The Wolves made a major trade right before camp and then started the season slow, but the new pieces have now been incorporated and they again look like the team that made the Western Conference Finals.
It can be easy to fall into the trap of ripping the Minnesota Timberwolves for “losing” the Karl-Anthony Towns trade. The New York Knicks are 16-10 and have the second-best adjusted net rating in basketball, according to Dunks & Threes. Towns has been a massive part of that, as he’s averaging 24.8 points and a career-high 13.9 rebounds per game. He’s also shooting 52.6% from the floor and a career-high 43.9% from three. Towns is also in the 97th percentile in Offensive Estimated Plus-Minus .
“Everybody right now is on different agendas. I think that’s one of the main culprits of why we’re losing,” said Edwards. Well, don’t look now but Minnesota has rattled off six wins in seven games since Edwards’ locker-room tirade. The Timberwolves are now tied for sixth place in the Western Conference, and the team is suddenly looking more like the elite group it was a year ago — with the potential to be even more dangerous.
Minnesota seemed to be lacking an identity to start the year, but the last seven games show that this Timberwolves team isn’t all that different from what it was last season. Since November 28th, Minnesota is allowing just 91.8 points per 100 possessions. That’s the best mark in the league, by far. This team has found its tenacity once again, and its points allowed per 100 possessions for the season is now 107.4. That’s better than last year’s 108.9.
Minnesota has a bit of a “your turn, my turn” offense right now, with Edwards and Randle switching off cooking opponents in a half-court setting. But that works when both guys are knocking down shots. And bringing it back to Conley, it works better when there’s somebody out there that can properly identify the right matchups to attack — or just the right side of the court to do so.
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