What does Kyle Anderson get paid in the offseason?

[zimpy27]

He's a great player and could be a sneaky could pick up at MLE but it's possible someone offers him a Bruce Brown deal.

[Northern hoops]

I think he's played himself out of a chance at a Bruce Brown deal this year.

MLE seems like the right amount of money. Anything more would be an overpay IMO, unless his shooting numbers revert to previous years.

[nate33]

I don't really get the fascination with Kyle Anderson.

The guy has a TS% of .520, which is 9th worst in the entire league despite have the luxury of being picky with his shot attempts (he has an anemic 14.3% usage) while playing against second-string defenses. He shoots just 21% from 3-point range. He has a -5.5 point differential.

I'm not saying he sucks or anything. He is obviously a credible rotation player thanks to his exceptional passing for his position and high basketball IQ. But I don't see a line of teams clamoring to add him to the rotation. Maybe he gets MLE money, but I don't think there's any chance he gets Bruce Brown money. Bruce Brown was basically a 6th starter for Denver who played 2200 minutes last year (Kyle has played 1200 so far). And he still hadn't really bumped into his ceiling when he hit free agency so there was still an undetermined upside. We know what Kyle Anderson is, and it's merely "okay".

[shrink]

Last year MIN fans talked about SloMo as the greatest free agent in Wolves history. He was a good defender, provided passing and connectivity the team needed, shot 41.5% for 3P on 1.5 3PA, got inside to break up zone defenses, and knew how to feed Gobert.

But this year he has really struggled to make three pointers, and has mostly stopped even trying to shoot them. For instance, he’s 3-for-8 .. since January 1st! Defenses are refusing to guard him even in the corner, and his ability to feed Gobert craters when there are two non-shooters on the floor. Further complicating this was that he heard a lot of talk about being traded over the last month that seems to bother him, and he has played much better since remaining with the Wolves after the trade deadline.

Anderson’s next contract will be substantially based on how he finishes the season and his playoff performance. But earlier this afternoon, when I was looking into how much keeping him would cost, I experimented with $8 mil (which would cost $40 mil in real dollars with lux taxes for MIN!). $8 mil may seem exceptionally low, but his numbers this year have not been good, and worryingly, may have something to do with his eye injury in the playoffs.

MIN 21.8, FG .464, 3P .219, 3.5 RPG, 4.1 APG, 1.2 TO, 0.8 SPG, 0.5 BPG, 6.1 PPG

https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/a/anderky01.html

[Skybox]

Love to get him for MLE…nearly any team would be better for having him coming off the bench at multiple positions…but MLE puts many teams in play- maybe a cap space team overpays just enough. For ORL, a Bruce Brown deal makes some sense IF they first address their glaring need for a guard that can score reliably from the perimeter via trade. He could be a bigger, more reliable Ingles if Ingles isn’t re-upped. A Monk/SLO-Mo summer UFA haul would be solid too.

Would be a great follow up to a multi-pick trade for Simons or Murray, for example.

Would be incredibly frustrating if SLO-Mo was THE big summer move for a team with such a good young frontcourt already tho.

[Scoot McGroot]

Barring a very solid ending to this season, I think Kyle would jump at a full MLE offer. He’s probably not worth it right now? Might be more of a 2/10 (player option year two) kind of guy needing a bit of a “make good deal”.

[jayjaysee]

I think he’s looking at 2-3year declining money below the full MLE. 3year25-26 with a good amount unguaranteed.

[dans1230]

He's a great player and could be a sneaky could pick up at MLE but it's possible someone offers him a Bruce Brown deal.

Kyle Anderson is not a "great player". He is a nice player to be the 6th or 7th guy in your rotation.
He has value similiar to a Donte DiVincenzo type contact. 3 to 4 yrs at 10 to 12 mil per.

[moss_is_1]

He was fantastic for us last year, but has been bad this year. Could be a couple factors. He had a serious eye injury to end last season, he's playing the 3 mostly where last year he was playing the 4 filling in for Towns.

