The Minnesota Timberwolves’ three two-way players right now are Zyon Pullin, Rocco Zikarsky, and Enrique Freeman. Zikarsky and Freeman were two-way players all last season, and Pullin signed his two-way deal in March after playing with the Iowa Wolves.
Waiving a two-way player doesn’t impact a team’s salary cap picture. That means nothing is set in stone yet regarding whether the three Timberwolves players on two-way deals will remain the same once the regular season begins. As someone who received minimal playing time with Minnesota, Freeman’s hold on a two-way spot may be tenuous. Two players on training camp deals—Antonio Reeves and Norchad Omier—have played a little more than Freeman and have stood out more in their minutes.
Freeman hasn’t shown a clear NBA trait in his brief time
Despite being a two-way player for the Timberwolves all of last season, Freeman played in only four games for the NBA club. The 6-foot-9 forward hasn’t shown in that brief time—or in his 22 outings with the Indiana Pacers in 2024–25—that he is a definitive NBA player.
He’s not exactly young either, as he turned 26 on July 29. Freeman didn’t play in Minnesota’s most recent preseason game against the New York Knicks on Monday.
He has totaled just 16 minutes in his three preseason appearances and has shot 1-for-6 from the field. He’s attempted a good number of 3-pointers in the G League, but Freeman hasn’t connected on enough to be a true threat from deep.
Selected with the 50th overall pick in the 2024 NBA Draft, Freeman was an outstanding rebounder in college at Akron. That skill hasn’t exactly translated to the NBA, but he’s also only played 218 career minutes.
Reeves looks to be the better option
While I mentioned Omier, who has played a little more and shown a little more on the floor than Freeman, I think the biggest threat to taking Freeman’s two-way spot is Reeves. Reeves still has two-way eligibility.
He isn’t much younger than Freeman—he turns 26 on November 20—but Reeves has a discernible NBA skill. That would be his 3-point shooting.
Over 54 NBA games with the New Orleans Pelicans and Charlotte Hornets over the last two seasons, Reeves has made 58 of his 142 3-point attempts (40.8 percent). He shot a whopping 44.7 percent from beyond the arc in his final college season at Kentucky.
He even showed he has ice water in his veins by making a game-winner floater with 2.3 seconds left against the Miami Heat last Saturday.
Reeves has gone 3-for-5 from deep in the preseason. The Timberwolves could choose continuity and keep Freeman as a two-way player. If they choose upside and NBA viability, Reeves should take his spot.
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