As the Wolves' 3-1 start and positive vibes from a win at defending NBA champion Milwaukee have dissolved in a blizzard of losses during a 1-8 stretch, I have resisted the urge to visit ESPN's trade machine to test out various high-profile deals.
It's still early, after all. And it's a mere coincidence that the Wolves' current 4-9 record was their exact mark three years ago at this time when they traded Jimmy Butler.
Are the Wolves better off now than they were then? Absolutely not.
But there's no undoing the past. There's only dealing with what's in front of them, and the reality — which Chip Scoggins and I talked about on Wednesday's Daily Delivery podcast — is this: The Wolves have four winnable games coming up.