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Which players deserved investigation for the Minnesota Timberwolves’ problems in 2022-23?

Jul 6, 2022

Jul 6, 2022 — Tim Connelly

The decision this board surrounds ultimately brought in Rudy Gobert. Later outcomes never rewrite the board.

MIN on 2022-07-06: the listed basketball needs were interior finishing, shooting, rim pressure. no source-clocked open candidate route was available. 0 open-market candidate(s) matched at least one listed need. Market access, basketball fit, price, salary route, and legality remain separate.

No source-clocked open market foundlisted needs: interior finishing · shooting · rim pressure1 candidate — ordered by team link, then need match, then evidence. No target score.
Kevin Durantcap charge $44.1M
Market route
Linked only to another team
Need addressed
Addresses shooting
Observed functions
creation · passing · shooting
Strength overlap
Addresses a need and overlaps an existing team strength
Availability history
Established pre-decision availability report history
Acquisition price
Withheld No public price evidence before the decision
Contract & salary
Minimum outgoing-salary screen available
Exact legality
Withheld A salary screen is not a full transaction-legality determination.
Why is he here?

Kevin Durant: sources linked Kevin Durant to another team, not MIN. His prior basketball profile addressed one listed need: shooting. The minimum outgoing-salary screen was available for a $44,119,845 incoming charge. Exact transaction legality remains withheld without a complete package and exception ledger.

Minimum-outgoing salary screen (2017 CBA rules)
Incoming salary: $44.1MTeam position proxy: Over cap below or at tax proxyRoom plus 100k: minimum outgoing $44.0MNon taxpayer expanded 175 100 plus5m or 125 100: minimum outgoing $35.2MTaxpayer lane (125% + $100K): minimum outgoing $35.2M

minimum outgoing salary screen only; post-trade team salary, guarantees, bonuses, aggregation timing, exceptions and complete package remain required for legality

prior-season impact context: 3.5 per 100 (O 2.6 / D 0.9) — Prior impact context is separate from team fit, price, and transaction value.

Historical decision board. A public-market player is not presented as a team target without a named team link. Minimum outgoing salary is not exact legality. Missing asking price is not a zero price. Later outcomes do not alter the decision-date board.