There will be plenty of heel kicking for the Milwaukee Bucks this week while we watch the eight mopes in the Eastern and Western Conferences duke it out for the honor of pantings the Celtics and Grizzlies, respectively. Yet I’d be lying if I said the play-in tournament isn’t adding a little bit of actual drama in the build up to the actual 16 team playoffs.
Take the Minnesota Timberwolves, for example: A team that has struggled all year to shed there “the Rudy Gobert Trade is going to send the franchise to Seattle by 2030” shadow.