NBA shooting guard Jaylen Nowell’s free agency has been a particularly odd storyline of the 2023 offseason.

The ex-Minnesota Timberwolves player comes off a career year but is yet to find a new team before the 2023-24 season.

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Ex-Minnesota Timberwolves guard Jaylen Nowell is still a free agentCredit: Getty
Nowell, 24, averaged career-high 10.8 points and 2.6 rebounds for the T-Wolves last season, emerging as an important part of the team’s second unit.

But he’s been on the market ever since his four-year, $6.6million rookie deal with the T-Wolves expired.

Rumors claimed the ex-Washington standout attracted some interest from the Dallas Mavericks earlier in the summer.

But NBA insider Marc Stein later reported that wasn’t the case.

Most recently, Nowell has been linked to the Golden State Warriors.

The Dubs reportedly invited the 6-foot-4 guard for a workout in September.

But he is said to have been one of many NBA veterans to attend the session.

The group also included Kent Bazemore, Juan Toscano-Anderson, Dewayne Dedmon, Will Barton, Stanley Johnson, and Derrick Favors, per HoopsHype.

In June, the same outlet claimed that the Timberwolves were open to sign-and-trade deals involving Nowell.

Minnesota drafted the talented scorer in the second round of the 2019 draft after he averaged 16.2 points, 5.3 rebounds, and 3.1 assists as a Washington sophomore.

His performance earned him the Pac-12 Player of the Year title.

Nowell played mainly for the Iowa Wolves in the G League in his first two NBA seasons.

But he turned into an important contributor for Minnesota off the bench in the past two years.

The 2023 NBA preseason starts on October 5, about three weeks before the 2023-24 campaign tips off on October 24.