The Minnesota Timberwolves are off to a blazing 2-0 start in the preseason despite the absence of superstar forward Karl-Anthony Towns, who is recovering from an illness that sidelined him during the first week of training camp.
While you can point to availability factors, such as the Miami Heat sitting Jimmy Butler on Tuesday, or LeBron James, Anthony Davis, Patrick Beverley and Russell Westbrook on the bench in their Las Vegas best on Thursday night, better indicators of their preseason success are their rather staggering depth and incredible proclivity for pushing the pace in transition.