There’s a famous lyric that goes, “Don’t it always seem to go, that you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone?” First off—shoutout to Joni Mitchell for writing the most accurate summary of every NBA fan’s offseason blues.
But man… that line hits especially hard in Minnesota right now.
Because Wolves fans? We knew what we had in Nickeil Alexander-Walker.
We knew it when he hounded the Denver Nuggets for 48 minutes (and then ten more in double overtime) with the energy of a caffeinated Jack Russell Terrier. We knew it when he quietly spaced the floor, made smart cuts, rotated like a pro on defense, and then jogged back to the bench like, “Yeah, that’s my job.