 Nyora kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Nekuda kwekunetseka kwehurefu hwake uye nekurohwa kwake-kwakawanda, Lawson akatsvedza kusvika 18th mu2009 NBA dhizaini, kwaakasarudzwa neMinnesota Timberwolves. Zvisinei, vakanga vatogadza vatambi vaviri, zvichiita kuti Lawson ashandiswe. Izvi zvakapa Denver Nuggets mukana wekuwana mutambi wemhando yepamusoro sezvo vakatengesa yavo ramangwana rekutora kuenda kuMinnesota mukutsinhana naLawson. Lawson akashanda se backup kuChauncey Billups kwemwaka nehafu kusvika Billups achitengeswa kuNew York Knicks musi waFebruary 22, 2011 sechikamu chekutengeserana icho chakatumirawo nyeredzi mberi Carmelo Anthony kuNew York. Musi waApril 9, 2011, Lawson akava mutambi wekutanga munhoroondo yeNBA kuita gumi rake rekutanga matatu-poindi kuyedza kutanga mutambo. Akaenda 10-of-11 kubva shure kwemapoinzi matatu uye akapedza mutambo aine basa-rakakwirira 37 mapoinzi, 7 rebounds, uye 6 anobatsira. 