All The Work And Time In The Gym Andrew Wiggins Has Put In Has Produced NOTHING!

Andrew Wiggins of the Minnesota Timberwolves is about to start his 6th season with the Wolves. We all know that he was the first overall pick in the 2014 NBA Draft, chosen by the Cleveland Cavaliers and later traded to the Wolves for All-Star Kevin Love. There has always been high hopes that Wiggins would blossom into an All-Star but, after 5 seasons he has yet to come close.

This offseason has been different, according to writers who are so "pro-Wiggins" that some fans have begun to question if those writers are on Owner Glen Taylor's payroll. Maybe they were offered a chance to write for the StarTribune if they talked Wiggins up to create a false impression that he will be turning the corner...finally. It is widely known that Wiggins' contract is one of the worst in the league and because he is on a Max deal, the wolves have had little room with the salary cap to offer a more deserving player and the result has been the team being in NBA Purgatory...Again.

Timberwolves Preseason Game vs. Suns Reaction

I just watched highlights of Tuesday's preseason Timberwolves game vs the Suns. Below is a link to the highlights provided by Fansided.com

It's very concerning to me that the same showboating chest pumping screaming into the direction of the fans after a dunk is STILL exhibited by the Timberwolves' best player, Karl Anthony Towns. What a thug-like thing to do!!! Obviously he's still a child unworthy of an adult's paycheck; or at bare minimum, he cannot keep his emotions in check for the betterment of the team.

Watch the video. Karl Anthony Towns dunks the ball AND THEN actually spends his team's valuable time to pause, scream at the crowd, and celebrate; all while the Suns inbound the ball to take advantage of Towns getting back many steps late on Defense. What a selfish act!!

Defense is Karl Anthony Town's Achilles's Heel to his team. Clearly he's not taking this season seriously if he's choosing to place the spotlight on himself at the expense of whats best for his team at a moment during a game when he should be giving 125% effort on Defense.

Decisions like this is exactly why Coach Thibbs would yell at Towns during games. And THIS is the Timberwolves best player and the new leader of the team???

Why does Karl Anthony Towns not yet possess the mental discipline required to keep those sort of emotions at bay until AFTER a blown whistle? Showboating at the expense of executing sound Defense should be considered unacceptable, especially for a team who missed the playoffs last season and are expected to struggle with making the playoffs again this season. There is no margin for errors this season; at least that SHOULD be the attitude of the best player on an NBA team, right??

Was it just a bad choice in judgement or is Karl Anthony Towns emotionally compromised?

Should the average Timberwolves fan just not care at all and continue to not hold their team accountable for decisions that place unnecessary celebration for entertainment purposes over winning basketball games???

Shouldn't NBA professionals be REQUIRED to give 125% on EVERY possession during the couple hours it takes to play a game? That would be the "professional" thing to do, right?? That would be putting one's team first and any desire to showboat to the crowd last, right??

Cannot NBA "professionals" like Karl Anthony Towns, who get paid $25-30 MILLION per season, possess the self disclipline required to score two points and THEN IMMEDIATELY hustle back on Defense (Again, Defense is Towns Achilles's Heel to his team)?? Ist this part of his job description?? Isn't this what he's getting paid MILLIONS OF DOLLARS to do??

So, then why hasn't this concept been ingrained FROM DAY ONE into the central nervous system of Karl Anthony Towns, the Timberwolves' best player??

As with every business, when it's employees' emotions interfere with their ability to efficiently and affectively perform their job description, that business has a huge problem.

GOD SAVE THE TIMBERWOLVES!!!

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Timberwolves Screwed Up Again By Letting Derrick Rose Leave

Derrick Rose's new book, "I'll Show You"

Triumph Books LLC

Photo of book by Jim Watkins

I have been waiting since June for Derrick Rose's book, "I'll Show You" (2019 Triumph Books LLC) to be released. When I got up today, I remembered that the book was released today. I paid just over $30 (with tax) for the first book I have bought in over 20 years but, I got it and immediately soaked up every word written in Chapter 14. That is the chapter that Rose mostly talked about his time in Minnesota. My reaction to what he had to say about the team and where he was in his life as a person and his team.... 'WOW!' 'The Wolves sure screwed up by not re-signing him!'
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NBA Media Unfairly Labels Minnesota As 'Too Cold' For NBA Free Agents To Consider

Minnesota isn't the only cold weather NBA city

Fans of the Minnesota Timberwolves have heard it since the franchise joined the league in 1989... The top free agents won't sign with Minnesota because, of the cold, brutal, frigid winters. 
Just last week on another sports blog, Sir Charles In Charge wrote:

"Acquiring star talent is difficult at the best of times – being in a small market, cold-weather city adds layers of difficulty to an equation already problematic."

It didn't help when former Timberwolves President of Basketball Operations and arguably the worst Wolves boss in franchise history, David Kahn said after he was fired about the factors involved with the team not drafting Steph Curry...

A Potential 3-Team Trade Involving Andrew Wiggins and Chris Paul

Chris Paul - Credit: Getty Images

Tim Hardaway Jr. - Credit: Forbes.com

 

Andrew Wiggins - Credit: Twincities.com

I recently posted a comment on one of the other Wolves blogs about a potential 3-team trade that would send Andrew Wiggins on his way. The trade would move Chris Paul from the Oklahoma City Thunder and bring back Tim Hardaway Jr. from Dallas.

There have been rumors swirling around involving the Wolves and Minnesota being a landing spot for Paul. Let me be clear by saying that I really like Paul as a player but, I really DON'T like the idea of him playing for the Timberwolves. I don't see him being a good fit with the Wolves.

At the same time, I really DON'T like Andrew Wiggins and his work ethic (or lack thereof). I had held out hope for Wiggins turning into a star player but, I finally looked beyond all the negative stats that he has had with the team and am now of the opinion that Wiggins will never develop into the player so many of us fans had hoped he would. He may very well become a star in the NBA but, I am convinced it won't be in Minnesota.