Many fans are predicting that the Minnesota Timberwolves will make changes in the offseason after the team lost in the second round in six games to the San Antonio Spurs this past playoff season. 

Continuity is king in the NBA with the best teams proving to be the ones that have battle through the playoffs together and managed to stick with each other and the process. This current Timberwolves core of Anthony Edwards, Jaden McDaniels, Naz Reid, and Rudy Gobert have been through the highs and lows together over the past four seasons, with Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo joining the team the past two seasons. 

They made the Western Conference Finals in 2024 and 2025 before failing to make a third straight appearance this past season. 

Jon Krawczynski, a Minnesota Timberwolves beat writer for The Athletic, hinted on his podcast that significant changes will be coming to the Timberwolves. 

"What I think is going to happen is I do think there's going to be some sort of fairly significant roster change so that the starting lineup on opening night next season is not going to be the same starting lineup that finished this season," he said. 

The starting lineup will already look different from how it did to finish the season, as Donte DiVincenzo, who started all 82 games for Minnesota in the regular season, will miss at least the first half of this upcoming season after suffering an Achilles tear in the first round of the playoffs against the Denver Nuggets.

The Timberwolves have interest in retaining unrestricted free agent Ayo Dosunmu, whom they acquired at the trade deadline from the Chicago Bulls. 

The big question marks are Julius Randle and Rudy Gobert. 

They make a combined $69.8 million, which is 42% of the cap. Top three players taking up that much cap space isn't unheard of, but both players are on the wrong side of 30 and have their respective flaws. 

Their value is also at an all-time low after back-to-back playoff seasons where they each struggled against the Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs, two teams that will continue to be the class of the West for the foreseeable future. 

Even if the Timberwolves can find a taker for one or both players, the return value might not be what they're looking for, and while changes are necessary, they don't want to make chage for the sake of making change. 

It felt like they already did that once in dealing Karl-Anthony Towns.