2022–23 Minnesota Timberwolves season explained

Team:	Minnesota Timberwolves
End Year:	2023
Wins:	42
Losses:	40
Division:	Northwest
Division Place:	2
Conf Place:	8
Coach:	Chris Finch
Gm:	Tim Connelly
Owner:	Glen Taylor
Arena:	Target Center
Playoffs:	First Round (lost to Nuggets 1–4)
Bbr Team:	MIN
Television:	Bally Sports North
Radio:	WCCO

The 2022–23 Minnesota Timberwolves season was the 34th season for the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

The Timberwolves failed to improve on their 46–36 record from last year after losing to the Toronto Raptors 107–122 on March 18, but they were able to finish with a winning record in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 2004 and 2005 after beating the New Orleans Pelicans 113–108 on April 9 and participated in the play-in tournament for a second straight season. Despite losing to the Los Angeles Lakers 102–108 on April 11, they would beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 120–95 at home to clinch a playoff spot on April 14. However, they lost in the first round to the eventual NBA champion Denver Nuggets in five games. This was the first time since 2003 and 2004 that the Timberwolves made the playoffs in back-to-back seasons. It was the first season with Rudy Gobert after the team acquired him in a preseason trade on July 6, 2022, where they traded five different players (including the draft rights to Walker Kessler) and five first round picks (including a 2026 first round pick swap) to the Utah Jazz.

Draft

See main article: 2022 NBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Position(s)	Nationality	College / Club
1	19	Jake LaRavia	Forward		Wake Forest
2	40	Bryce McGowens	Shooting guard		Nebraska
2	48	Kendall Brown	Small forward		Baylor
2	50	Matteo Spagnolo	Shooting guard		Vanoli Cremola

The Timberwolves owned their first round pick and had three second-round selections.^[1] On June 23, 2022, the Timberwolves traded the draft rights to Kendall Brown to the Indiana Pacers in exchange for cash considerations and a 2026 second round selection.^[2]

Roster

Standings

Conference

Game log

Preseason

|-style="background:#cfc;| 1| October 4| @ Miami| | Anthony Edwards (24)| Nathan Knight (7)| Jordan McLaughlin (5)| FTX Arena
19,600| 1–0|-style="background:#cfc;| 2| October 6| L.A. Lakers| | Edwards, Russell, Nowell (13)| Rudy Gobert (12)| Jordan McLaughlin (6)| T-Mobile Arena
7,311| 2–0|-style="background:#cfc;| 3| October 9| @ L.A. Clippers| | Naz Reid (20)| Naz Reid (11)| Towns, Russell, McLaughlin (6)| Crypto.com Arena
16,466| 3–0|-style="background:#cfc;| 4| October 12| @ L.A. Lakers| | Naz Reid (22)| Naz Reid (13)| D'Angelo Russell (8)| Crypto.com Arena
18,754| 4–0|-style="background:#fcc;| 5| October 14| Brooklyn| | D'Angelo Russell (17)| Karl-Anthony Towns (9)| D'Angelo Russell (6)| Target Center
12,787| 4–1

