The Minnesota Timberwolves have agreed to a deal with Eugene Omoruyi and Skylar Mills, per Michael Scotto of HoopsHype.
The Minnesota Timberwolves have agreed to deals with Skylar Mays and Eugene Omoruyi, sources told @hoopshype.
Minnesota Timberwolves Adds A Pair Of Young NBA Veterans, Do They Have A Chance To Make Opening Night Roster
Since going undrafted in 2021, Omoruyi has bounced between the G-League and the NBA. He has made 87 career appearances for Dallas, OKC, Detroit, and Washington.
Playing in a career-high 43 games for the Wizards, the Omoruyi averaged 4.8 points and 1.9 rebounds. The 6-6 forward also compiled shooting splits of 48.5/28.3/65.3% in less than 10 minutes a contest.
Omoruyi saw action in one summer league game with the Wizards, and he struggled shooting the ball in that contest before getting ejected for getting into a fight with Chimezie Metu.
Meanwhile, Mays has appeared in 106 NBA contests since Atlanta selected him in the second round of the 2020 draft. The 6-3 guard has played for Atlanta, Portland, and the Los Angeles Lakers. He appeared in 38 games last year, splitting time with the Trail Blazers and Lakers, averaging 4.0 points and 2.2 assists while compiling shooting slash lines of 39.6/29.6/76.5%.
Mays and Omoruyi’s deals are expected to be training camp deals with Exhibit 9 or 10 languages. Mays can’t be signed to a two-way contract, though Omoruyi is still eligible to do so.
Minnesota has 14 players on fully guaranteed standard contracts with a salary cap hit of over $205 million, meaning the Timberwolves are well above the punitive second tax line. Therefore, the Timberwolves aren’t expected to sign another player to a fully guaranteed contract. However, being over the second tax line, the Wolves are already hamstrung in future deals and can only offer any free agent they sign the veteran minimum.
Minnesota’s Training Camp
The Timberwolves also have all three of their two-way spots filled. Jaylen Clark, Jesse Edwards, and Dashen Nix currently hold those deals. Unless there is a major injury or Clark really “balls out” during training camp, any of the three two-way players will unlikely earn a standard contract.
Clark was selected with the No. 53 overall pick in 2023 out of UCLA, but the 22-year-old guard missed the entire season with an Achilles injury. Clark struggled offensively in four Las Vegas Summer League games, though he did show off his athleticism and defensive ability. He averaged 3.75 points, 1.75 rebounds, and 2.7 steals while shooting 24.0% from the field and 22.2% from deep in less than 19 minutes a game.
Adding Omoruyi, Mays, and Chasson Randle means the Timberwolves have 20 players on their training camp roster. Randle and the Wolves reportedly agreed to an Exhibit 10 contract on September 9.
Randle went undrafted out of Stanford in 2015, though he has appeared in 119 career NBA games, including 41 contests in his last season with the Orlando Magic during 2020-21. He spent the 2022-23 campaign in the G-League and then played all of last season with AEK Athens.
Randle averaged 10.4 points, 2.6 rebounds, and 2.5 assists while shooting 46.1/41.1/74.6% in 40 games for AEK. The Iowa Wolves acquired Randle’s G-League rights from the Oklahoma City Blue. Thus, expect Randle to at least the season in Iowa along with Omoruyi and Mays.
