The Minnesota Timberwolves have waived guards D.J. Carton, Trevor Keels, Tyrese Martin and ahead Matt Ryan.
Carton spent the 2022-23 season with the Iowa Wolves, the NBA G League affiliate of the Timberwolves, the place he noticed motion in 41 video games (23 begins). He averaged 14.5 factors on 55.9% capturing from the sector, together with 34.0% from deep, 4.3 rebounds, 5.4 assists and 1.0 steal in 32.5 minutes per contest. The Bettendorf, Iowa native was a member of the Timberwolves entry within the NBA 2K24 Summer time League 2023 the place he appeared in 5 video games (two begins) and averaged 9.0 factors on 45.5% capturing and a team-high 6.8 assists.
Keels, 6-4, noticed motion in three video games final season with the New York Knicks. Previous to becoming a member of New York, Keels performed in 24 video games (all begins), with the Westchester Knicks of the NBA G League, posting averages of 14.5 factors, 3.0 rebounds and three.5 assists in 31.4 minutes per contest. The Clinton, Md. native, was chosen by the Knicks with the twelfth choose within the second spherical (forty second general) of the 2022 NBA Draft after one season at Duke.
Martin, 6-6, performed in 16 video games with the Atlanta Hawks throughout the 2022-23 season, averaging 1.3 factors in 4.1 minutes per recreation. Moreover, the Allentown, Pa. native, noticed motion in 23 video games (all begins) for the Faculty Park Skyhawks of the NBA G League, the place he averaged 18.0 factors on 50.3% capturing from the sector, 9.2 rebounds and 1.9 assists in 33.9 minutes per recreation, together with a Skyhawks franchise-record 46-point efficiency towards the Grand Fast Gold on March 17, 2023. The 24-year-old was chosen by the Golden State Warriors with the twenty first choose within the second spherical (51st general) within the 2022 NBA Draft after being named to the 2022 Large East All-Event Staff as a member of the College of Connecticut Huskies.
Ryan, 6-7, wrapped up his second NBA season by making 34 appearances (22 with Minnesota and 12 with the L.A. Lakers) averaging 3.6 factors, 0.8 rebounds and 0.5 assists in 9.1 minutes per recreation. He set a career-high with 22:25 minutes of motion off the bench on Feb. 7 at Denver and tallied a career-high-tying 11 factors on a career-high-tying 4-of-8 from the sector, together with a career-best-tying 3-of-7 from deep. Ryan additionally dished out a career-high 4 assists, besting his earlier excessive of two (2x; MR: vs. Toronto on Jan. 19). The White Plains, N.Y. native has seen motion in 35 profession video games with the Boston Celtics, Lakers and Timberwolves. He owns profession averages of three.6 factors, 0.7 rebounds and 0.5 assists per recreation.
The Timberwolves roster stands at 17 gamers.
