The Timberwolves’ game against Atlanta on Wednesday was, perhaps for a lack of a better word, about opportunity.
As in, anyone in uniform was likely to get an opportunity to play.
The game came in between news of a roster-altering trade and its official announcement, which came after the game ended. So all of those players heading out were gone, but new ones hadn’t arrived. That meant some interesting lineup combinations and a very short bench.
So, opportunity.
That was the word Wolves coach Ryan Saunders used before the game, which began with Kelan Martin and Josh Okogie in the starting lineup and a bench filled with players as familiar with Des Moines as they are Minneapolis.