The Minnesota Timberwolves are still a work in progress.
Approaching the first half of the 2024-25 regular season, the T-Wolves continue to witness twists and turns in their progress. From embracing three consecutive wins before the end of 2024, they are now on a downslide by losing their last three games prior to Monday’s matchup against the Los Angeles Clippers.
Now with an 18-17 card, uncertainty remains present for this Minnesota team that has lofty expectations to fulfill.
Their current record shows that they are way too good to struggle considering their last year’s remarkable run by clinching 56 wins and a historic trip to the Western Conference Finals. As such, their bold gamble last offseason by shipping away Karl-Anthony Towns for Julius Randle is yet to materialize in the wake of backlash amongst their fanbase.
ESPN’s Marc J. Spears gets candid by offering his thoughts about the ongoing slump of the T-Wolves.
“They have to be the most frustrating team in the NBA right now,” he said in NBA Today. “They go through these lows and then they’re great like recently, their defense was amazing and Anthony Edwards was happy about it. Now, their defense is poor again and they need Rudy Gobert to pick it up.
“They’re still adjusting to this trade [of Karl-Anthony Towns and Julius Randle]. But how long do they have to adjust to this? They need to figure it out.”
As the season starts to intensify with many teams beginning to locate their groove and poise towards contention, Minnesota is simply on a shaky spot about finding their own.
In his usual way, Anthony Edwards remains as the lead man of the Timberwolves, productively averaging 25.3 points, 5.6 boards, and 3.9 assists per game. But beyond these numbers, Spears believes that the franchise superstar has to step up further in being the leader of the entire squad.
“I think for Ant, they need him to show more leadership,” he said. “Get the better out of his guys. This is probably the least productive team in the league.”
Thankfully enough, the Timberwolves still have plenty of hoops remaining to play out and improve themselves collectively. But at the end of the day, it all boils down on how they’ll handle these chances to finally reach their true ceiling as a legitimate contender.
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