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Modern Times: Wolves Updating Offense, But It Won’t Be Painless

At least since the tenures of Flip Saunders and Sam Mitchell, Wolves fans and analysts alike have been howling for the team to heed the direction the league was headed and add the three pointer to their arsenal of weapons. They have been consistently behind the curve in the use of the long ball, and despite occasionally successful offenses, it has handicapped them for much of the last decade.

Gersson Rosas and Ryan Saunders promised us change: They spoke all summer about playing faster and embracing a more modern style of small ball and three pointers.