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MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL – The Minnesota Timberwolves and Lynx announced the organization will host a blood drive on Tuesday, Aug. 2 from 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. at Mayo Clinic Square on the ground floor. In partnership with Memorial Blood Centers (MBC), this drive comes at the beginning of another urgent need to replenish the local blood supply.

While the need for blood donors remains at an all-time high across the country, Minnesota continues to balance the historically difficult summer season for blood collection and pandemic-related staffing challenges.

“We are so grateful for our partnership with the Timberwolves and Lynx and the upcoming blood drive at Mayo Clinic Square,” said Wendy Capetz, Director of Marketing and Development, Memorial Blood Centers. "Our appointment schedules might be tight, but the need for blood donation doesn't take a vacation. We hope folks will donate at our donor centers to help us replenish supplies for patients in need.”

The MBC Blood Drive will be held on the ground level at Mayo Clinic Square (600 Hennepin Ave.). Donors will receive an MBC t-shirt, Wolves and Lynx items, and a voucher for two Timberwolves tickets for the 2022-23 preseason home opener vs. the Brooklyn Nets on Friday, Oct. 14 with tipoff scheduled for 7:00 p.m. CT.

Interested donors can find out if they’re eligible (see donor eligibility guidelines) or schedule an appointment for the Aug. 2 blood drive.

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Timberwolves & Lynx to Host Memorial Blood Centers Drive at Mayo Clinic Square

Minneapolis/St. Paul – The Minnesota Timberwolves today announced the team has signed forward Eric Paschall to a two-way contract. Per team policy, terms of the agreement were not released.Paschall, 6-6, spent last season with the Utah Jazz where he averaged 5.8 points on 48.5% shooting and 1.8 rebounds per game in 58 games (three starts). During his rookie campaign with the Golden State Warriors in 2019-20, he saw action in 60 games (26 starts) and averaged a career-best 14.0 points on 49.7% shooting, a career-high 4.6 rebounds and a career-best 2.1 assists. He was named to the 2019-20 NBA All-Rookie team following his play during his first season. In three seasons with the Jazz and Warriors, Paschall has tallied 1,552 points and 509 rebounds.The North Tarrytown, N.Y. native spent his final three collegiate seasons at Villanova after beginning his career at Fordham University, winning the National Championship with the Wildcats in the 2017-18 season. Paschall ended his college career with averages of 12.3 points, 5.1 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game.Paschall was originally selected by the Warriors with the 41st overall pick in the 2019 NBA Draft.

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Timberwolves Sign Eric Paschall to Two-Way Contract

Minneapolis/St. Paul – The Minnesota Timberwolves today announced the team has signed guard A.J. Lawson to a two-way contract. Per team policy, terms of the agreements were not released.Lawson, 22, most recently played for the Dallas Mavericks during the 2022 NBA Summer League where he averaged a team-high 15.6 points on 51.9% from the field including 50.0% from three and 6.0 rebounds per game. The 6-6 guard played 10 games (all starts) this past summer for the Guelph Nighthawks of the Canadian Basketball League (CBL) and averaged 16.5 points on 44.3% shooting and 5.4 rebounds in 30.5 minutes per game.The Toronto native saw action in 33 games (26 starts) for the College Park Skyhawks of the NBA G League last season and averaged 11.8 points on 48.1% shooting and 6.3 rebounds. Lawson played three seasons at the University of South Carolina where he totaled 1,153 points, 325 rebounds and 167 assists in 81 games (80 starts).

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Timberwolves Sign A.J. Lawson to Two-Way Contract

Minneapolis-St. Paul – The Minnesota Timberwolves today announced the team has re-signed forward Nathan Knight. Per team policy, terms of the agreement were not released.&nbsp;

Knight, 24, wrapped up his second NBA season, where he saw action in 37 games for the Timberwolves (two starts) and averaged 3.7 points on 51.1% shooting, 2.3 rebounds and 0.6 assists per game during the 2021-22 season. In his first career start on Dec. 27 vs Boston, he notched a career-high 20 points and a career-high 11 rebounds, accounting for his second career double-double. On Mar. 4 after scoring a game-high 33 points along with 12 rebounds earlier in the day with the Iowa Wolves, Knight was transferred to the Timberwolves and grabbed three rebounds in 5:04 minutes of action against the Oklahoma City Thunder later in the evening. Per Elias Sports, it marked the first time since the inception of a Timberwolves NBA G League team, that a player played in a G League game and an NBA game in the same day.&nbsp;&nbsp;

He is the third NBA player from William &amp; Mary, where in four years, he averaged 17.1 points on 56.0% shooting and 7.7 rebounds. Knight became just the second player in league history to be named both the CAA Player and Defensive Player of the Year in the same season in 2020.&nbsp;

The 6-10 forward holds career averages of 3.7 points on 43.6% shooting and 2.2 rebounds in 7.8 minutes per game with the Atlanta Hawks and the Wolves.&nbsp;

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Timberwolves Re-Sign Nathan Knight

Minneapolis/St. Paul – The Minnesota Timberwolves today announced the team has signed forward Josh Minott. Per team policy, terms of the agreement were not released.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Minott, 6-8, was acquired by the Wolves during the 2022 NBA Draft, and recently appeared in all five games (four starts) for Minnesota during the 2022 NBA Summer League where he averaged 12.2 points and a team-high 8.6 rebounds. He appeared in all 33 games (five starts) for the University of Memphis as a freshman last season where he averaged 6.6 points on 52.2% shooting, 3.8 rebounds and 0.9 assists per game last season. The 20-year-old recorded two double-doubles last season on his way to earning 2021-22 AAC All-Freshman Team honors and was named AAC Freshman of the Week twice throughout the season.&nbsp;

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Timberwolves Sign Josh Minott

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Live Rewind: Karl-Anthony Towns Press Conference

Timberwolves President of Basketball Operations Tim Connelly, Head Coach Chris Finch and forward/center Karl-Anthony Towns discuss the announcement of the contract extension for Towns.