“A group becomes a team when each member is sure enough of himself and his contribution to praise the skills of others.” –Norman Shidle.
When reassessing the challenges that the 2022-23 NBA season posed to the Minnesota Timberwolves, I wonder if we may have missed something. Yes, we all understand that changes were happening at a rapid pace, sure. We all ‘get,’ that the team had to retool over a third of the roster well after the 2022 NBA Draft.
And then, there was that illness of power forward and center Karl-Anthony Towns, the injury that sapped his strength and delivered him to the Timberwolves team appearing as a shade of his NBA-ready self.