Regular season

|- style="background:#cfc;"| 1| October 19| Oklahoma City| | Rudy Gobert (23)| Rudy Gobert (16)| Towns, Edwards (7)| Target Center
17,136| 1–0|-style="background:#fcc;| 2| October 21| Utah| | Anthony Edwards (30)| Rudy Gobert (23)| D'Angelo Russell (7)| Target Center
17,136| 1–1|- style="background:#cfc;"| 3| October 23| @ Oklahoma City| | Anthony Edwards (30)| Rudy Gobert (15)| D'Angelo Russell (6)| Paycom Center
15,044| 2–1|- style="background:#fcc;"| 4| October 24| San Antonio| | Karl-Anthony Towns (27)| Karl-Anthony Towns (11)| D'Angelo Russell (7)| Target Center
15,347| 2–2|- style="background:#cfc;"| 5| October 26| @ San Antonio| | Anthony Edwards (34)| Rudy Gobert (9)| Edwards, Russell (9)| Target Center
16,165| 3–2|-style="background:#cfc"| 6| October 28| L.A. Lakers| | Anthony Edwards (29)| Rudy Gobert (21)| Towns, Russell (7)| Target Center
17,136| 4–2|-style="background:#fcc;| 7| October 30| San Antonio| | Karl-Anthony Towns (26)| Rudy Gobert (12)| Anthony Edwards (6)| AT&T Center
15,051| 4–3|-style="background:#fcc;| 8| November 1| @ Phoenix| | Edwards, Towns (24)| Karl-Anthony Towns (10)| Karl-Anthony Towns (7)| Footprint Center
17,071| 4–4|-style="background:#fcc;| 9| November 4| Milwaukee| | Anthony Edwards (24)| Rudy Gobert (13)| Karl-Anthony Towns (5)| Target Center
17,136| 4–5|-style="background:#cfc;| 10| November 5| Houston| | Karl-Anthony Towns (25)| Karl-Anthony Towns (9)| Jordan McLaughlin (11)| Target Center
16,412| 5–5|-style="background:#fcc;| 11| November 7| New York| | Karl-Anthony Towns (25)| Karl-Anthony Towns (13)| D'Angelo Russell (8)| Target Center
14,524| 5–6|-style="background:#fcc;"| 12| November 9| Phoenix| | Rudy Gobert (25)| Rudy Gobert (11)| Edwards, Russell (6)| Target Center
16,062| 5–7|-style="background:#fcc;"| 13| November 11| @ Memphis| | Anthony Edwards (28)| Karl-Anthony Towns (10)| D'Angelo Russell (8)| FedExForum
16,939| 5–8|-style="background:#cfc;"| 14| November 14| @ Cleveland| | D'Angelo Russell (30)| Karl-Anthony Towns (13)| D'Angelo Russell (12)| Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
19,432| 6–8|-style="background:#cfc;"| 15| November 16| @ Orlando| | Anthony Edwards (35)| Edwards, McDaniels, Towns (8)| Edwards, Russell (6)| Amway Center
16,527| 7–8|-style="background:#cfc;"| 16| November 19| @ Philadelphia| | Anthony Edwards (25)| Rudy Gobert (13)| D'Angelo Russell (7)| Wells Fargo Center
20,515| 8–8|-style="background:#cfc;"| 17| November 21| Miami| | Karl-Anthony Towns (25)| Rudy Gobert (9)| Karl-Anthony Towns (9)| Target Center
16,583| 9–8|-style="background:#cfc;"| 18| November 23| @ Indiana| | Karl-Anthony Towns (23)| Rudy Gobert (16)| D'Angelo Russell (12)| Gainbridge Fieldhouse
15,751| 10–8|-style="background:#fcc;"| 19| November 25| @ Charlotte| | Anthony Edwards (25)| Rudy Gobert (17)| D'Angelo Russell (10)| Spectrum Center
17,924| 10–9|-style="background:#fcc;"| 20| November 27| Golden State| | Anthony Edwards (26)| Rudy Gobert (10)| D'Angelo Russell (6)| Target Center
17,136| 10–10|-style="background:#fcc;"| 21| November 28| @ Washington| | Anthony Edwards (29)| Anderson, Edwards (8)| D'Angelo Russell (5)| Capital One Arena
13,515| 10–11|-style="background:#cfc;"| 22| November 30| Memphis| | Anthony Edwards (29)| Kyle Anderson (6)| D'Angelo Russell (10)| Target Center
15,980| 11–11|-style="background:#fcc;"| 23| December 3| Oklahoma City| | D'Angelo Russell (27)| Naz Reid (18)| D'Angelo Russell (6)| Target Center
17,136| 11–12|-style="background:#cfc;"| 24| December 7| Indiana| | D'Angelo Russell (28)| Rudy Gobert (21)| Anthony Edwards (8)| Target Center
15,472| 12–12|-style="background:#cfc;| 25| December 9| @ Utah| | D'Angelo Russell (30)| Rudy Gobert (13)| Kyle Anderson (12)| Vivint Arena
18,206| 13–12|-style="background:#fcc;| 26| December 10| @ Portland| | Anthony Edwards (26)| Rudy Gobert (9)| Anthony Edwards (7)| Moda Center
18,324| 13–13|-style="background:#fcc;"| 27| December 12| @ Portland| | D'Angelo Russell (23)| Rudy Gobert (20)| D'Angelo Russell (8)| Moda Center
