For as much as we *joke* around here about my annual prediction that the Wolves are ready to turn a corner, there really have been two seasons in the past decade in which the franchise had legitimate playoff hopes going into the season.
The first was 2013-14, when veteran coach Rick Adelman had Ricky Rubio, Kevin Love, Kevin Martin and a bunch of other veterans/depth players. The second was this season, when a young core led by Karl-Anthony Towns, Andrew Wiggins, Zach Lavine and Rubio, under new coach Tom Thibodeau, seemed poised for a breakthrough.
The two teams were quite different.