Tom Thibodeau was admittedly worried about Zach LaVine.
The then-Timberwolves coach had seen his potential up-and-coming star undergo season-ending surgery to repair a tear in the anterior cruciate ligament of his left knee back in 2017, and had some serious concerns.
Not that the knee would heal or that LaVine would mentally get past the obstacles of such an injury, but that he was attacking the rehab too aggressively.
“There were a lot of days he had to be backed off,’’ Thibodeau said back then.
But then that’s always been LaVine.
See the rim, attack it.