The last several years have seen the Minnesota Timberwolves enjoy a heavy presence on the annual NBA.com GM Survey. Not so much in 2018.
From the 2015 survey, completed early in the respective careers of up-and-comers Karl-Anthony Towns and Andrew Wiggins, to the 2016 version which included even more Towns and Wiggins-driven optimism, plus the fuzzy feelings surrounding the upcoming first year of Tom Thibodeau as head coach.
Then, there was last year’s edition, which predicted the Wolves to finish No. 5 in the Western Conference and overwhelmingly as the league’s most improved team, plus Towns as the best center, the best player to start a team around, and the player most likely to have a breakout season.