Josh Minott and Luka Garza will be free agents when that period begins Monday evening after the Timberwolves declined their team options, a source confirmed to the Pioneer Press.
Garza was set to make $2.35 million next season, while Minott was due $2.19 million.
Neither was able to crack the rotation during their times with the Timberwolves. Minott had the opportunity to do so earlier in the season after a strong summer, but seemingly lost the trust of Wolves coach Chris Finch after committing too many gameplan errors.
Garza was touted throughout his time in Minnesota for his professionalism, but was always stuck at the back end of a deep big-man rotation.
With the decisions, the Wolves now have two open roster spots as free agency begins. But whether they use both remains to be seen. They could use just one of the two spots — presumably on another big man or a ball handler — and roll into the season with just 14 players signed to active roster spots, to go along with their three allotted two-way players.
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