Since the day he took over as Timberwolves president in 2019, Gersson Rosas has made clear he wants to maximize the peak of Karl-Anthony Towns' career as best he can by acquiring players whose trajectories align with Towns'.
That window of time tends to open as a player enters his late 20s.
So far, Rosas has gone out and acquired players such as D'Angelo Russell, 25, and Malik Beasley, 24, as pieces around Towns, 25. In Rosas' vision, both figure to be long-term complements as Towns enters his late 20s.
The first half of the Wolves' season probably goes differently if Russell, Beasley and Towns share the floor for a significant time.