Anthony Edwards believes the Minnesota Timberwolves have assembled a roster able to making a severe run within the 2026-27 season after adding Jonathan Kuminga.
“Ya’ll see what happening. This sh*t over, man. Wrap this sh*t up. This sh*t over this 12 months, man,” Edwards mentioned after Kuminga arrived in Minnesota.
Kuminga offers the Timberwolves one other athletic ahead to put alongside Edwards, LaMelo Ball, Jaden McDaniels and Rudy Gobert. The 23-year-old signed a two-year, $12.4 million contract with a participant possibility for the second season after Minnesota created the mandatory wage flexibility by trading Josh Green to the Utah Jazz.
The transfer capped an offseason during which Minnesota dramatically reshaped its roster. The Timberwolves acquired Ball and Inexperienced in a four-team blockbuster earlier than shifting Inexperienced to Utah, whereas Julius Randle and Naz Reid additionally departed as a part of the franchise’s effort to construct a brand new supporting solid round Edwards.
Kuminga spent the 2025-26 season with Golden State and Atlanta, averaging 12.2 factors, 5.6 rebounds and a pair of.3 assists in 36 video games. He shot 46.3% from the sphere and 33.3% from three-point vary, together with 12.1 factors, 5.9 rebounds and a pair of.5 assists in 20 video games with the Warriors and 12.3 factors, 5.3 rebounds and a pair of.1 assists in 16 video games with Atlanta.
His greatest statistical season got here in 2023-24, when Kuminga averaged 16.1 factors and 4.8 rebounds in 74 video games for Golden State whereas capturing 52.9% from the sphere. He has averaged 12.5 factors and 4.2 rebounds over his first 5 NBA seasons.
Kuminga now joins an offense led by Edwards, who averaged 28.8 factors, 5.0 rebounds and three.7 assists in 61 video games final season. Edwards shot 48.9% from the sphere and 39.9% from three-point vary whereas incomes an All-Star choice and ending third in Clutch Participant of the 12 months voting.
The Timberwolves additionally added Ball, who averaged 20.1 factors and seven.1 assists final season. His mixture with Edwards offers Minnesota two high-volume perimeter creators, whereas McDaniels and Gobert present continuity from final season’s rotation.
Minnesota went by vital turnover after reaching the second spherical of the playoffs in 2025-26. Randle, Reid and Inexperienced are gone, whereas Ayo Dosunmu returned on a five-year, $112 million contract and a number of other rotation items had been retained.
The foremost query surrounding the new-look Timberwolves is frontcourt depth after the departures of Randle and Reid. Kuminga can present dimension and athleticism at ahead, however Minnesota will want its revamped rotation to compensate for the manufacturing and flexibility misplaced in these strikes.
