Tim Connelly’s Summer Puzzle: How Do You Keep a Contender Intact Without Stepping on the Second Apron Landmine?
It’s a good time to be a Timberwolves fan. That sentence feels weird to type—like “Nicolas Cage, Oscar winner” or “IKEA instructions, easy to follow”—but it’s true. Minnesota is in the thick of an exciting playoffs battle with the Lakers and looks more like a legit Western Conference threat than a quirky underdog story. And yet, even while we’re still living in the now—glorious now, there’s a giant, blinking problem on the horizon:
The Second Apron.