you recall, the Minnesota Timberwolves had to do a bit of a scramble after the Rudy Gobert trade, and the team ended up filling out the roster with a number of players who Timberwolves President Tim Connelly recognized from his Denver Nuggets days:

So what did the team’s initial 2022 Timberwolves depth chart look like for comparison’s sake?

Rotation:    PG                   SG                               SF                             PF                                     C
S: D’Angelo Russell | Anthony Edwards | Jaden McDaniels | Karl-Anthony Towns | Rudy Gobert
B: Jordan McLaughlin | Jaylen Nowell | Kyle Anderson| Taurean Prince |  Naz  Reid
R: Austin Rivers | Bryn Forbes  | Wendell Moore Jr.  | Josh Minott | Nathan Knight

Two Two-Way Contracts: C Luka Garza and F Matt Ryan

Now we can compare the two.