Timberwolves coach Chris Finch has been known to be a direct communicator with his players, and a few weeks ago, Finch was having one of these kinds of conversations with Troy Brown Jr. In his sixth year in the NBA, his first with the Wolves, Brown was mostly out of the rotation before Jaden McDaniels' ankle injury. He registered four DNPs (did not plays) and when he did play it was typically in mop-up duty.
"I told him one day, 'Hey, just bear with us. Your time is coming,'" Finch said. "He says, 'I'm cool, Coach. I'm ready.