(@ShamsCharania) The Minnesota Timberwolves are converting two-way C Luka Garza to a standard NBA contract, placing him on playoff roster, agents Mike Kneisley and Odell Witherspoon III of Klutch Sports tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. Garza had 16 points in 9 minutes in win over Toronto on Wednesday.
by YungSzczerbiak
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Let Garza cook! Happy for the boi
Good for him; dude always plays his absolute ass off and seems like a great teammate.
Happy for Luka. He’s an NBA player at the very least.
Hell yeah
Best Luka.
Well deserved
With KAT’s health far from a certain thing this makes so much sense. Luka is the man, I hope he keeps growing and proving himself worthy of meaningful NBA minutes.
Best Luka in the league
Happy for him. Great insurance at the 5. I hope we won’t need him in the playoffs though
So happy for Luka, he absolutely deserves it
Well deserved. Guy plays his ass off, and is a bucket.
Hell yes! If ever anyone on our third string is a top-tier “insurance” player, it’s Luka. This dude gets buckets no matter who he’s up against and plays his ass off. In his limited minutes this year too he hasn’t looked like a turnstile on defense either.
Is there a limit how long you can have a 2 way contract?
I like Luka, I’m sure he’s a good player, but as far as I can tell there’s been very little play time to say …. upgrade him beyond the time he gets and doing a great job cheering from the bench.
Let’s fucking go. He put in the work.
Luke baby LFG
I feel like this man could play himself into a great contract if he were able to get more minutes. Has bad luck and stuck behind our loaded frontcourt
Heck yeah! Well earned Luka!
Finals confirmed
He played so well against Jokic last time.
Does this mean we retain his bird rights in free agency? Would be big of we could keep him as a restricted free agent
Playoff Luka
Its game 7 of the WCCF vs Denver at Mile high down 100-101 to Denver with 10 seconds remaining. KAT and Rudy have fouled out in a grueling physical battle with the Nuggets. Wolves fans are distraught..until Luka comes in.
Seemingly “Purple Rain” starts to echo in the Arena out of nowhere. The Sound technician cannot seem to turn it off. As the ball is being inbounded, Jokic looks at Garza expecting to see fear. Instead, Jokic is shocked momentarily at Luka’s resilience and build like a thoroughbred stallion back home ready for the moment. This is all the time Luka needs to wriggle free of Jokic. Nobody is open..except Luka and he gets the ball back to the basket vs Jokic. Luka puts one of his gigantic shoulders into Jokic, enough to get some space, Jokic is caught off guard by his strength and sheer determination.
Garza fades away, the buzzer sounds as the ball is In the air, it’s a high fade like he shot it from heaven…”SWIIISH” it’s good! It’s good! Nuggets fans collapse in disbelief, Luka just casually turns and looks straight at the camera and smiles. Every woman watching the game instantly falls in love. Purple reign crescendos in the background as Wolves fans everywhere cry from elation. Luka jerseys are sold out everywhere and become the number 1 selling jersey in America.Luka is the hero. Taylor has a heart attack from disbelief in the suite above. The Wolves are back.
Really want to see him in the playoffs… after we blow all our opponents out by 30+
EVERYBODY GET IN HERE!!!!!!
Finally. I’ve been waiting for this day since he was signed for a two way.
so happy for him. seeing the Miller-Garza connection last night was absolutely electric, like a portal into the future
Fuck yeah, dude deserves it!
Does this have any impact on other players on the roster? I knew they had an open slot to fit TJ in, but I haven’t a clue how converting two-ways work in this situation.
Who did we drop?