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Wolves add three players as training camp opens

Rasual Butler, John Lucas III and Toure' Murry join the team.

September 26, 2016 at 4:35PM

The Timberwolves added Rasual Butler, John Lucas III and Toure' Murry to the roster for their training camp, which opened today.

Butler, 37, has played 13 seasons in the NBA and was with San Antonio last season. He was briefly with Chicago in 2010-11 when current Wolves coach Tom Thibodeau led the Bulls.

Lucas, 33, is an eight-year veteran who was last in the NBA in 2014-15 with Detroit.

Murry, 26, hasn't played in the NBA since 2013-14 with the Knicks. He played for Texas and Sioux Falls in the D-League last season.

Here is the training camp roster, supplied by the Wolves:


No Player Pos Ht Wt DOB Prior to NBA Yrs
45 Cole Aldrich C 6-11 245 10/31/88 Kansas/USA 6
88 Nemanja Bjelica F 6-10 234 05/09/88 Serbia 1
12 Rasual Butler F 6-7 215 05/23/79 La Salle 13
5 Gorgui Dieng C 6-11 233 01/18/90 Louisville/Sénégal 3
3 Kris Dunn G 6-4 210 03/18/94 Providence/USA R
27 Jordan Hill C 6-10 245 07/27/87 Arizona/USA 7
1 Tyus Jones G 6-1 190 05/10/96 Duke/USA 1
8 Zach LaVine G 6-5 183 03/10/95 UCLA/USA 2
11 John Lucas III G 5-11 165 11/21/82 Oklahoma State/USA 7
15 Shabazz Muhammad F 6-6 227 11/13/92 UCLA/USA 3
23 Toure' Murry G 6-5 200 11/08/89 Wichita State/USA 2
33 Adreian Payne F 6-10 240 02/19/91 Michigan State/USA 2
14 Nikola Pekovic C 6-11 295 01/03/86 Montenegro 6
9 Ricky Rubio G 6-4 192 10/21/90 FC Barcelona/Spain 5
4 Brandon Rush F/G 6-6 220 07/07/85 Kansas/USA 8
32 Karl-Anthony Towns F/C 6-11 250 11/15/95 Kentucky/USA 1
22 Andrew Wiggins F 6-8 199 02/23/95 Kansas/Canada 2
Head coach: Tom Thibodeau (Salem State)
Assistant coach: Andy Greer (Brockport), Ryan Saunders (Minnesota), Rick Brunson (Temple)

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