Wolves season report card: Robbie Hummel

This is the second in a 15-part series evaluating each Timberwolves player's performance during the 2014-15 season. Find the entire series here.

Perhaps no other individual player embodied the Timberwolves' 2014-15 injury woes better than Robbie Hummel.

With teammates falling by the wayside throughout the season, the swing forward played every position. Every position. When Nikola Pekovic was sidelined, Hummel sometimes served as Minnesota's third center. There were other times he instigated the offense, while an injured Ricky Rubio and/or Mo Williams looked on from the sideline. Sometimes, Hummel did both in the same game.

And Hummel himself fell victim to the team's debilitating injury bug, missing 29 games from Jan. 26-March 27 with a broken hand.

"We're definitely undermanned, but I thought we competed," Hummel said after the Wolves' April 13 loss to New Orleans. "I thought we played hard. When you have six or seven guys, what are you going to do?"

Injuries aside, even after such a tumultuous season, Hummel's second NBA go-round wasn't much different than his first -- serviceable when called upon, fundamental but limited.

Scoring: C

Making 45 and 53 appearances, respectively, in his first two NBA seasons and averaging 14.3 minutes per game, Hummel isn't yet the type of player who brings instant offense. He averaged just 4.4 points per game and 9.6 per 36 minutes (both metrics were similar during his rookie season). But Hummel did improve slightly as a shooter, connecting on 45.9 percent of his field-goal attempts while dropping from 36 percent 3-point shooting to 31.4. If he's to continue carving out an NBA niche for himself, improved outside accuracy off the bench should help considerably.

Rebounding: B-

Hummel's agile, 6-foot-8, 215-pound frame and sharp decision-making in the paint render him a slightly above-average rebounder on paper. His three boards per game don't jump off the stat sheet, but he did play just 16.5 minutes per game this season. Much of Hummel's rebounding acumen hinged upon what position he was playing, especially on defense; a guy his size is going to struggle clearing out NBA bigs a head taller, and guarding wings isn't exactly conducive to crashing the glass every defensive possession, either.

Defense: C+

Hummel's spot duty makes it more difficult to gauge his defensive impact than, say, that of Andrew Wiggins, who consistently played 30-plus minutes a night and almost always matched up with the opposition's top scorer. Still, Hummel's ability to guard so many positions deserves plaudits. He averaged 1.3 steals and 0.4 blocks per 36 minutes and is one of Minnesota's best at closing out against outside shots.

Overall: C+

Serving as a second-unit utility man for the second consecutive year continued to boost the 26-year-old Hummel's NBA resume. So did a second straight year without knee trouble after experiencing far too much of it during college at Purdue. After making $880,000 in his second season, Hummel can become a restricted free agent this summer, with a $1,147,276 qualifying offer attached to his name. The Wolves have from between the last day of the NBA Finals and June 30 to submit a qualifying offer; if they let Hummel go, chances are another team would be willing to add him for some depth.

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