The Timberwolves have released 34-year old center Mark Blount who has been with them all season despite not playing in a game. Blount played in 124 games (111 starts) in his three years with the T-Wolves and he averaged 29.8 minutes, 11.6 points, 5.7 rebounds and 0.8 assists per game. The T-Wolves aren’t going anywhere this season so that won’t miss Blount at all. But, they did him a favor as he is a free agent now.

The Timberwolves have acquired 24-year old power forward Darko Milicic from the Knicks for 32-year old forward Brian Cardinal. Milicic was deep in Mike D’Antoni’s Dog House in New York but the T-Wolves will give him a fresh start and another opportunity to prove himself in the NBA. Milicic has played in only 8 games (0 starts) this season for the Knicks and he averaged 8.9 minutes, 2.0 points, 2.2 rebounds and 0.5 assists per game. He has now played in 345 games (98 starts) in his NBA career and he has averaged 17.0 minutes, 5.4 points, 4.0 rebounds and 0.7 assists per game. Brian Cardinal was looking like a player nearing the end of the line in his NBA career this year for the T-Wolves. He played in 27 games (0 starts) for the Timberwolves this season and he averaged 9.0 minutes, 1.7 points, 0.9 rebounds and 0.7 assists per game. The T-Wolves really had nothing to lose in making a trade like this one.

The Timberwolves have acquired 25-year old small forward Alando Tucker, a conditional future 2nd round pick and cash from the Suns for 31-year old point guard Jason Hart. Tucker played in 11 games (0 starts) for the Suns this season and he averaged 6.5 minutes, 3.9 points, 0.6 rebounds and 0.3 assists per game. He has now played in 47 games (1 start) in which he has averaged 8.5 minutes, 4.3 points, 1.0 rebound and 0.3 assists per game. Jason Hart only played in 1 game for the Timberwolves this season and he played 5 scoreless minutes with 1 assist and 1 steal. The Suns immediately cut Hart. This was a good trade for the Timberwolves as Tucker will get a chance to show what he can do for them off the bench.

The Timberwolves have released veteran point guard Antonio Daniels. Daniels has been crying since he got to Minnesota saying that he wanted out of town. The T-Wolves tried to trade him but they couldn’t find a taker so they just decided to cut him. Daniels will find another team but the T-Wolves won’t miss him as Jonny Flynn and Ramon Sessions are going to share the job this season.

The T-Wolves have acquired 23-year old center Nathan Jawai from the Mavericks for a future 2nd round pick. Jawai only played in 6 games last season for the Raptors and he averaged 3.2 minutes, 0.3 points and 0.4 rebounds per game. The Timberwolves were desperate for help in the frontcourt so this was likely a good trade for them. With Al Jefferson and Kevin Love out of action Jawai could get some playing time in Minnesota to show what he can do. He will battle Mark Blount and Ryan Hollins for minutes at center until Jefferson is ready to return to action. The Timberwolves did a great favor to Jawai who was buried on the depth chart in Dallas and he was scheduled to start the year in the D-League. Now it’s up to him to reward the team.