He was turning the ball over a ton, but was really good the last month or so taking care of the ball. I wouldn't be opposed to bringing him back, because I like his defense against bigger wing players where Jaden can be overmatched. I would assume he gets a better offer both with playing time and money.

[gswhoops]

Barring a very solid ending to this season, I think Kyle would jump at a full MLE offer. He’s probably not worth it right now? Might be more of a 2/10 (player option year two) kind of guy needing a bit of a “make good deal”.

I feel like this is a very likely outcome. 1+PO at the tax MLE with a team that has more outside shooting so he can rehab his value and get a big deal next offseason.

[jazzfan1971]

Maybe some team throws a 1+1 with a team option on the 2nd year for greater than MLE money? Perhaps Philly strikes out in free agency and has to spend money somewhere. Could do worse than this.

[psman2]

7-9 mill if he gets a 3+ year deal. Could get a tad above MLE deal on a short term deal, but nothing close to a BB overpay. If he waits too long to sign then a TMLE might be in the cards too.

[Residual-Heat]

Love to get him for MLE…nearly any team would be better for having him coming off the bench at multiple positions…but MLE puts many teams in play- maybe a cap space team overpays just enough. For ORL, a Bruce Brown deal makes some sense IF they first address their glaring need for a guard that can score reliably from the perimeter via trade. He could be a bigger, more reliable Ingles if Ingles isn’t re-upped. A Monk/SLO-Mo summer UFA haul would be solid too.

Would be a great follow up to a multi-pick trade for Simons or Murray, for example.

Would be incredibly frustrating if SLO-Mo was THE big summer move for a team with such a good young frontcourt already tho.

Id rather just bring back Inlges if anything. Atleast he's been a great shooter for the MAgic. He's making like 50% of his catch and shoot 3s.

[Skybox]

Love to get him for MLE…nearly any team would be better for having him coming off the bench at multiple positions…but MLE puts many teams in play- maybe a cap space team overpays just enough. For ORL, a Bruce Brown deal makes some sense IF they first address their glaring need for a guard that can score reliably from the perimeter via trade. He could be a bigger, more reliable Ingles if Ingles isn’t re-upped. A Monk/SLO-Mo summer UFA haul would be solid too.

Would be a great follow up to a multi-pick trade for Simons or Murray, for example.

Would be incredibly frustrating if SLO-Mo was THE big summer move for a team with such a good young frontcourt already tho.

Id rather just bring back Inlges if anything. Atleast he's been a great shooter for the MAgic. He's making like 50% of his catch and shoot 3s.

I'd consider both for relatively short-term reasonable deals. Ingles plays primarily like a PG anyway. They could both find a place in the rotation if we're getting serious about winning. Also, I'm not tremendously confident in Ingles' availability - so far, so relatively good, but he sure doesn't look fit.

That'd be some great ball movement, shooting and general BBIQ in our rotation...without compromising the future financial flexibility.

*We need a guard that can shoot FIRST & FOREMOST, but Slo-Mo is a solid and versatile piece after that.

[shangrila]

He's bee Finch's security blanket for 2 seasons now so I wouldn't be surprised if he returned, assuming the Conley deal is truly an indication that they don't care about the luxury tax too much.

Based on his current play he's probably a 2yr, 5m per kind of guy. He's still near elite defensively and makes good passes, but ever since the eye injury (which he required surgery for) his shot has just completely left him. And that's from nearly everywhere on the floor, not just from 3. So if teams think this is the player he is moving forward, well, there's a fair few videos out there breaking down how much Anderson was killing our spacing early in the season.

A MLE deal would be an overpay and something he should jump at. I could maybe see the Wolves doing something like 2yr, 7m per with a team option for that 2nd year.

[nate33]

I seriously doubt he will return. The Conley signing puts Minnesota right at the 2nd Apron.

[Mamba4Goat]

I wouldn’t be surprised if he returns on something like a 3 year/$30mil deal with a player option. I also wouldn’t be surprised if he signs on a taxpayer MLE somewhere. His value may shock people.