Young talent abounds, but Minnesota can't skip steps.
With Andrew Wiggins and Karl-Anthony Towns, the Timberwolves have an athletic young core.The decision was neither rash nor shortsighted. Sam Mitchell, the interim coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves, was ordering three of his young starters to the bench for most of the second half: Karl-Anthony Towns, Andrew Wiggins and Ricky Rubio. It was not so much a punishment as it was an opportunity.
"I thought the guys who played in the second half played hard -- played together, played with a type of intensity and energy we needed," Mitchell told reporters following Minnesota's demoralizing 116-101 loss at Milwaukee on Friday. "I thought some of the guys in the first group didn't play that way. And they have to understand, every single night, you have to earn it.''Professional NBA 2K16 MyTEAM Coins in NBA2KAH! Buy NBA 2K16 MT Points & NBA 2K16 Coins with Cheapest Prices, 24/7 Services, Fast Delivery and Safe Trade to Your NBA 2K Account!
Is there another NBA core more promising than this trio that was assembled by the late Flip Saunders? Towns, the 7-foot rookie of the year favorite, is rivaling Anthony Davis in the debate over which young star is the league's best building block. Wiggins, the 6-foot-8 swingman in his second season, is emerging as an excellent complement to Towns, in part because Wiggins shows little desire to be the No. 1 star. The athleticism and length of Zach LaVine, the 6-foot-5 guard who has been the Slam Dunk champion in each of his two NBA seasons, creates the potential for endless mismatches as he tries to become a point guard.
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