Everything starts on Wednesday night. We’ve waited this long — long enough to compile this hefty list of 11 reasons to get pumped for 2016-17. Settle in, and let’s get to it.
1. KAT’s Reign: Very rarely do Minnesotans get a close-up look of a superstar blossoming before their eyes in Karl-Anthony Towns. I can only think of a few homegrown talents that reached superstar status in the past 25 years in the Minnesota sports landscape: Randy Moss, Joe Mauer, Kevin Garnett, and Adrian Peterson.
While all four of them saw their careers end in Minnesota with a deflating trade or depressing injuries/production, we’re still in the puppy dog stage with Karl-Anthony Towns.