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Wolves first-round pick Josh Okogie is off to a great defensive start

Welcome to the Tuesday edition of The Cooler, where hustle and effort are always rewarded. Here we go:

*The Timberwolves finished up NBA Summer League play in Las Vegas on Friday. If you stayed up late to watch them most or all of the time, you truly are starved for basketball. But you also probably saw this: First round pick Josh Okogie filled up the stat sheet and was exactly the kind of defensive presence the team could use on the perimeter.

Granted, his shooting (just 30 percent) was poor and this was just Summer League. But in averaging 11 points, 5.