For the first time this season, the Atlanta Hawks will face off against the new-look Minnesota Timberwolves. The Wolves were in the news early to start this season with Jimmy Butler delivering “tour-de-force” showings in practice and publicly carping about playing too many minutes.
Now with Butler on the 76ers and the Wolves adding two of the most lovable members of Philadelphia’s Process era (Robert Covington and Dario Saric), the Wolves have sparked a turnaround and are still in the thick of the playoff hunt in the bloodbath that is the lower reaches of the Western Conference standings.