How do you quantify opportunity losses? If you are a long-term fan of the Minnesota Timberwolves, you know and can appreciate the pangs of anguish when the team failed to draft that rookie who you knew would be a future NBA star. You also can point to the scars suffered when the team bailed on a player who was just about to put it all together.
We published an article featuring nine players who the Minnesota Timberwolves gave up on too soon, but in all honesty that was only the tip of the iceberg. There is a list of missed opportunities for each and every NBA team.