Wolves waive Anthony Bennett

Minneapolis/St. Paul – The Minnesota Timberwolves today announced the team has waived forward Anthony Bennett. With the move, Minnesota’s roster stands at 18 players.

“In speaking with Anthony and his representatives over the past few days, we came to the conclusion that this was the best outcome for both parties,” said Timberwolves general manager Milt Newton. ‘When you look at our team, our deepest position is probably power forward. This move balances out our roster while also allowing Anthony another opportunity in the NBA. He has a lot of talent and his play this summer internationally made this a difficult decision for us.

“During his short time here Anthony has carried himself with class and represented the franchise in a very professional manner. We thank him for his positive attitude and wish him the best of luck in his future endeavors.”

Acquired by the Wolves on August 23, 2014 as part of a three-team trade with Cleveland and Philadelphia, Bennett appeared in 57 games with Minnesota last season averaging 5.2 points in 15.7 minutes per game.

An updated Timberwolves roster is below.

2015-16 TIMBERWOLVES ROSTER

NO

PLAYER

POS

HT

WT

BIRTHDATE

PRIOR TO NBA/FROM

YRS

88

Nemanja Bjelica

F

6-10

234

05/09/88

Fenerbahce Ulker/Serbia

R

7

Lorenzo Brown

G

6-5

189

08/26/90

North Carolina State/USA

2

5

Gorgui Dieng

C

6-11

233

01/18/90

Louisville/Sénégal

2

21

Kevin Garnett

F

6-11

253

05/19/76

Farragut Academy HS/USA

20

1

Tyus Jones

G

6-1

190

05/10/96

Duke/USA

R

8

Zach LaVine

G

6-5

183

03/10/95

UCLA/USA

1

23

Kevin Martin

G

6-7

204

02/01/83

Western Carolina/USA

11

24

Andre Miller

G

6-2

200

03/19/76

Utah/USA

16

15

Shabazz Muhammad

F

6-6

227

11/13/92

UCLA/USA

2

33

Adreian Payne

F

6-10

240

02/19/91

Michigan State/USA

1

14

Nikola Pekovic

C

6-11

295

01/03/86

Panathinaikos/Montenegro

5

50

Kleon Penn

C

6-11

285

09/01/86

McNeese State/Virgin Islands

R

12

Tayshaun Prince

F

6-9

215

02/28/80

Kentucky/USA

13

9

Ricky Rubio

G

6-4

192

10/21/90

FC Barcelona/Spain

4

10

Damjan Rudež

F

6-10

230

06/17/86

CAI Zaragoza/Croatia

1

32

Karl-Anthony Towns

F/C

6-11

250

11/15/95

Kentucky/USA

R

22

Andrew Wiggins

F

6-8

199

02/23/95

Kansas/Canada

1

6

Nick Wiggins

G

6-6

192

01/04/91

Wichita State/Canada

R

HEAD COACH:                        Flip Saunders (Minnesota)

INTERIM HEAD COACH:         Sam Mitchell (Mercer)

ASSISTANT COACHES:          Sidney Lowe (North Carolina State) Ryan Saunders (Minnesota) David Adelman (Portland State) Bryan Gates (Boise State)

HEAD ATHLETIC TRAINER:   Gregg Farnam (St. Cloud State)