Minnesota Timberwolves Salary Archive – 2016/17

2016-17 Team-By-Team Salary Summary

Quick: Under the cap by $12.5 million.

NBA Salary Cap: $94,143,000

Luxury Tax Threshold: $113,287,000

Exceptions

• Room: $2,898,000

Roster Count: 15 guaranteed

Depth Chart
PG: Ricky Rubio, Kris Dunn, Tyus Jones
SG: Brandon Rush, Zach LaVine (injured)
SF: Andrew Wiggins, Shabazz Muhammad
PF: Gorgui Dieng, Omri Casspi, Nemanja Bjelica (injured), Adreian Payne (injured)
C: Karl-Anthony Towns, Cole Aldrich, Jordan Hill, Nikola Pekovic (injured)

Note: Teams often adjust their depth chart throughout the season, sometimes game by game.

Acquisitions

• 4/20/16 — Hired Tom Thibodeau as president of basketball operations and coach.  Scott Layden hired as general manager.
• 6/23/16 — Drafted Kris Dunn (5th).
• 6/29/16 — Declined team option on the final year of Damjan Rudez’s contract.
• 7/5/16 — Signed Kris Dunn (2016-5th) to a $17.5 million rookie-scale contract.
• 7/8/16 — Signed Brandon Rush to a one-year, $3.5 million contract.
• 7/12/16 — Signed Cole Aldrich to a three-year, partially-guaranteed $21.9 million contract.
• 7/19/16 — Signed Jordan Hill to a two-year, partially-guaranteed $8.2 million contract.
• 8/22/16 — Signed Toure’ Murry to a one-year, non-guaranteed $980,431 summer contract.
• 8/24/16 — Signed John Lucas to a one-year, non-guaranteed $1,403,611 summer contract.
• 9/23/16 — Signed Rasual Butler to a one-year, non-guaranteed $1,551,659 summer contract.
• 10/23/16 — Team options on Andrew Wiggins, Karl-Anthony Towns, Zach LaVine and Tyus Jones.
• 10/31/16 — Signed Gorgui Dieng to a four-year, $62.8 million contract extension.
• 10/31/16 — Did not extend Shabazz Muhammad.
• 10/31/16 — Declined team option on Adreian Payne.
• 2/8/17 — Signed Lance Stephenson to a 10-day $72,193 contract.
• 3/8/17 — Signed Lance Stephenson to a 10-day $72,193 contract.
• 3/20/17 — Signed Omri Casspi for the rest of the season at an estimated $185,710.

Waived Players: Greg Smith, Kevin Garnett, Toure’ Murry, Rasual Butler, John Lucas

Traded Players: None

Expired 10-Day Contracts: Lance Stephenson (two)

Coaching Staff

Head Coach: Tom Thibodeau

Assistants: Ryan Saunders, Andy Greer, Rick Brunson, Ed Pinckney, Peter Patton (shooting coach), Vince Legarza (player development coach)

Trainer: Gregg Farnam, Matthew Duhamel (director of athletic therapy), Pierre Nesbit (assistant athletic trainer), Troy Sutton (assistant strength and conditioning coach), David Crewe (head strength and conditioning coach/assistant athletic trainer)

Basketball Executives

• Tom Thibodeau — president of basketball operations
• Scott Layden – general manager
• Noah Croom — assistant general manager
• Brian Pauga — director of player personnel
• Manny Rohan — director of basketball administration
• Todd Checovich — manager of basketball operations
• Calvin Booth — director of pro personnel
• Daisuke Yoshimoto — special assistant to the president of basketball operations

Pick Swaps

• 2017 — Owed second-rounder (top-55 protected) from New Orleans Pelicans (Brad Miller).
• 2017 — Owe second-rounder to Boston Celtics (Robin Lopez, Wesley Johnson, Brandan Wright).
• 2018 — Owe first-rounder (lottery protected through 2020, otherwise converts to 2020 and 2021 second-rounders) to Atlanta Hawks (Adreian Payne).
• 2019 — Owed second-rounder from Miami HEAT (Shabazz Napier, Mo Williams).
• 2019 — Owe second-rounder to Cleveland Cavaliers (Tyus Jones), may convey to Portland Trail Blazers (Anderson Varejao).

Unsigned Draft Picks:

• First-rounders: None
• Second-rounders: Bojan Dubljevic (2013-59th), Paulao Prestes (2010-45th), Henk Norel (2009-47th), Lior Eliyahu (2006-44th)

Free Agents

• Non-Bird: Tayshaun Prince ($980,431 cap hold), Othyus Jeffers ($980,431 cap hold)*

* Cannot be used in a sign and trade because they were not active players in the NBA last season.

Cash Paid ($3.5 million max): $0

Cash Received ($3.5 million max): $0

Trade Kickers

• None

Note: Players can waive their trade bonuses, under certain circumstances.

Amnesty: Used on Darko Milicic.

D-League Affiliate: None but purchased the Iowa Energy for the 2017-18 season.

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(Updated on 4/28/17)