Hoops Rumors takes a closer look at each team’s current roster status in the NBA, assessing which clubs are still on the move and which clubs we believe are best prepared for the start of training camp.
As this series aims to provide a snapshot of each team’s roster at this time, these articles will not be updated as more signings, trades and cuts are made in the coming weeks. can follow our roster count page Watch for open spots on your team as opening night approaches.
Today we wrap up our pre-camp roster snapshot series with the Northwest Division. Let’s dive in…
Denver Nuggets
- Guaranteed standard contract players: 15
- Exhibit 10 contract players: 3
- Two-way contract players: 2
The Nuggets don’t need to move roster between now and the start of training camp.Their projected 15 regulars his season roster looks set to be similar to a two-way slot — Gillespie suffered a major leg injury, but Denver reportedly intending to hang on him as he recovers.
Minnesota Timberwolves
- Guaranteed standard contract players: 12
- Non-guaranteed standard contract players: 3
- Exhibit 10 contract players: 2
- Two-way contract players: 2
- Players reportedly reaching contract agreements: 1
Knight, Nowell and Rivers look like pretty safe bets to join the 12 players with guaranteed salaries on the 15-man regular season roster, but that hasn’t been confirmed yet. The partial guarantees owed to Rivers ($650,000) and Knight ($350,000) are modest enough that the Wolves can theoretically go the other way without needing a lot of money.
Still, players like Elvie and Garza will need to really impress Minnesota in training camp and preseason to make a regular-season team.
oklahoma city thunder
- Guaranteed standard contract players: 17
- Unguaranteed Standard Contract Players: 1
- Two-way contract players: 2
- Players reportedly reaching contract agreements: 2
With 17 players in guaranteed contracts and Krejci owing a partial guarantee of $782,000, the Thunder will have to trade or release at least three players in standard deals before opening night. there is. Bazley, Favors, Jerome, Maledon, and Krejci are among his players whose roster spots may not yet be 100% guaranteed.
Additionally, Oklahoma City has no two-way openings, but it wouldn’t be a shock if the team made a change to one of their two-way slots over the next month and a half. Like Waters, his second-year player on his two-way contract often has a tenuous spot in the rotation if he has yet to prove himself as a player.
portland trailblazers
- Guaranteed standard contract players: 14
- Exhibit 10 contract players: 2
- Two-way contract players: 1
- Players reportedly reaching contract agreements: 2
Coming out of luxury tax tax territory, the Trail Blazers are unlikely to fill the 15th roster and could return to being taxable. Miller, Roden, Cacok and Searle are all eligible to convert their Exhibit 10 contracts into two-way deals, so there could be open competition at camp.
utah jazz
- Guaranteed standard contract players: 17
- Two-way contract players: 2
- Players reportedly reaching contract agreements: 4
got more players than they sent out Donovan Mitchell, Rudy GobertWhen Patrick Beverley Trade, the Jazz now have a logjam of rosters to clear. They must trade or give up at least two players with contract guarantees before the regular season is over.
There are still several trade candidates left on the Utah roster, including Beasley, Bogdanovic, Volmalo, Clarkson, Conley, Gaye and Johnson, so say whose roster spots are at stake at this point. If multiple players in that group move in the coming weeks, the issue may eventually be resolved (e.g. in exchange for three players Russell Westbrook Draft compensation quickly clears overages.)
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