Following Friday night’s 109-97 loss to the Miami Heat, Timberwolves coach Tom Thibodeau lamented plenty about his team’s defense, including its biggest players’ inability to play, particularly on pick-and-roll plays, with their “back foot up.”
After Saturday’s practice, a reporter asked just what exactly that meant.
Thibodeau paused more than a beat for dramatic effect, rolled his eyes and demonstrated a stance in which he moved his feet from staggered, with one set many inches behind the other, into an even, squared position.
“I thought we went through that in training camp,” he replied.
To reporters and players alike, maybe not.