Luol Deng, Jerryd Bayless and Anthony Tolliver have played a combined 2,089 games over 37 seasons in the NBA.
At various times this season, that total wasn’t going up as much as it could have, as each found himself riding the bench for extended stretches.
But of late, the Timberwolves have needed their veterans to get through a stretch in which four regular contributors have been hurt.
One word you’ll hear a lot of their teammates and their coach mention when talking about them is “professional” — how they haven’t disrupted the team with their disappointment in not playing, and how they have stayed ready, waiting for a moment like this when the Wolves would need their services.