18,021| 13–14|-style=background:#fcc;"| 28| December 14| @ L.A. Clippers| | Anthony Edwards (19)| Rudy Gobert (13)| Kyle Anderson (5)| Crypto.com Arena
14,068| 13–15|-style="background:#cfc;"| 29| December 16 | @ Oklahoma City| | Naz Reid (28)| Anthony Edwards (11)| Anthony Edwards (7)| Paycom Center
14,885| 14–15|-style="background:#cfc;"| 30| December 18| Chicago| | Anthony Edwards (37)| Jaden McDaniels (8)| Anthony Edwards (11)| Target Center
16,294| 15–15|-style="background:#cfc;"| 31| December 19| Dallas| | Edwards, Reid (27)| Edwards, Reid (13)| Anthony Edwards (9)| Target Center
16,627| 16–15|-style="background:#fcc;"| 32| December 21| Dallas| | Anthony Edwards (23)| Rudy Gobert (15)| D'Angelo Russell (8)| Target Center
16,164| 16–16|-style="background:#fcc;"| 33| December 23| @ Boston| | Anthony Edwards (30)| Rudy Gobert (12)| D'Angelo Russell (10)| TD Garden
19,156| 16–17|-style="background:#fcc;"| 34| December 26| @ Miami| | Anthony Edwards (29)| Naz Reid (11)| D'Angelo Russell (8)| FTX Arena
19,911| 16–18|-style="background:#fcc;"| 35| December 28| @ New Orleans| | Edwards, Russell (27)| Rudy Gobert (8)| D'Angelo Russell (4)| Smoothie King Center
18,669| 16–19|-style="background:#fcc;"| 36| December 30| @ Milwaukee| | Anthony Edwards (30)| Anthony Edwards (10)| D'Angelo Russell (7)| Fiserv Forum
18,018| 16–20|-style="background:#fcc;"| 37| December 31| Detroit| | Anthony Edwards (30)| Rudy Gobert (10)| Edwards, Russell (5)| Target Center
16,233| 16–21|-style="background:#cfc;"| 38| January 2| Denver| | Anthony Edwards (29)| Anthony Edwards (10)| Kyle Anderson (8)| Target Center
15,962| 17–21|-style="background:#cfc;"| 39| January 4| Portland| | Anthony Edwards (32)| Rudy Gobert (12)| D'Angelo Russell (7)| Target Center
15,434| 18–21|-style=background:#cfc;"| 40| January 6| L.A. Clippers| | Rudy Gobert (25)| Rudy Gobert (21)| Anderson, Nowell (6)| Target Center
17,136| 19–21|-style=background:#cfc;"| 41| January 8| @ Houston| | D'Angelo Russell (22)| Rudy Gobert (11)| Anderson, Russell (6)| Toyota Center
18,055| 20–21|-style="background:#fcc;"| 42| January 11| @ Detroit| | Anthony Edwards (20)| Rudy Gobert (14)| Anthony Edwards (6)| Little Caesars Arena
15,906| 20–22|-style="background:#cfc;"| 43| January 13| Phoenix| | Anthony Edwards (31)| Rudy Gobert (12)| Jaden McDaniels (6)| Target Center
16,460| 21–22|-style="background:#cfc;"| 44| January 14| Cleveland| | Anthony Edwards (26)| Naz Reid (7)| Anthony Edwards (7)| Target Center
17,136| 22–22|-style="background:#fcc;"| 45| January 16| Utah| | Anthony Edwards (29)| Kyle Anderson (11)| Kyle Anderson (10)| Target Center
16,477| 22–23|-style="background:#fcc;"| 46| January 18| @ Denver| | Jaden McDaniels (18)| Kyle Anderson (11)| Kyle Anderson (8)| Ball Arena
16,112| 22–24|-style="background:#cfc;"| 47| January 19| Toronto| | D'Angelo Russell (25)| Kyle Anderson (10)| Anthony Edwards (7)| Target Center
16,318| 23–24|-style=background:#cfc;"| 48| January 21| Houston| | Anthony Edwards (44) | Kyle Anderson (7)| D'Angelo Russell (8)| Target Center
17,136| 24–24|-style=background:#fcc;"| 49| January 23| @ Houston| | Anthony Edwards (31) | Rudy Gobert (16)| D'Angelo Russell (7)| Toyota Center
13,811| 24–25|-style=background:#cfc;"| 50| January 25| @ New Orleans| | Anthony Edwards (37) | Rudy Gobert (12)| Kyle Anderson (7)| Smoothie King Center
14,877| 25–25|-style="background:#cfc;"| 51| January 27| Memphis| | Anthony Edwards (25)| Rudy Gobert (13)| Edwards, Russell (7)| Target Center
17,136| 26–25|-style="background:#cfc;"| 52| January 28| Sacramento| | Anthony Edwards (34)| Rudy Gobert (14)| Edwards, Russell (6)| Target Center
17,136| 27–25|-style="background:#fcc;"| 53| January 30| Sacramento| | Anthony Edwards (33)| Rudy Gobert (14)| D'Angelo Russell (7)| Target Center
15,342| 27–26|-style="background:#cfc;"| 54| February 1| Golden State| | D'Angelo Russell (29)| Naz Reid (13)| Edwards, Rivers (5)| Target Center
