A franchise that routinely lets fans down and fails to achieve even the most modest of goals is doing the opposite this year.
That sounded a lot meaner than it was intended to be, but ladies and gentlemen that is the history of the Minnesota Timberwolves.
When you think they'll be really good, they're only OK. When you think they might be OK, they're bad. And when you think they'll merely be bad, they are awful.
The contrast through 59 games — technically the All-Star break after Wednesday's loss to Toronto, but nearly the three-quarters mark instead of the halfway point of the season — is striking when considering contrary historical evidence.