Heading into the 2020-2021 season, our hope for the Minnesota Timberwolves has reached the guarded optimism level. We have the returning idolatry for Ricky Rubio, sky-high potential in the number one pick Anthony Edwards, and a roster where the pieces are starting to fit together around Karl-Anthony Towns.
But yet, when the projected standings come out for the upcoming season placing the Wolves anywhere between 10th to 14th in the West, the collective response is, “that sounds about right. Sure hope the Wolves can compete for the play-in tournament.”
Looking at the individual pieces of the roster, it is easy to poke holes and find rationales for why the Wolves will be bad.