Terrence Shannon Jr. has been cleared for full-contact, five-on-five practice, the Timberwolves announced in a press release. He is being listed as questionable for Monday’s game against the Kings.
Shannon has missed the last nine games for the Wolves with a left foot fifth metatarsal bone bruise. After playing 339 regular-season minutes in his rookie season, he saw his playtime increase with the departure of Nickeil Alexander-Walker, but struggled to increase his production, averaging 3.9 points and 2.4 rebounds in 16.4 minutes per game through the team’s first seven contests.
In Shannon’s absence, Minnesota has turned to Jaylen Clark, Bones Hyland, Leonard Miller, and others. The Wolves are 10-6 on the season and have gone 8-3 in their last 11 games.
We have more injury notes from around the league:
- Landry Shamet exited the Knicks‘ loss to the Magic in the first quarter and is now listed as out for Monday’s game against the Nets with a sprained right shoulder, tweets Stefan Bondy of the New York Post. Bondy notes that head coach Mike Brown stated Landry would have a full evaluation in “the coming days,” and that this designation is only tied to the next game’s status. Shamet has been a surprise success for the Knicks this season, starting six games and averaging 9.3 points on 42.4% shooting from deep.
- RJ Barrett exited the Raptors‘ win against the Nets on Sunday early with a right knee sprain after landing awkwardly on a dunk, reports Danielle Michaud, as relayed by Blake Murphy of Sportsnet (Twitter link). Michael Grange of Sportsnet reports (via Twitter) that Barrett will get imaging done on his knee on Monday.
- Isaac Okoro and Dalen Terry are listed as out for Monday’s Bulls game against the Pelicans, writes K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune (Twitter link). Kevin Huerter and Patrick Williams are listed as questionable with an illness and wrist injury, respectively.