Finding under-utilized or untapped talent has seldom been a strength of the Minnesota Timberwolves. The franchise’s 30-year history is littered with well-intended acquisitions and signs that backfired in their face. After all, you don’t wind up with the league’s worst franchise win percentage for nothing.
With that said, things have been vastly different thus far with Malik Beasley, who fell into the Timberwolves’ laps last winter when the team acquired him in a four-team deal that sent Robert Covington to Houston while turning over much of the roster.
ESPN Sources: 4-team trade agreement: Houston: Robert Covington; Atlanta: Clint Capela and Nene; Minnesota: Malik Beasley, Juancho Hernangomez, Evan Turner, ATL 1st round pick via Nets; Denver: Gerald Green, Houston FRP.