Fansided · Nov 1, 2019
Minnesota Timberwolves’ new defense shows promise
The first week of the NBA season is over, and the Minnesota Timberwolves are already showing signs of a promising new defensive identity.
The Minnesota Timberwolves new identity has been on full display during the first week-plus of the season.
The Wolves are playing faster, shooting more threes, utilizing a smaller lineup, and certainly being more aggressive in every sense of the word. This aggressiveness culminated in a *nearly* eye-popping brawl during the game against Philadelphia. Now as the team prepares for the fallout of that incident, with Karl-Anthony Towns suspended for the next two games, there are other basketball-related elements worth diving into.