The headline when the Timberwolves reshaped their roster earlier this month, of course, was D’Angelo Russell is coming.
Karl-Anthony Towns’ friend, the point guard who could score. A player the Wolves believed could put some pop into the pick-and-pop. Towns’ wrist injury has limited that experiment to just one game. Still, Russell was the crown jewel in a very busy first week of February.
But the biggest story so far could be the way a couple other players have taken advantage of the opportunity presented when they came to Minnesota:
Malik Beasley and Juancho Hernangomez.
Both players came from Denver, where they were spending more time on the bench than on the court on a deep team currently second in the Western Conference.