Brandon Rush’s season with the Wolves was in many ways more revealing of Tom Thibodeau than it was of Rush himself.
Brought in on a one year deal to provide some shooting and depth at the wing spots, Rush was under or unused through much of the season, until Zach LaVine was hurt. At which point he went from regular DNP-CDs to the starting lineup, and regularly 25+ minutes a night. In the end, he appeared in only 47 games, 33 of which were starts, and averaged 22 minutes a night. Which brings us to Thibs: It’s one thing for a player’s role to expand when another guy gets injured.