17,136| 28–26|-style="background:#fcc;"| 55| February 3| Orlando| | D'Angelo Russell (29)| D'Angelo Russell (10)| D'Angelo Russell (6)| Target Center
17,136| 28–27|-style="background:#cfc;"| 56| February 5| Denver| | Anthony Edwards (20)| Rudy Gobert (8)| D'Angelo Russell (10)| Target Center
17,136| 29–27|-style="background:#fcc;"| 57| February 7| @ Denver| | Edwards, Garza (19)| Luka Garza (9)| Wendell Moore Jr. (5)| Ball Arena
18,307| 29–28|-style="background:#cfc;"| 58| February 8| @ Utah| | Anthony Edwards (31)| Josh Minott (11)| Anthony Edwards (8)| Vivint Arena
18,206| 30–28|-style="background:#fcc;"| 59| February 10| @ Memphis| | Jaylen Nowell (21)| Rudy Gobert (10)| Anthony Edwards (5)| FedEx Forum
17,794| 30–29|-style="background:#cfc;"| 60| February 13| @ Dallas| | Anthony Edwards (32)| Rudy Gobert (14)| Mike Conley Jr. (9)| American Airlines Center
20,325| 31–29|-style="background:#fcc;"| 61| February 16| Washington| | Anthony Edwards (34)| Rudy Gobert (19)| Kyle Anderson (8)| Target Center
17,136| 31–30|-style="background:#fcc;"| 62| February 24| Charlotte| | Anthony Edwards (29)| Rudy Gobert (10)| Kyle Anderson (6)| Target Center
17,136| 31–31|-style="background:#fcc;"| 63| February 26| @ Golden State| | Naz Reid (30)| Anderson, Reid (9)| Conley Jr., Edwards (7)| Chase Center
18,064| 31–32|-style="background:#cfc;"| 64| February 28| @ L.A. Clippers| | Jaden McDaniels (20)| Kyle Anderson (10)| Mike Conley Jr. (7)| Crypto.com Arena
17,022| 32–32|-style="background:#cfc;"| 65| March 3| @ L.A. Lakers| | Rudy Gobert (22)| Rudy Gobert (14)| Jordan McLaughlin (6)| Crypto.com Arena
18,997| 33–32|-style="background:#cfc;"| 66| March 4| @ Sacramento| | Anthony Edwards (27)| Rudy Gobert (14)| Kyle Anderson (9)| Golden 1 Center
18,111| 34–32|-style="background:#fcc;"| 67| March 7| Philadelphia| | Anthony Edwards (32)| Rudy Gobert (9)| Conley Jr., McLaughlin, Reid (3)| Target Center
17,136| 34–33|-style="background:#fcc;"| 68| March 10| Brooklyn| | Anthony Edwards (32)| Rudy Gobert (13)| Kyle Anderson (11)| Target Center
17,136| 34–34|-style="background:#cfc;"| 69| March 13| @ Atlanta| | Anthony Edwards (32)| Kyle Anderson (10)| Kyle Anderson (12)| State Farm Arena
17,799| 35–34|-style="background:#fcc;"| 70| March 15| Boston| | Anthony Edwards (28)| Anthony Edwards (10)| Kyle Anderson (8)| Target Center
17,136| 35–35|-style="background:#fcc;"| 71| March 17| @ Chicago| | Mike Conley Jr. (28)| Rudy Gobert (19)| Kyle Anderson (12)| United Center
20,109| 35–36|-style="background:#fcc;"| 72| March 18| @ Toronto| | Naz Reid (22)| Rudy Gobert (12)| Jordan McLaughlin (8)| Scotiabank Arena
19,800| 35–37|-style="background:#cfc;"| 73| March 20| @ New York| | Taurean Prince (35)| Kyle Anderson (9)| Mike Conley Jr. (11)| Madison Square Garden
19,812| 36–37|-style="background:#cfc;"| 74| March 22| Atlanta| | Naz Reid (26)| Rudy Gobert (12)| Kyle Anderson (7)| Target Center
17,136| 37–37|-style="background:#cfc;"| 75| March 26| @ Golden State| | Naz Reid (23)| Rudy Gobert (18)| Kyle Anderson (7)| Chase Center
18,064 | 38–37 |-style="background:#cfc;"| 76| March 27| @ Sacramento| | Jaden McDaniels (20)| Rudy Gobert (16)| Kyle Anderson (11)| Golden 1 Center
18,151| 39–37 |-style="background:#fcc;"| 77| March 29| @ Phoenix| | Anthony Edwards (31)| Rudy Gobert (15)| Edwards, McLaughlin (6)| Footprint Center
17,071 | 39–38 |-style="background:#fcc;"| 78| March 31| L.A. Lakers| | Mike Conley Jr. (25) | Rudy Gobert (11)| Mike Conley Jr. (7)| Target Center
18,978| 39–39 |-|-style="background:#fcc;"| 79| April 2| Portland| | Anthony Edwards (37)| Rudy Gobert (15)| Kyle Anderson (7)| Target Center
18,978| 39–40|-|-style="background:#cfc;"| 80| April 4| @ Brooklyn| | Anthony Edwards (23)| Karl-Anthony Towns (14)| Kyle Anderson (10)| Barclays Center
17,893| 40–40|-style="background:#cfc;"| 81| April 8| @ San Antonio| | Anthony Edwards (33)| Rudy Gobert (13)| Jordan McLaughlin (9)| Moody Center
16,148| 41–40|-style="background:#cfc;"| 82| April 9| New Orleans| | Karl-Anthony Towns (30)| Anthony Edwards (13)| Mike Conley Jr. (7)| Target Center
18,978| 42–40

