{"id":8518,"date":"2017-09-12T17:40:50","date_gmt":"2017-09-12T21:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonnba.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=8518"},"modified":"2017-09-12T17:40:23","modified_gmt":"2017-09-12T21:40:23","slug":"shabazz-muhammad-re-signs-timberwolves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2017\/09\/12\/shabazz-muhammad-re-signs-timberwolves\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Shabazz Muhammad Re-Signs With Minnesota Timberwolves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/nba-teams\/minnesota-timberwolves\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minnesota Timberwolves<\/a> have re-signed free agent small forward <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/muhamsh01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shabazz Muhammad<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>to a veteran minimum contract worth $1.6 million over one year.<\/p>\n<p>ESPN&#8217;s <strong>Adrian Wojnarowski<\/strong> broke the news Tuesday afternoon:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShabazzMuhammad?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@ShabazzMuhammad<\/a> will sign for vet. minimum of $1.6M, and his Bird Rights restore with Minnesota next summer for longer term deal.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wojespn\/status\/907683556792705027?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 12, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Shabazz Muhammad Re-Signs\u00a0<\/strong><strong>With Minnesota Timberwolves on\u00a0<\/strong><strong>One-Year Contract<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Muhammad has been a steady option off the bench during his time in Minnesota, playing in 78 games during the 2016-17 campaign. Averaging 9.9 points per game last season, Muhammad also shot 48.2 percent from the floor, including 33.8 percent from beyond the arc.<\/p>\n<p>Despite his offense, Muhammad has always struggled on the other end.\u00a0Among 423 qualified players in 2015\u201316, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/statistics\/rpm\/_\/year\/2016\/page\/11\/sort\/DRPM\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Muhammad ranked 422nd in ESPN&#8217;s &#8220;Defensive Real Plus-Minus&#8221; statistic<\/a>, ahead of only <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bareajo01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">J.J. Barea<\/a><\/strong>. This led to a decline in minutes for Muhammad, who struggled under new head coach <strong>Tom Thibodeau<\/strong> for the majority of the year. Despite that, Muhammad&#8217;s scoring output only fell slightly. He recorded a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/boxscore?gameId=400899939\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">season-high 22 points in 18 minutes off the bench<\/a> against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/nba-teams\/milwaukee-bucks\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Milwaukee Bucks<\/a> last December, making 4-of-5 three-pointers.<\/p>\n<p>Despite obvious concerns defensively, Muhammad can continue to provide Minnesota with consistent offense off the bench. A consistent scorer from both mid-range and in the paint, Muhammad has also improved his three-point game throughout his NBA career. Additionally, at just 24 years old, Muhammad still has plenty of time to tweak his defensive play and become a better-rounded player. Notably, Muhammad has been able to stay healthy for the majority of the past two seasons. He&#8217;s missed just four games since the start of the 2015-16 season, making him a consistent and reliable option to have on the roster.<\/p>\n<p>The former lottery pick can certainly work\u00a0on\u00a0different areas of his game, but with plenty of time to develop, he could become a real asset for the T-Wolves. If Muhammad improves this season, he may be able to earn a bigger contract on the free agent market in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Be sure to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LastWordHoops\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">follow <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/LastWordHoops\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@LastWordHoops<\/a> on Twitter to stay up-to-date with all the latest NBA news.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"q3sMZfW_QJBz-P3phNyNow\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.ca\/detail\/630633364\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'q3sMZfW_QJBz-P3phNyNow',sig:'p3E1ZZTsDNL4uKwyUli4XtSsPBQxX1iadKR1S2hOn6Y=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'630633364',caption: true ,tld:'ca',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Free agent forward Shabazz Muhammad re-signs with the Minnesota Timberwolves on a one-year contract worth the veteran minimum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1793,"featured_media":9880,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21,62,3],"tags":[65,214,96,297,1118],"class_list":["post-8518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-timberwolves","category-nba","category-news","tag-basketball","tag-minnesota-timberwolves","tag-nba","tag-nba-free-agency","tag-shabazz-muhammad"],"modified_by":"Lior Kozai (Managing Editor)","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1793"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8518\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}