The Timberwolves have made the conference finals before. Once. In 2004. The roster contained Kevin Garnett, Sam Cassell, and Latrell Sprewell — three All-Stars at the peak of their powers, plus a coach (Flip Saunders) who would later die without a championship.
This Wolves team isn’t that. This Wolves team is mostly one player carrying everyone else, and that player is twenty-four years old.
Anthony Edwards averaged 27.1 points, 5.7 rebounds, and 5.1 assists this season. He shot 36% from three. He played 79 games. He took the most contested mid-range jumpers in the league and made an above-average percentage of them.
