After shipping off solid defenders such as Robert Covington, Gorgui Dieng, Noah Vonleh, and Treveon Graham before the trade deadline, a bad defense has become markedly worse for the Minnesota Timberwolves. The players they received back in those trades, namely Malik Beasley, Juancho Hernangomez, and of course, D’Angelo Russell, are better offensive players than their predecessors but don’t offer as much on the other end of the floor.
With a core of Russell, Beasley, Hernangomez and Towns, Minnesota should have an elite offense.