With 17 games remaining in their 2018-2019 regular season, the Minnesota Timberwolves are stuck between a rock and a hard place.
On one hand, the Wolves are currently 6.5 games out of the 8-seed in the Western Conference, meaning that while the team isn’t mathematically eliminated (yet), there’s a better chance of a hurricane hitting Target Center than a miraculous 17-game winning streak. Armed with their own pick, the Wolves are set up beautifully to shut down their franchise player and let young guys like Josh Okogie and Keita Bates-Diop steer the tank all the way to the finish line.