Why Rob Dillingham isn't playing tonight for Timberwolves with new injury update

The Minnesota Timberwolves are mostly healthy.

They're just missing one guy on Sunday, young point guard Rob Dillingham.

It's a bit of a bummer for Dillingham, who has only played one minute this season before getting hurt.

The Timberwolves took him with the No. 8 overall pick in the 2024 draft (via trade with the Spurs), and they'd really like to start to develop him.

In his rookie year, Dillingham averaged 4.5 points and 2.0 assists in just more than 10 minutes a night.

So far this season, he hasn't gotten the chance to follow that up.

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Why isn't Rob Dillingham playing?

Rob Dillingham remains out due to a nasal fracture.

Yep, a broken nose.

It's a painful one, for sure, and it's likely something Dillingham will eventually don a facemask to play through.

For now, it must not be healed enough to play through.

The Timberwolves' rotation isn't majorly impacted. Donte DiVincenzo can keep starting at the point, with Mike Conley behind him.

It's mostly just a negative as far as Dillingham's development is concerned, so Minnesota is surely hoping he can get back soon.

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