4 teams who are the biggest threats of stealing Malik Monk from the Lakers

4. Minnesota Timberwolves

The Minnesota Timberwolves are back in the NBA Playoffs and the NBA world has been clowning on the team a bit for the way they celebrated a play-in win over the Los Angeles Clippers. This is a franchise that has not had much success and everyone was into it. The players were into it, the fans were into it. It was a fun moment. Let them enjoy the success they do have.

Minnesota is potentially building something special not just with a potential young future star in Anthony Edwards, but in the identity that they are finally building. Minnesota really has not had an identity and adding a veteran like Patrick Beverley to set the tone for the young guys has been so important for the franchise.

When you look at Minnesota’s rotation, it is clear that they are both one guard short and one off-ball three-point shooter short. Monk checks both of those boxes for the T-Wolves, who have more than enough space under the luxury tax to be able to offer him an MLE.

Monk would replace Jordan McLaughlin in the rotation to essentially operate as the team’s backup point guard. Playing him next to D’Angelo Russell would be playing with fire as both guys don’t play a lot of defense, so the team would have to be smart in staggering those minutes.

At the end of the day, though, Monk would give the T-Wolves that one extra off-ball scorer that is missing to elevate the team into the top-10 in three-point shooting next season.