The Minnesota Timberwolves noticed their season come to an finish in the identical approach a couple of others within the Western Convention did, with the Denver Nuggets dominating them within the NBA playoffs.
Regardless that Karl-Anthony Cities and firm have been capable of get one win over the Nuggets within the first spherical, which is greater than may be mentioned for the Los Angeles Lakers within the Western Convention Finals, the group was clearly outmatched with some evident flaws uncovered.
The group looks as if a multitude transferring ahead, with no actual route and a few items on the squad merely not becoming the way in which the franchise anticipated.
The Rudy Gobert commerce appears like one of many worst offers made in NBA historical past, whereas Cities proceed to be good however not nice, leaving a variety of questions on whether or not he’s the correct star to construct round.
With Anthony Edwards rising as a possible celebrity within the close to future, the Timberwolves trying to commerce Cities and get as a lot as they will for him proper now makes a variety of sense, and it may occur, in line with Eric Pincus of Bleacher Report through NBA Central.
Some executives across the league imagine the Timberwolves will commerce Karl-Anthony Cities ‘within the subsequent few weeks,’ per @EricPincus pic.twitter.com/DuP9953T3z
— NBACentral (@TheNBACentral) June 9, 2023
The true query for Minnesota is what can they get for Cities, who has confirmed to be some of the gifted and versatile bigs within the NBA, however unable to show it on throughout playoff time.
There’s little doubt that his worth received’t get a lot increased than it’s now until he has a breakout yr, which implies it could be now or by no means for the Timberwolves.
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