Wolves sign Josh Minott to a standard contract rather than the two-way deal some were expecting. Combined with Thursday's signing of Austin Rivers, they are effectively down to one standard roster spot, which they will assuredly use on a big. However, with a lot of name-brand veteran bigs still out there who could play rotation minutes (Lamarcus Aldridge, Demarcus Cousins, Dwight Howard, Montrezl Harrell, Blake Griffin) still available and potentially within their budget, I'd be surprised if it wound up being Nate over all those possibilities.

If that does happen, it would leave three potential outcomes*:

1. Another team offers Nate a two-way, but the Wolves choose not to match (highly unlikely)
2. Another team offers Nate a standard contract, which the Wolves would be functionally powerless to match (possible)
3. Nate accepts the qualifying offer and plays another season as a two-way for the Wolves (the most likely outcome)


*Note that at this point, the Wolves cannot revoke the qualifying offer without Nate's consent, so by definition, a two-way with the Wolves is the absolute minimum he can have.