Monday Musings: Media Day

This past week has not gotten any less interesting for Timberwolves fans. New developments seem to be breaking every day, but it seems like the coup of the Minnesota Timberwolves is becoming resolved. Jimmy Butler is going to be traded into what sounds like a growing trade market, Karl-Anthony Towns has signed his full five-year maximum contract, and Tom Thibodeau will likely no longer be in charge in the near future.

The team still has no clear direction, but the building blocks will remain the same while the scaffolding is torn down and rebuilt. It’s hard to even believe some of this:

Thibodeau’s general manager, Scott Layden, had been shutting down trade inquires for Butler in recent days,…