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) |
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