Last season began with Jimmy Butler holding court both literally and figuratively in Minnesota as he ranted about the lack of commitment of young stars Karl-Anthony Towns and Andrew Wiggins. Flash forward a few weeks and Jimmy Buckets was on his way to Philly where he became their clutch time performer and the Wolves returned to the lottery.
Tom Thibodeau was fired and replaced by Flip’s son Ryan Saunders. In hindsight for as much as the kids like Saunders how much of an improvement was he over Thibs? In 40 games Thibs collected 19 wins and in 42 games Saunders collected 17!