Timberwolves beat writer Jerry Zgoda opens the mailbag this week and answers questions via Twitter from a Wolves Nation discouraged by its team’s start:
Q Why do the Timberwolves continue to have third-quarter collapses? Josh Hawes, @my4gems
A Some say it’s because Tom Thibodeau plays his starters too much and bench too little (he does) and blame fatigue. I don’t buy that. It’s youth and to generalize, it’s Karl-Anthony Towns, Andrew Wiggins and Zach LaVine panicking, jacking shots and each trying to stop the flood by himself. The Wolves are a couple of years behind Utah and need to do what the Jazz did: Add veterans who are real contributors (George Hill, Boris Diaw, Joe Johnson in Utah) who can settle things down when needed.