Frederick: Does this formula work? Timberwolves don’t have look of title contender
Ever since Minnesota acquired Rudy Gobert via trade back in the summer of 2022, the team’s identity was clear: The Wolves would be big, strong and athletic. In the beginning, the construction was headlined by a pair of 7-footers — Gobert and Karl-Anthony Towns. Good luck grabbing a rebound over those two, was the thought.
Since then, it’s evolved into a team that no longer features Towns, but maintained its length. Timberwolves coach Chris Finch said teams either need to present opponents with a problem or supply a solution. “You’ve either got to be built in a way that troubles the opponent with something they don’t have, or you’ve got to have a counter to what they do have,” Finch said.
“I’m sure GMs across the league, these are things they wrestle with all the time. ” Length and athleticism have been Minnesota’s primary problems raised to opponents. Minnesota can trot out lineups that feature the likes of Anthony Edwards, Jaden McDaniels, Terrence Shannon Jr.
and Julius Randle all around Gobert. The Wolves occasionally workshopped “three bigs” lineups including Randle, Gobert and Naz Reid. They didn’t start a traditional point guard for much of the season.
Big. Strong. Athlethic.
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