The recent insertion of Zach LaVine into the starting lineup certainly hasn’t helped the Timberwolves’ bench production, taking away the main creator for the second unit.
And even though LaVine wasn’t a very good point guard, he was at least capable of driving into the lane and drawing help defense before finding open teammates on the perimeter. That is not a strength of any current player coming off the bench for the Wolves.
Since February 10th (the day that LaVine was moved into the starting lineup), the Timberwolves rank dead last in bench scoring at an even 24 points per game — more than 11 points worse than the average for bench units league-wide, which is 35.