The Timberwolves this past offseason made an all-out pitch to D’Angelo Russell, trying to woo the free agent guard to Minnesota as a major building block alongside his pal Karl-Anthony Towns.
Turns out it’s too chilly in Minnesota — at least that was Russell’s explanation a month ago — and he signed instead with Golden State.
Wolves President Gersson Rosas and the rest of his front office team pivoted to an offseason strategy of low-cost signings to fill out the roster and hopefully unearth some high-upside rotation players for the future.
It was a good strategy, and it has played out reasonably well through a 10-10 start, but it left one conspicuous question mark at point guard.