It’s that time of the week again, folks—NBA power rankings time. And let me just rip the Band-Aid off right now: for the second week in a row, the Minnesota Timberwolves are nowhere to be found on this list. After stumbling into Thanksgiving with a four-game losing streak, they managed to scrape together wins against both LA teams. But a one-point home win against a depleted Clippers team and a scrappy effort over the exhausted Lakers just wasn’t enough to vault them back into the rankings.
Here’s the thing: the Wolves are only 2.