The Minnesota Timberwolves’ season is over, which means it’s time to start assessing how each player on the roster performed this year. Earlier in this series, we looked at Aaron Brooks and Cole Aldrich’s performances. Up next is sophomore wing Marcus Georges-Hunt.

Expectations

Like our the two players we assessed earlier, Georges-Hunt didn’t exactly have the weight of high expectations on his shoulders coming into this year. After going undrafted, he drifted in and out of the G-League during his rookie year. He was signed to be an extra body on the wing in case of blowouts and injury.

Marcus Georges-Hunt (@GTMGH3) brought kids from the Boys and Girls Club to Nickelodeon Universe tonight!



The kids (and @JimmyButler) had a blast! pic.twitter.com/xSzHnaDQko — Timberwolves (@Timberwolves) January 10, 2018

Reality

Georges-Hunt actually panned out well for this purpose. He ended playing in 42 games this season, with many of these being blowouts. He also played at least ten minutes in seven games and had a positive plus-minus in five of them.

ALERT! Marcus Georges-Hunt in the game. This is not a drill — Jon Krawczynski (@JonKrawczynski) December 15, 2017

Though he lacked much scoring ability, Georges-Hunt played admirable defense. In addition, he only turned the ball over three times in the 224 minutes he played this season. Despite such scattered minutes, the sophomore never took a possession off and played hard on both ends of the floor.

Asked a scout why Marcus Georges-Hunt is playing over Shabazz Muhammad in Minnesota: "The kid (MGH) plays hard and defends. It's really important to Tom (Thibodeau) that you give a sh*t out there. That kid (MGH) gives a whole truckload of sh*t and doesn't take it for granted." — Keith Smith (@KeithSmithNBA) December 24, 2017

Highlights

Georges-Hunt was a crucial part of that famous bench rally against the Philadelphia 76ers on Mar. 24. He scored 11 points on 3 of 4 shooting and made all five of his free throws. In addition, he had two steals and two rebounds. He lead the way as the Timberwolves reserves cut the Sixers 30-point lead down to nine before Tom Thibodeau replaced them with the starters.

Despite playing 14 minutes in a 16-point blowout, Georges-Hunt was a plus-16 for the contest. It was likely the best game so far of his short NBA career.

Lowlights

Georges-Hunt’s biggest fault this year was his lack of an offensive presence. He managed to score in just 15 of his 42 appearances and produced more than five points in just two games. He shot 26.7 percent on three’s, which is almost a must-have skill for guards in today’s NBA.

His distribution also left something to be desired. Although he rarely turns the ball over, he had just seven assists this entire season. Part of this offensive invisibility could be due to the fact that his teammates rarely give him the ball, in addition to the fact that many of the minutes he played were in garbage time.

Jimmy Butler just had to help Marcus Georges-Hunt out of his warmup pants as he checked into the game. — Zach Harper (@talkhoops) October 28, 2017

Grade: A

Outlook

Georges-Hunt’s contract with the Wolves was only a year long, and he will enter restricted free agency this summer. He doesn’t appear to be a part of Minnesota’s long-term plans, and with the big contracts of Karl-Anthony Towns and Jimmy Butler in the works, don’t expect the team to match any qualifying offers for Georges-Hunt. However, he plays the brand of gritty defense that Thibodeau loves, so it wouldn’t be a surprise to see him around next year.

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