Finally, real basketball is starting.
After an offseason that is best described as shrouded in grim uncertainty, the Minnesota Timberwolves will be taking the court for real for the first time since losing Game 5 of their first-round series against Houston back in April. And Jimmy Butler will apparently be part of the festivities.
On paper, the Wolves aren’t all that different from last year’s 47-win squad. Although the back end of the rotation was turned over (Jamal Crawford, Nemanja Bjelica, and Marcus Georges-Hunt are out and Josh Okogie, Anthony Tolliver, and Keita Bates-Diop are in), the top seven or eight players, including Derrick Rose, have returned.