Play-in

|- style="background:#fcc"| 1| April 11| @ L.A. Lakers| | Karl-Anthony Towns (24)| Karl-Anthony Towns (11)| Kyle Anderson (13)| Crypto.com Arena
18,997| 0–1|- style="background:#cfc"| 2| April 14| Oklahoma City| | Karl-Anthony Towns (28)| Karl-Anthony Towns (11)| Alexander-Walker, Edwards (6)| Target Center
19,304| 1–1

Playoffs

See also: 2023 NBA playoffs. |-style="background:#fcc;"| 1| April 16| @ Denver| | Anthony Edwards (18)| Rudy Gobert (13)| Anthony Edwards (5)| Ball Arena
19,628| 0–1|-style="background:#fcc;"| 2| April 19| @ Denver| | Anthony Edwards (41)| Karl-Anthony Towns (12)| Mike Conley Jr. (7)| Ball Arena
19,683| 0–2|-style="background:#fcc;"| 3| April 21| Denver| | Anthony Edwards (36)| Rudy Gobert (10)| Kyle Anderson (6)| Target Center
19,536| 0–3|-style="background:#cfc;"| 4| April 23| Denver| | Anthony Edwards (34)| Rudy Gobert (15)| Mike Conley Jr. (8)| Target Center
18,978| 1–3|-style="background:#fcc;"| 5| April 25| @ Denver| | Anthony Edwards (29)| Rudy Gobert (15)| Mike Conley Jr. (9)| Ball Arena
19,691| 1–4

