Minnesota Timberwolves Roundup: Sachin Gupta, the ’empty calorie’ myth

The Minnesota Timberwolves have a new front office leader for the time being and he’s extraordinarily well-qualified, even if he isn’t a household name for the average fan.

Also, an interesting article about the myth of “empty calorie” players — namely, Karl-Anthony Towns.

Ben Falk on working with new Minnesota Timberwolves boss Sachin Gupta

Ben Falk is a former member of the front offices with the Portland Trail Blazers and Philadelphia 76ers, rising as high as Vice President of Basketball Strategy with the Sixers.

He runs the site Cleaning the Glass, which is an outstanding resource that includes both free and paid content, sortable statistics and analytics, and some proprietary metrics as…