Still as committed to defense and as hard-nosed as ever, Timberwolves coach and president of basketball operations Tom Thibodeau nonetheless opens this season with a team ready to play at a pace faster than you might expect.
Thibodeau’s Chicago Bulls teams had league MVP Derrick Rose with which to attack, but they mostly won big with their defensive grit and a certain deliberateness.
If you watched the Wolves’ preseason opener against the Los Angeles Lakers or portions of their two games against Golden State in China, you might have grown sweaty simply by the way they pushed the ball.