It's been an offseason of change for the Minnesota Timberwolves after they lost in the second round to the San Antonio Spurs in the 2026 NBA playoffs. 

That series showed that the Timberwolves lacked secondary creation at the guard position behind Anthony Edwards, which wasn't helped by the Achilles injury that Donte DiVincenzo suffered in the first round. 

In looking to add more creation, the Timberwolves went out and acquired LaMelo Ball from the Charlotte Hornets. The team gave up top reserve power forward Naz Reid in the deal. 

Days before the Reid for Ball swap was announced, the Timberwolves traded starting power forward Julius Randle to the Brooklyn Nets in a salary dump. 

In trading Reid and Randle, the Timberwolves created a huge hole at the starting power forward position. 

They signed Trey Lyles, who spent last year playing overseas. He last played in the NBA for the Sacramento Kings in 2024-25. 

They were in on the LeBron James sweepstakes, who would've easily slid into the starting power forward role, and complemented fellow starters LaMelo Ball, Anthony Edwards, Jaden McDaniels, and Rudy Gobert. 

Instead, LeBron signed with the Philadelphia 76ers, taking a starting power forward role next to Tyrese Maxey, VJ Edgecombe, Jaylen Brown, and Joel Embiid. 

Now, the Timberwolves are still left with a giant hole at power forward that will either be filled by starting Lyles or sliding McDaniels down to the four and using Ayo Dosunmu or Josh Green in the starting lineup. 

Jon Krawczynski of The Athletic reports that there is "no trade on the horizon" for potential frontcourt help, and if the Timberwolves bring anyone in, it would be for depth and competition purposes, and not to immediately take the starting role. 

The Timberwolves don't have many draft assets after trading an unprotected 2033 first-round pick and three first-round pick swaps (2028, 2029, 2030) to the Hornets in the LaMelo trade. 

They could trade Terrence Shannon Jr for help in the frontcourt, but that seems unlikely at the moment. 

That leaves the free agent market, which is pretty bare at their position of need. The team has the taxpayer mid-level exception to offer, which is about $6 million. 

Of the free agents left, the top options would seem to be Kelly Olynyk and Guerschon Yabusele. Neither moves the needle as starters, but both can be solid contributors off the bench. Maybe Jonathan Kuminga can be sold on taking far less than he is asking for if it means getting a starting role on a championship contender, but that's a long shot. 

Even if Olynyk and Yabusele are the best options, Minnesota needs to do something to add to the frontcourt because Gobert, Lyles, and Joan Beringer as their frontcourt depth isn't good enough.