Player statistics

Ragular season

Player
	SG	79	79	2,842	458	350	125	58	1,946	36.0	5.8	4.4	1.6	.7	24.6
	SF	79	79	2,416	307	148	74	76	953	30.6	3.9	1.9	.9	1.0	12.1
	C	70	70	2,148	814	87	56	95	939	30.7	11.6	1.2	.8	1.4	13.4
	PF	69	46	1,957	368	335	78	63	647	28.4	5.3	4.9	1.1	.9	9.4
	C	68	11	1,251	333	77	42	53	781	18.4	4.9	1.1	.6	.8	11.5
	SG	65	2	1,252	170	132	42	5	704	19.3	2.6	2.0	.6	.1	10.8
^†	PG	54	54	1,778	165	334	60	21	967	32.9	3.1	6.2	1.1	.4	17.9
	PF	54	4	1,192	132	84	28	15	493	22.1	2.4	1.6	.5	.3	9.1
	SG	52	10	1,016	83	75	28	4	255	19.5	1.6	1.4	.5	.1	4.9
	PG	43	0	678	62	148	32	4	161	15.8	1.4	3.4	.7	.1	3.7
	C	38	0	291	56	13	10	6	139	7.7	1.5	.3	.3	.2	3.7
	PF	29	29	957	236	140	20	17	602	33.0	8.1	4.8	.7	.6	20.8
	SG	29	2	153	18	18	8	5	42	5.3	.6	.6	.3	.2	1.4
	C	28	0	243	63	18	3	2	181	8.7	2.3	.6	.1	.1	6.5
	SG	25	0	268	15	17	7	2	89	10.7	.6	.7	.3	.1	3.6
^†	PG	24	24	753	75	120	29	4	337	31.4	3.1	5.0	1.2	.2	14.0
^†	SG	23	0	356	42	32	8	7	135	15.5	1.8	1.4	.3	.3	5.9
^†	SF	22	0	181	12	12	3	1	75	8.2	.5	.5	.1	.0	3.4
	SF	15	0	96	25	5	4	6	46	6.4	1.7	.3	.3	.4	3.1
^†	SG	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	2	2.0	1.0	.0	.0	.0	2.0

Playoffs

Player
	SG	5	5	199	25	26	9	10	158	39.8	5.0	5.2	1.8	2.0	31.6
	PG	5	5	183	13	32	3	0	60	36.6	2.6	6.4	.6	.0	12.0
	PF	5	5	180	51	10	3	4	91	36.0	10.2	2.0	.6	.8	18.2
	C	5	5	177	61	10	2	5	75	35.4	12.2	2.0	.4	1.0	15.0
	SG	5	4	148	10	7	3	1	42	29.6	2.0	1.4	.6	.2	8.4
	PF	5	1	100	7	4	3	1	39	20.0	1.4	.8	.6	.2	7.8
	SG	5	0	62	5	3	0	0	16	12.4	1.0	.6	.0	.0	3.2
	PF	4	0	104	16	18	7	2	34	26.0	4.0	4.5	1.8	.5	8.5
	SG	4	0	46	5	1	1	0	10	11.5	1.3	.3	.3	.0	2.5
	PG	2	0	14	2	2	0	0	0	7.0	1.0	1.0	.0	.0	.0
	C	2	0	5	1	0	0	0	2	2.5	.5	.0	.0	.0	1.0
	SF	1	0	6	0	0	2	1	0	6.0	.0	.0	2.0	1.0	.0
	SG	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	.0	.0	.0	.0	.0

Transactions

See main article: article and List of 2022–23 NBA season transactions.

