Star Tribune · Mar 2, 2016
Wolves give a shot to D-League big man Greg Smith
Timberwolves interim coach Sam Mitchell certainly could see it all too clearly Sunday night at Dallas. His team was on the back end of a back-to-back, and the minutes finally hit home.
“They were exhausted,” Mitchell said after Tuesday’s practice.
He was talking about his team in general. But, in particular, about big men Karl-Anthony Towns and Gorgui Dieng.
Injuries to Kevin Garnett, Nikola Pekovic and Nemanja Bjelica have left the Wolves’ frontcourt thin and forced lots and lots of minutes on Towns and Dieng.
So, with a stretch of five games in seven nights beginning Wednesday at Target Center against Washington, the Wolves were forced to get some help.