The Minnesota Timberwolves have plenty of reason to run back the same roster after reaching the Western Conference finals for the second straight time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe feel very happy with the core we have. We don\u2019t feel like there\u2019s tremendous pressure to do much,\u201d president of basketball operations Tim Connelly said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Connelly later added: \u201cThose organizations that can show patience tend to have a really high level of success. But patience shouldn\u2019t lead to risk aversion. If there\u2019s something that if we have to shake it up and make us a better team, we\u2019re certainly open to that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The most pressing matters for Connelly and the front office over the next month will be negotiations with the agents for Julius Randle and Naz Reid, the two power forwards with vastly different styles and backgrounds who both face the same decision on whether to exercise a contract option for 2025-26 or decline it to become a free agent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Randle\u2019s is for more than $30 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Reid\u2019s is for about $15 million, making him at age 25 more likely to opt out in favor of a larger and longer deal. But that doesn\u2019t mean the Timberwolves won\u2019t be aggressive about trying to bring the fan favorite back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nickeil Alexander-Walker will be an unrestricted free agent.
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Connelly gave no indication he\u2019ll be limited by ownership in what he can commit to player salaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bringing back Alexander-Walker as well as Randle and Reid without again passing the second apron might be impossible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSuper happy here. It\u2019s been great \u2014 not just as working with the team, but this whole community really feels like home,\u201d Connelly said. \u201cI think you guys are stuck with me.
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The Minnesota Timberwolves have plenty of reason to run back the same roster after reaching the Western Conference finals for the second straight time. \u201cWe feel very happy with the core we have. We don\u2019t feel like there\u2019s tremendous pressure to do much,\u201d president of basketball operations Tim Connelly said. Connelly later added: \u201cThose organizations that can show patience tend to have a really high level of success. But patience shouldn\u2019t lead to risk aversion. If there\u2019s something that if we have to shake it up and make us a better team, we\u2019re certainly open to that.\u201d The most pressing matters for Connelly and the front office over the next month will be negotiations with the agents for Julius Randle and Naz Reid, the two power forwards with vastly different styles and backgrounds who both face the same decision on whether to exercise a contract option for 2025-26 or decline it to become a free agent. Randle\u2019s is for more than $30 million. Reid\u2019s is for about $15 million, making him at age 25 more likely to opt out in favor of a larger and longer deal. But that doesn\u2019t mean the Timberwolves won\u2019t be aggressive about trying to bring the fan favorite back. Nickeil Alexander-Walker will be an unrestricted free agent. Connelly gave no indication he\u2019ll be limited by ownership in what he can commit to player salaries. Bringing back Alexander-Walker as well as Randle and Reid without again passing the second apron might be impossible. \u201cSuper happy here. It\u2019s been great \u2014 not just as working with the team, but this whole community really feels like home,\u201d Connelly said. \u201cI think you guys are stuck with me. \u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":32658,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[220,531,169,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-american-sport-football-news","category-news-2","category-news","category-news-and-analysis"],"yoast_head":"\n