If you told me a month ago that the Minnesota Timberwolves would start off 3-2 and split the games against the Milwaukee Bucks and Denver Nuggets, I would have been thrilled. Somehow, though, this result feels disappointing, which at the same time is oddly encouraging.

The Timberwolves have gotten off to similar starts before, but this season feels different. It feels legitimate. I know hard-hitting analysis with “it feels different,” but it does. Teams of the past would have blown that Milwaukee game and got blown out by 20 by Denver. In a pleasant turn of events, things went differently than they usually do, mainly because…

This Defense May be Legitimate

The Timberwolves having one of the best defenses in the league was far from the expectation a few weeks ago.