The Minnesota Timberwolves are completely capped out. Andrew Wiggins and Karl-Anthony Towns are currently making up nearly 50 percent of the team’s overall salary cap. On top of that, Gorgui Dieng’s albatross of a contract is taking up another 15 percent, leaving Minnesota in a tough situation.
They cannot sign anyone without falling into the luxury tax or using the stretch provision (i.e. where they waive a player and stretch his salary over one plus another year). The Timberwolves severely need scoring off the bench. Enter Carmelo Anthony.
Anthony had a tumultuous 2018-2019 season.