Timberwolves Announce 2017-18 Opening Night Roster

Minneapolis/St. Paul – The Minnesota Timberwolves today announced the team’s 2017-18 Opening Night roster. The Wolves finalized their roster on Saturday, October 14 by waiving Amile Jefferson, Melo Trimble and Shawne Williams.

The Wolves open their 29th season of basketball on Wednesday, October 18 at the San Antonio Spurs at 8:30 pm CT. Opening night will be broadcast on ESPN, Fox Sports North and the radio home of the Wolves, 830 WCCO. The team’s home opener is Friday, October 20 vs. the Utah Jazz.

Minnesota’s full 2017-18 Opening Night roster is below:

NO	PLAYER	POS	HT	WT	BIRTHDATE	PRIOR TO NBA/FROM	YRS
45	Cole Aldrich	C	6-11	250	10/31/88	Kansas/USA	7
8	Nemanja Bjelica	F	6-10	225	05/09/88	Fenerbahce Ulker/Serbia	2
30	Aaron Brooks	G	6-0	161	01/14/85	Oregon/USA	9
3	Anthony Brown*	F	6-7	210	10/10/92	Stanford/USA	2
23	Jimmy Butler	G/F	6-7	231	09/14/89	Marquette/USA	6
11	Jamal Crawford	G	6-5	195	03/20/80	Michigan/USA	17
5	Gorgui Dieng	C	6-11	240	01/18/90	Louisville/Sénégal	4
13	Marcus Georges-Hunt	G	6-5	215	03/28/94	Georgia Tech/USA	1
67	Taj Gibson	F	6-9	236	06/24/85	USC/USA	8
1	Tyus Jones	G	6-2	195	05/10/96	Duke/USA	2
15	Shabazz Muhammad	F	6-6	223	11/13/92	UCLA/USA	4
24	Justin Patton	C	7-0	230	06/14/97	Creighton/USA	R
0	Jeff Teague	G	6-2	186	06/10/88	Wake Forest/USA	8
32	Karl-Anthony Towns	F/C	7-0	244	11/15/95	Kentucky/USA	2
22	Andrew Wiggins	F	6-8	199	02/23/95	Kansas/Canada	3

* Two-way contract

HEAD COACH:	Tom Thibodeau (Salem State)
ASSISTANT COACHES:	Rick Brunson (Temple)
	Andy Greer (SUNY-Brockport)
	Ed Pinckney (Villanova)
	Ryan Saunders (Minnesota)
HEAD ATHLETIC TRAINER:	Gregg Farnam (St. Cloud State)