Last season, when things were going bad, one of the easiest things for Timberwolves fans to do was blame head coach Tom Thibodeau.
The complaints were varying, and some of were deserved. Did he play his starters heavy minutes? Yes. Should he have mixed his first and second unit for longer than he did? Sure. (The only players from the bench who played together for more than 10 minutes with at least 3 starters were Tyus Jones and Nemanja Bjelica)
Thibodeau’s rotations are compartmentalized; he used to stagger starters and bench minutes separately, and this is a fact.