The Timberwolves' summer-league team is set. The roster that features draft picks Josh Okogie and Keita Bates-Diop as well as former G Leaguer Amile Jefferson and two-way signee Jared Terrell will begin play in Las Vegas on Friday.
They'll play Denver then at 10 p.m. Central time on NBA TV. The second game is Sunday at 2 p.m. vs. Toronto (NBA TV) and the finale is Monday at 10 p.m. (ESPNU).
Their 2017 first-round pick Justin Patton will miss summer-league play for the second consecutive year because of a second foot surgery.
The team will be coached this time not by Ryan Saunders, but by player-development coach John Lucas, who will assume a bigger coach role now that assistant Rick Brunson is gone.
TIMBERWOLVES NBA SUMMER LEAGUE 2018 IN LAS VEGAS ROSTER
No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Birthdate Prior to NBA/Country Yrs.
30 Jaylen Barford G 6-3 202 01/23/96 Arkansas/USA R
33 Keita Bates-Diop F 6-9 223 01/23/96 Ohio State/USA R
42 Dennis Clifford C 7-1 260 02/29/92 Boston College/USA R
44 Charles Cooke F 6-5 196 07/01/94 Dayton/USA 1
9 Isaiah Cousins G 6-4 191 03/13/94 Oklahoma/USA R
40 Nana Foulland C 6-10 235 10/21/95 Bucknell/USA R
14 Josh Gray G 6-1 175 09/09/93 LSU/USA 1
10 Amile Jefferson F 6-9 224 05/07/93 Duke/USA 1
3 Perry Jones F 6-11 235 09/24/91 Baylor/USA 3
4 Egor Koulechov F 6-5 205 11/05/94 Florida/Russia R
6 Tyler Nelson G 6-3 180 08/09/95 Fairfield/USA R
20 Josh Okogie G 6-5 211 09/01/98 Georgia Tech/Nigeria R
7 Jonathan Stark G 6-0 175 05/23/95 Murray State/USA R
34 Jared Terrell G 6-3 215 02/10/95 Rhode Island/USA R
12 Andrew White F 6-7 210 06/16/93 Syracuse/USA 1
Summer League Head Coach: John Lucas (Oklahoma State)
photo: Wolves coach Tom Thibodeau, Josh Okogie, Keita Bates-Diop by Liz Flores, Star Tribune