Trades

June 23, 2022^[3]	To Minnesota Timberwolves 2026 second-round pick Cash considerations	To Indiana Pacers 2022 pick No. 48
June 24, 2022^[4]	To Minnesota Timberwolves Draft rights to Josh Minott (No. 45) 2023 NYK second-round pick	To Charlotte Hornets Draft rights to Bryce McGowens (No. 40)
June 24, 2022^[5]	To Minnesota Timberwolves Draft rights to Walker Kessler (No. 22) Draft rights to TyTy Washington (No. 29)	To Memphis Grizzlies Draft rights to Jake LaRavia (No. 19) 2023 MIN second-round pick
June 24, 2022^[6]	To Minnesota Timberwolves Draft rights to Wendell Moore Jr. (No. 26)	To Houston Rockets Draft rights to TyTy Washington (No. 29) 2025 MIN second-round pick 2027 MIN second-round pick
July 6, 2022^[7]	To Minnesota Timberwolves Rudy Gobert	To Utah Jazz Patrick Beverley Malik Beasley Jarred Vanderbilt Leandro Bolmaro Draft rights to Walker Kessler 2023 MIN first-round pick 2025 MIN first-round pick 2026 first round-pick swap 2027 MIN first-round pick 2029 MIN first-round pick
February 9, 2023^[8]	To Minnesota Timberwolves Nickeil Alexander-Walker (from Utah) Mike Conley (from Utah) 2024 second-round pick (from Los Angeles) 2025 UTA second-round pick (from Utah) 2026 UTA second-round pick (from Utah)	To Los Angeles Lakers Malik Beasley (from Utah) D'Angelo Russell (from Minnesota) Jarred Vanderbilt (from Utah)
	To Utah Jazz Damian Jones (from Los Angeles) Juan Toscano-Anderson (from Los Angeles) Russell Westbrook (from Los Angeles) 2027 LAL protected first-round pick (from Los Angeles)

Free agency

Re-signed

Player	Signed	Ref.
Taurean Prince	June 30	^[9]
Nathan Knight	July 25	^[10]

Additions

Date	Player	Former team	Ref.
July 8	Kyle Anderson	Memphis Grizzlies	^[11]
July 11	Bryn Forbes	Denver Nuggets	^[12]
July 21	Austin Rivers	Denver Nuggets	^[13]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2022 NBA Draft Order. NBA.com. June 1, 2022. May 19, 2022.
2. Web site: Timberwolves Acquire Future Pick and Cash Considerations from Indiana . 2022-06-27 . nba.com .
3. Web site: Nardinger . Taylor . Timberwolves Acquire Future Pick and Cash Considerations from Indiana . NBA.com . June 24, 2022 . June 24, 2022.
4. Web site: Hornets Acquire Draft Rights To No. 40 Pick Bryce McGowens From Minnesota Timberwolves . NBA.com . June 24, 2022 . June 24, 2022.
5. Web site: Timberwolves Acquire Draft Rights to Center Walker Kessler from Memphis Grizzlies . NBA.com . June 24, 2022 . June 24, 2022.
6. Web site: Nardinger . Taylor . Timberwolves Acquire Draft Rights to Forward Wendell Moore Jr. from the Houston Rockets . NBA.com . June 24, 2022 . June 24, 2022.
7. Web site: Minnesota Timberwolves Acquire Center Rudy Gobert from Utah Jazz . 2022-07-06 . www.nba.com . en.
8. Web site: Minnesota Timberwolves Acquire Guards Mike Conley and Nickeil Alexander-Walker from Utah Jazz . NBA.com . April 17, 2023 . February 9, 2023.
9. Web site: Timberwolves Sign Taurean Prince to Contract Extension. NBA.com. June 30, 2022. July 1, 2022.
10. Web site: Nardinger . Taylor . Timberwolves Re-Sign Nathan Knight . July 27, 2022 . NBA.com . July 25, 2022.
11. Web site: Timberwolves Sign Kyle Anderson. NBA.com. July 8, 2022. July 12, 2022.
12. Web site: Timberwolves Sign Bryn Forbes. NBA.com. July 12, 2022. July 13, 2022.
13. Web site: Stanton. Matt. Timberwolves Sign Austin Rivers. NBA.com. July 21, 2022. July 23, 2022.