Minnesota Timberwolves: 2017-18 player grades for Jeff Teague

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Strengths

Teague’s season was a disappointing one, but did finish the home stretch off really nicely. His end of the season couldn’t have come at a better time — with All-Star Jimmy Butler being out and all. He emerged as a top-three threat offensively alongside Wiggins and Towns during that time.

Butler went down on Feb. 23 against the Rockets. While it was towards the end of the month, Teague excelled from then on:

February: 15.7 PPG, 51.9 FG%
March: 15.1 PPG, 43.6 FG%
April: 20.3 PPG, 48.4 FG%

Minnesota held the longest drought in the NBA in not making the playoffs since 2004. The Western Conference is the strongest conference, which makes making the playoffs a whole lot harder.

That meant Minnesota needed everyone to play at the top of their game. Teague did that by providing big nights in the scoring column. Pre-All-Star break he was averaging 13.1 points per game. After the break, he saw his numbers increase to 17.0 per game.

We know Teague as a scorer, but he did tally a lot of assists as well. This season he averaged 7.0 assists per game — good for 10th in the NBA. Whether it was scoring or dishing out the ball, Teague did find success. The majority of his success was seen after All-Star weekend, however.

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