If there ever was a time when the Timberwolves deserved a break like winning the NBA lottery and getting the No. 1 pick in the draft, which they did on Thursday night, it was now.
Every Wolves fan knows that this franchise has had some tough breaks, and recently they have struggled to find their footing after the death of Flip Saunders in October of 2015.
Still, this offseason has been as difficult as any in club history. President of Basketball Operations Gersson Rosas said last week that the franchise has been through a lot since the NBA regular season was postponed in March with Karl-Anthony Towns losing his mother Jacqueline Cruz to the coronavirus and the team fighting for social justice in the wake of the Memorial Day death of George Floyd.