The Timberwolves should wear short uniform shorts next season and warm up before games to Earth, Wind & Fire. These are now the Retro Wolves, the throwback gang.
The Wolves are going big and proud of it, small ball be damned.
"Certainly teams tend to go small in the playoffs," coach Chris Finch said. "We're not doing that."
Finch sounded equal parts confident and defiant and enthusiastic Wednesday at the introductory news conference for new center Rudy Gobert.
The modern NBA game is populated with lineups filled with guards and wings. The Wolves boarded a train headed in the opposite direction.