The Big Three: Analyzing the Wolves’ Best Pairings Thus Far

Photo by David Berding/Getty ImagesDepth and cohesion are the two things that get the Minnesota Timberwolves to the promised land if the season goes the way many hope it’s going to go.

There’s not real downside to having cohesion; but there are, although small, a few downsides of depth. The main one being the importance of precision in rotations, and the difficulty in finding the right combinations early in the season. It’s hard to be an elite, deep team if you don’t hit the high notes with specific lineup combinations, and ones that compliment each other on both sides of the floor, unlike rotations of Wolves past.

While most of it ended up being lazy play which led to the massive downfall,…