Terrence Shannon Jr. up to 23.8 minutes, 9.5 more than his season mark
The Timberwolves guard's minutes have spiked well above his season average, and the next stretch of games will show whether that lasts.
Terrence Shannon Jr. is playing 23.8 minutes a night over his last 10 games, through May 15, 2026. That is 9.5 minutes more than his average for the 2025-26 season. Across 52 games this year, the Timberwolves guard has logged 14.2 minutes a night and scored 6.7 points. The increase only shows up in that most recent 10-game stretch, not across the full season.
A jump of 9.5 minutes is large measured against a season average of 14.2. It means Shannon's recent workload is close to double what he has played, on average, the rest of the year. Minutes on an NBA roster are a fixed pool, so a rise this size for one player usually comes with less time for someone else in the rotation.
For the 23.8-minute rate to hold, the Timberwolves would need to keep playing Shannon at that level past these 10 games, not just during them. If it does hold, his season average of 14.2 will keep climbing toward his recent number as more games get added to the count. If it does not hold, his minutes will drift back down toward that 14.2 mark, and this stretch will read as a short-term bump rather than a lasting change in his role.
Either way, the answer will show up in the same place this number came from: his minutes per game, tracked one game at a time from here.