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So much has already been said about how vital of an offseason this is for the Minnesota Timberwolves. It is being framed as the last chance to reset for a title window around Anthony Edwards to become an actual reality and not just something that podcast hosts bring up when discussing “dark horses.”
That is why so much of the conversation is: A) Devastatingly pessimistic and B) horrendously hard to find real answers.
The Wolves enter this offseason significantly behind the wagon that is the San Antonio Spurs and Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference. Their roster is by no means talent devoid, even if it doesn’t stack up to those two leaders, with six top 100 players according to the Ringer. However, the general fit is abysmal. The focus has largely been on finding a star to raise the ceiling, but I want to go in a different direction.
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While players like Ja Morant, Zion Williamson, and Domantas Sabonis (I have seen this one with my own two eyes and it is horrifying) bring reclamation projects whose bounce backs could result in a much stronger team, the larger issue with the Wolves roster is the way their best players all get in each other’s ways.
Julius Randle’s ball dominance limits the offensive growth of Jaden McDaniels and the ease in shot quality for Anthony Edwards, while his position locks Naz Reid into a bench role. Rudy Gobert’s non-shooting and stone hands mean that any offensive approach must be slowed and that attempts at the rim will often come against multiple defenders.
There are also considerable absences in skillsets that cause even more of these issues. Jaden is forced to be a point-of-attack defender instead of a weakside helper because there are none left on the roster. Why? Because the lack of a point guard has pushed Ant into a higher workload and resulted lower defensive effort.
These problems are all entangled with one another and impossible to cut out without addressing them all at once. To that point, a star, even one who bounces back, will not fix the general problems in this team’s DNA.
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Enter Jalen Suggs.
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