ANTHONY EDWARDS AND Rudy Gobert, the two players left in the FedEx Forum locker room, have just struck up a conversation. It's Nov. 11, and the Minnesota Timberwolves' had just suffered their sixth loss in seven games, this night's coming on the road against the Memphis Grizzlies, the team that last season ended the Wolves' second playoff run in 18 years.
The duo is busy discussing the nuances of a specific defensive coverage, an exchange the 21-year-old star shooting guard initiated with the three-time Defensive Player of the Year, who new team president Tim Connelly traded away three rotation players and a stockpile of draft picks to the Utah Jazz to acquire.