The Timberwolves have a D'Angelo Russell conundrum on their hands

Timberwolves coach Chris Finch, left, benched D’Angelo Russell in the fourth quarter of Game 6 against Memphis.The most encouraging and entertaining Timberwolves season in almost 20 years is over.

Counting the play-in game against the Clippers, the postseason lasted a little over two weeks.

And now the offseason will feel like an eternity.

If you think the Wolves are automatically going to continue on an upward trajectory after doubling their win total from 23 to 46 ... well, that's not how this works. Teams rise and fall all the time. Sometimes they stall (see: the 2021-22 Atlanta Hawks).

The things that were good about this year's Wolves won't magically stay good just as their issues won't…