When Tom Thibodeau took over the Minnesota Timberwolves following the 2015-16 campaign, he took over a team that had won 29 games and boasted the past two Rookie of the Year award-winners.
He coaxed 31 wins out of what was essentially the same roster that had won 29 the year prior as Towns made incremental improvements and Zach LaVine showed promise in his second season as a pro.
But that offseason, Thibodeau chose to cash in his chips and take advantage of a rapidly deteriorating situation in Chicago. He traded LaVine, Kris Dunn, and moved down nine spots in the draft to land Jimmy Butler, immediately giving the Wolves a perennial All-Star alongside an emerging star in Towns.