Terrence Shannon Jr. is back with the Timberwolves.

The Timberwolves recalled Shannon from their G League affiliate, the Iowa Wolves, on Saturday, just four days after sending him down. Shannon, a first-round pick in this year's NBA draft, played in two games for Iowa, scoring 34 points in his debut on Wednesday and 32 more points in Iowa's 121-112 victory over the Grand Rapids Gold Friday night. That's an average of 33 points per game, and Shannon also averaged 4.5 assists and 4.0 rebounds across the two games in Iowa.

The move to bring Shannon back to the Timberwolves comes a day after Minnesota sent forward Leonard Miller down to Iowa just days after recalling him. Shannon hasn't seen many minutes for the Timberwolves this season, but is a promising rookie who at 24 years old can likely provide value for the team sooner rather than later.

The Timberwolves return to action Sunday afternoon when they visit the Boston Celtics for a 2:30 p.m. tipoff.

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  1. My theory as to why they sent TSJ down for just two games: he has been killing it in pracrice of late, and they wanted to see how that may translate in a game setting against actual opponents. Passed that test and is on his way back up with the intention of trying to get him more minutes. Maybe he’s been outperforming Minott?

  3. Not sure if he’s ready but I’d love to watch him play even some spot minutes, I think it’s time to expand the rotation.

  6. Every time a player is sent on G-League assignment, I imagine Chris Finch saying
    “Send him to Iowa!”
    And then that player getting dragged away by two sentient corn cobs as he pleads for mercy.

  7. Watching McCain and knecht balling as a rookie I want our rookies balling too. Yeah let’s give them playing time Finch! They are first round pick ffs.

  8. These tenured scrubs look bad and were basically 500. It’s high time we see some hungrier players – can’t be too much worse.

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