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Arriving as part of a draft-day trade from the Cleveland Cavaliers, Tyus Jones came to Minnesota after being named the Final Four Most Outstanding Player and taking Duke the NCAA Championship in 2015.  Jones played his first four years of his NBA career with the T-Wolves, and while he has not seen good production numbers, he rarely turns the ball over and became above-average on the defensive side of the ball.  That would reflect on his advanced metrics.
An All-Star with the Atlanta Hawks in 2015, Jeff Teague signed with the Minnesota Timberwolves prior to the 2017/18 Season where he would take over the starting Point Guard role.  In Teague’s first full season with the T-Wolves, he finished 8th in Assists per Game and would have finished higher the year after had he played enough games to qualify (injuries prevented that).  Teague played two-and-a-half seasons with Minnesota before being traded back to Atlanta.

Andrew Wiggins is one of the toughest players to rank on any of our Top-50 lists, as his five years and change saw high points, but low advanced metrics.

Taj Gibson was used mostly as a sixth man through his career but his arrival to Minnesota before the 2017/18 Season would see him secure the starting Power Forward role for the Timberwolves.  Playing two years with Minnesota before he signed with the Knicks, Gibson has had a pair of 10 Point per Game Seasons (12.2 & 10.8) with good rebounded tallies (6.9 per Game).  Gibson is not an elite player, but he does a lot of things well and doesn't lose you ballgames.  Arguably, he has been at his most efficient with Minnesota.