Minnesota Timberwolves Salary Archive – 2015/16
Name | 2015-16 |
---|---|
Ricky Rubio | $12,700,000 |
Nikola Pekovic | $12,100,000 |
Kevin Garnett | $8,500,000 |
Kevin Martin (waived) | $6,340,086 |
Anthony Bennett (waived) | $3,650,000 |
Andrew Wiggins | $5,758,680 |
Karl-Anthony Towns | $5,703,600 |
Nemanja Bjelica | $3,950,001 |
Zach LaVine | $2,148,360 |
Shabazz Muhammad | $2,056,920 |
Adreian Payne | $1,938,840 |
Gorgui Dieng | $1,474,440 |
Damjan Rudez | $1,149,500 |
Tyus Jones | $1,282,080 |
Andre Miller (waived) | $947,276 |
Tayshaun Prince | $947,276 |
Lorenzo Brown (waived) | $75,000 |
Greg Smith | $137,380 |
Greg Smith (expired 10-day contracts) | $111,444 |
Total | $70,970,883 |
Quick: Over the cap and hard-capped.
Projected 2016-17 Cap Space: $24.1-$25.2 million
Exceptions
- Mid-Level Exception: $1,513,999 (partially used on Nemanja Bjelica)
- Bi-Annual Exception: $2,139,000
- Trade Exception (Chase Budinger, expiring 7/12/16) — $5,000,000
Roster Count: 14 guaranteed
Depth Chart
PG: Ricky Rubio, Tyus Jones
SG: Zach LaVine
SF: Andrew Wiggins, Shabazz Muhammad, Damjan Rudez, Tayshaun Prince
PF: Karl-Anthony Towns, Adreian Payne, Nemanja Bjelica (injured), Kevin Garnett (injured)
C: Gorgui Dieng, Greg Smith, Nikola Pekovic (injured)
Note: Teams often adjust their depth chart throughout the season, sometimes game by game.
Deadlines
- 5/17/16 — 2016 NBA draft lottery.
- 6/22/16 — No-trade restriction lifts on Greg Smith.
- 6/23/16 — 2016 NBA Draft.
- 6/29/16 — Team option on Damjan Rudez.
- 7/1/16-7/6/16 — NBA annual moratorium.
- 7/7/16 — Free agent signing period begins.
- 7/12/16 — Chase Budinger trade exception expires.
- 10/31/16 — Team options on Andrew Wiggins, Karl-Anthony Towns, Zach LaVine, Adreian Payne and Tyus Jones.
- 10/31/16 — Extension deadlines for Gorgui Dieng and Shabazz Muhammad
- 1/10/17 — Greg Smith’s $1,139,123 guarantees for 2016/17.
- 6/30/17 — Qualifying offer deadlines Gorgui Dieng, Shabazz Muhammad and Damjan Rudez.
- 10/31/17 — Team options on Karl-Anthony Towns and Tyus Jones.
- 6/30/18 — Qualifying offer deadlines on Andrew Wiggins, Nemanja Bjelica, Zach LaVine and Adreian Payne.
- 10/31/18 — Extension deadlines on Karl-Anthony Towns and Tyus Jones.
- 6/30/19 — Qualifying offer deadlines for Karl-Anthony Towns and Tyus Jones.
Teams and players can renegotiate guarantee dates. The NBA’s general cut-down date is approximately January 10.
Acquisitions
- 4/29/15 — Chase Budinger opted into his contract for 2015/16.
- 6/25/15 — Selected Karl-Anthony Towns with the 1st pick in the draft.
- 6/25/15 — Traded Cedi Osman (2015-31st), Rakeem Christmas (2015-36th) and a 2019 second-rounder to Cleveland Cavaliers for Tyus Jones (2015-24th).
- 6/29/15 — Tendered a qualifying offer to Robbie Hummel.
- 7/2/15 — Signed Tyus Jones (2015-24th) to a $6.5 million rookie-scale contract.
- 7/6/15 — Rescinded qualifying offer to Robbie Hummel.
- 7/6/15 — Signed Karl-Anthony Towns (2015-1st) to a $25.7 million rookie-scale contract.
- 7/10/15 — Signed Kevin Garnett to a two-year, $16.5 million contract.
- 7/12/15 — Traded Chase Budinger to Indiana Pacers for Damjan Rudez.
- 7/13/15 — Signed Nemanja Bjelica (2010-35th) to a three-year, $11.7 million contract.
- 8/3/15 — Signed Andre Miller to a $1.5 million minimum contract.
- 8/19/15 — Signed Tayshaun Prince to a $1.5 million minimum contract.
- 9/17/15 — Signed Kleon Penn to a non-guaranteed $525k minimum summer contract.
- 9/17/15 — Signed Nick Wiggins to a non-guaranteed $525k minimum summer contract.
- 10/21/15 — Picked up options on Andrew Wiggins (third-year), Zach LaVine (third-year), Adreian Payne (third-year), Gorgui Dieng (fourth-year) and Shabazz Muhammad (fourth-year).
- 3/2/16 — Signed Greg Smith to a $59.7k 10-day contract.
- 3/12/16 — Signed Greg Smith to a second $59.7k 10-day contract.
- 3/23/16 — Signed Greg Smith to a partially-guaranteed, two-year $1,276,503 contract
No-Trade: Kevin Garnett
Waived Players: Anthony Bennett, Nick Wiggins, Kleon Penn, Lorenzo Brown, Andre Miller, Kevin Martin (stretched)
Unsigned Draft Picks:
- First-rounders: None
- Second-rounders: Bojan Dubljevic (2013-59th), Paulao Prestes (2010-45th), Henk Norel (2009-47th), Lior Eliyahu (2006-44th)
Coaching Staff
Head Coach: Sam Mitchell
Assistants: Sidney Lowe, Ryan Saunders, David Adelman, Bryant Gates, Vince Legarza (player development assistant/player development video coordinator)
Trainer: Gregg Farnam
Basketball Executives
- Milt Newton — General Manager
- Calvin Booth — Director of Player Personnel/Scout
- Kaayla Chones — Player Programs Director/Manager of Team Services
Pick Swaps
- 2016 — Owed second-rounder (top-45 protected) from Houston Rockets (Corey Brewer).
- 2016 — Owe first-rounder (top-12 protected through 2016 else converts to 2016 and 2017 second-rounders) to Boston Celtics (Robin Lopez, Wesley Johnson, Brandan Wright).
- 2017 — Owed second-rounder (top-55 protected) from New Orleans Pelicans (Brad Miller).
- 2018 — Owe first-round pick (lottery protected through 2020, otherwise converts to 2020 and 2021 second-rounders) to Atlanta Hawks (Adreian Payne). Pick won’t be conveyed until two years after Minnesota’s obligation to Phoenix Suns is satisfied.
- 2019 — Owed second-rounder from Miami HEAT (Shabazz Napier, Mo Williams).
- 2019 — Owe second-rounder to Cleveland Cavaliers (Tyus Jones).
Cash Paid ($3.4 million max): $0
Cash Received ($3.4 million max): $0
Free Agents
- Early Bird: Justin Hamilton, Robbie Hummel
- Non-Bird: Arinze Onuaku, Othyus Jeffers*
* Cannot be used in a sign and trade because they were not active players in the NBA last season.
Trade Kickers
- None
Note: Players can waive their trade bonuses, under certain circumstances.
Amnesty: Used on Darko Milicic.
D-League Affiliate: None
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(Updated on 4/25/16)