Don’t look now, but the Minnesota Timberwolves are not quite as easy of a division opponent as they have been in years past. Tonight the Utah Jazz will get their first crack at the young, improved Timberwolves team in the second of a four-game road trip.
We are just over a quarter of the way through the NBA season. Admittedly, there is a lot of time for things to change, but in years passed Minnesota had already been removing themselves from the playoff conversation by this point. This year Minnesota is 9th in the West only a half a game removed from the 8-seed.