2019-2020 Minnesota Timberwolves Season Recap to date

2018-2019 Record                 Home Record               Road Record

        36-46                                     25-16                            11-30

2019-2020 Record                 Home Record               Road Record

         19-45                                     8-24                            11-21

Fun Facts for the season

-The Wolves were forced to use 24 starting lineups throughout 64 games so far this season, with their most common group of starters playing 10 games together with a record of 3-7: D’Angelo Russell, Malik Beasley, Josh Okogie, Juancho Hernangómez and Naz Reid

-In games that Karl-Anthony Towns started for the Wolves, the team had a record of 10-25 compared with 9-20 in games that Towns did not play

-Malik Beasley was able to enter the standard league radar once he joined the Wolves, producing 8th/7th round per-game value in 14 games with the Wolves compared with the 23rd/22nd round per-game value that he had while playing for the Nuggets for the first 41 games of the season

-After producing standard league value over his last eight seasons, the 2019-20 campaign was the first year since Jeff Teague’s second season in the league in which he was outside the top 150 in 8/9-cat leagues

-Ryan Saunders remains the youngest active head coach in the NBA at 33 years old and is only one of two head coaches below the age of 40 (Taylor Jenkins, who coaches the Grizzlies, is 34)

-Jordan McLaughlin finished the season as the highest ranked two-way contract player in terms of per-game value, finishing the season with 16th/15th per-game value

For a closer look at how the season has gone, be sure to check out our Season So Far series. The Wolves’ entry can be found right here.

Rosterable in 12-team 8/9-cat leagues (per-game value)

-Karl-Anthony Towns (1st round/3rd round)

-D’Angelo Russell (4th round/5th round)

Showed flashes of fantasy value in 12-team 8/9-cat leagues (per-game value)

-Malik Beasley (8th round/7th round, post trade-deadline with Wolves)

-James Johnson (7th round/7th round, post trade-deadline with Wolves)

-Jordan McLaughlin (10th round/10th round, post trade-deadline with Wolves)

-Naz Reid (12th round/11th round, post trade-deadline with Wolves)

Rosterable in standard points leagues

(This is Yahoo’s standard scoring system, we’ll be using them as a reference for the rankings but obviously things will be different in your league if you use a custom scoring format or play on ESPN/CBS/Fantrax)

-Karl-Anthony Towns (1st round)

-D’Angelo Russell (3rd round)

Flashes of value in standard points leagues:

-Malik Beasley (6th round, value since Feb 12)

-James Johnson (8th round, value since Feb 12)

-Juancho Hernangómez (8th round, value since Feb 12)

-Naz Reid (9th round, value since Feb 12)

Predicting standard league relevant players for 2020-21 season

-Karl-Anthony Towns (all formats)

-D’Angelo Russell (all formats)

-Malik Beasley (all formats)

Potential for standard league value for 2020-21 season

-James Johnson (all formats)

Upcoming Notable Free Agents

-Malik Beasley (restricted)

-James Johnson (player option of $16.05M for 2020-21 season)

-Juancho Hernangómez (restricted)

-Evan Turner (unrestricted)

-Allen Crabbe (unrestricted)

-Jordan McLaughlin (unrestricted)

Key Additions

-D’Angelo Russell (acquired via trade)

-Malik Beasley (acquired via trade)

-James Johnson (acquired via trade)

-Juancho Hernangómez (acquired via trade)

-Allen Crabbe (acquired via trade)

-Evan Turner (acquired via trade)

Key Departures

-Andrew Wiggins (traded to Warriors)

-Robert Covington (traded to Rockets)

-Jeff Teague (traded to Hawks)

-Shabazz Napier (traded to Nuggets)

Upcoming Draft Picks

-2020 first round pick

-2020 first round pick (via Brooklyn, protected top 14 in 2020-22; if not conveyed by 2022, becomes 2022 and 2024 second round picks)

-2020 second round pick

-2021 first round pick (protected top 3; 4-30 goes to Golden State; if not conveyed in 2021, becomes an unprotected 2022 first to Golden State)

-2022 first round pick

-2022 second round pick

-2022 second round pick (more favorable of Philadelphia or Denver)