Which Timberwolves players will be back in September when training camp opens? Impossible to know at this stage, maybe even for the top bosses — general manager Tim Connelly and head coach Chris Finch.
Which Timberwolves do fans want back? That's another tough question to answer, considering they have star power and yet offered very average basketball this past season. They finished 42-40 and earned the No. 8 seed before being quickly ushered out of the playoffs by top-seeded Denver.
Star Tribune NBA beat writer Chris Hine analyzes the roster and each player's prospects at pulling on the Timberwolves jersey this fall at training camp:
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Karl-Anthony Towns
In his eighth season, Towns missed 52 games because of a right calf injury, and the Wolves were never able to see how good he and Rudy Gobert could be together on the floor over an extended period.