TORONTO – There promises to be better nights than Monday for the Timberwolves and D’Angelo Russell.
In a 137-126 loss to Toronto, Russell scored 22 points on 7-for-12 shooting, but he had six turnovers and didn’t score in the fourth quarter.
But Russell, like a lot of his teammates, is acclimating to a new situation in one of the most uncommon roster overhauls you’ll ever see in the NBA. After the Wolves acquired eight new players last week, everyone is still getting to know each other. New forward James Johnson referred to Monday as “day three of our training camp.