The NBA season is nearly two-thirds complete, a split in time that for many NBA franchises signals a post-all star break push for the playoffs. In Minnesota, we better know this time of year to be “10-day season.” A time to familiarize oneself with the pronunciation of a foreigner’s name or to reacquaint oneself with a former college star who has since been averaging a triple-double in some obscure country.
Rational or not, 10-day contracts bring excitement. Look no further than Lance Stephenson’s Wednesday debut. On the same day he signed, Stephenson played the entirety of the crunch time minutes in a Wolves win against a Eastern Conference force.