Tonight I will attend the first live Timberwolves game in several years. There will be a chance to take a look at the athletic talent Minnesota have acquired in a preseason game. We will play against Memphis with the longest total salary contract player in Mike Conley.
The Timberwolves most would say having the most underpaid talent in the NBA. But having all of your most talented players on their rookie contracts is not anything to pat yourself on the back about. Luck helps this situation, luck helps in the NBA. Kevin Love and Andrew Wiggins have a strange connection with the history of the Timberwolves, and the tummult of the front office in the past 6 years is incredible. It makes the new beginning with Thibodeau seem all the more exciting. From Kahn to Saunders to Thibs/Layden is like amoeba to walking homo sapiens sticker you see on the back of automobiles.
Evolution is exciting, but it sure does take luck, and maybe to say we are at the end with homo sapiens is taking the current hype too far. The Timberwolves have advanced without a doubt from the days of illegally acquiring Joe Smith (thanks McHale) and sacrificing draft picks to the incoming David Kahn drafting Johnny Flynn.
More luck is needed to win a championship. Health must be continued, for all the top players on the team. The biggest hope for the future, the player General Managers of NBA teams have recently voted the most desired to start a franchise right now, is Karl Anthony Towns. Yet this may have been a tag for other young players as well. Players by the likes of Grant Hill and Anfernee Hardaway. Both had a superstar career turned into a good but not great legacy. Injury can derail even the most promising hope and their is unfortunate nothing you can do to prevent freak occurrences.
The shining future of the team could be cut short, but the desire to be great and work hard for three different players is comforting. There is a thought that injury can present opportunity as well, Rubio could get injured and Tyus Jones coudl burt into the scene as the next Isiah Thomas. Let be optimistic, take it one game at a time, continual improvement....
We'll see how tonight goes.
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