Minnesota Timberwolves: Does fitting Towns’ window trump winning now?

The Minnesota Timberwolves are still on the hunt for a second star, but will they focus on winning immediately or playing the long game while building around Karl-Anthony Towns?

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…