The Minnesota Timberwolves have signed Andrew Wiggins to a contract extension.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed. But owner Glen Taylor said in August that he offered Wiggins a five-year max extension worth $148 million.
The Minnesota Timberwolves enter the season with the longest active playoff drought in the NBA.
Coach Tom Thibodeau went out and got some familiar faces to try to end that skid. Jimmy Butler, Taj Gibson and Aaron Brooks played for Thibs with the Bulls. Now they have come to Minnesota to give a promising young nucleus the experience they need to break through. A playoff bid would be the Wolves’ first since 2004.
Minnesota opens the season on the road Oct. 18 at San Antonio.
