Have you ever been bored and thought about your favorite athletes and how great it would be to snap your fingers to add a skill or trait to their game? No? That’s just me? Great! I spend too much of my time thinking about the Timberwolves, and often find myself wanting to grant one wish to improve an important part of each player’s game. As an example, my one wish for Andrew Wiggins was that he would magically become an amazing playmaker to go along with his scoring capabilities.

Predicting the roster moves of your favorite team from year to year can be an entertaining activity. It is part of the experience of being a fan. Looking ahead 2 years to accurately predict what an NBA team will look like can be downright impossible, but that is what makes it even more fun!

It is time to present the Minnesota Timberwolves players with their awards now that we are 1/4 of the way through this weird 20–21 NBA season. Instead of offering the traditional awards such as MVP, Rookie of the Year, Coach of the Year, etc, we will give awards that fit the current team’s situation a little better. We need to get creative to reward players on a 4–14 team in the midst of a pandemic, so without further ado here are the Made-Up Quarter Season Award winners:

Now that we are 12 games into the Timberwolves regular season, we have a large enough sample size to start making some fair analysis. Fans spent the offseason wondering if the team was going to address certain weak points and speculating what the rotations would like like, so it is now time to judge our accuracy on some offseason takes.

It is becoming painfully obvious that the Towns-less version of the Timberwolves has a clear ceiling. A good game for them means playing competitively for most of a contest against a decent team like the Denver Nuggets.

Since the Timberwolves star center injured his wrist in a win against the Utah Jazz, the team’s performance has completely cratered into nearly unrecognizable form. The offense and defense were both dreadful without Towns in blowout losses to the Lakers and Clippers, and the Wolves will need much more out of their supporting cast to keep their heads above water awaiting his return.

The Utah Jazz have two superstar players in Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert. While they attained superstar status in different ways, the Wolves can learn a lesson from the Jazz in the development of each star that can be applied to their rookie stud, Anthony Edwards.