Canis Hoopus · Aug 26, 2015
Unlocking the Upside: Shabazz Muhammad Prepares for Pivotal Third Year
Flashback to November 19, 2014. The New York Knicks were in town to face an already injury-ravaged Timberwolves team missing three key starters only nine games into the season; Ricky Rubio, Thad Young and Nikola Pekovic.
Flip Saunders surprisingly announced that Shabazz Muhammad, his first draft pick as President of Basketball Operations in 2013, would make his first career start at power forward over Anthony Bennett, who many writers and followers of the team expected to start for the second consecutive game in place of Young.