Minnesota Timberwolves: 3 big questions for the 2019-20 season

1. Can Minnesota start the season off right?

The Minnesota Timberwolves had a rough start to their last five seasons, posting just a .420 win percentage for their first 10 games. The only season that they started above .500 over their first 10 games was in 2017-18, the first season that the Wolves made the playoffs since 2003-04.

Last season, the Timberwolves started 4-6 and started to go into a downward slide due to the negative impact that then-coach Tom Thibodeau and All-Star guard Jimmy Butler had on the team’s morale.

Now, with Butler and Thibs both gone, Timberwolves fans will be hoping to see their team end the season over .500 for just the seventh time in 20 seasons.

In order to do that though, they’ll need to start the season well, something which has proved difficult for them over these most recent seasons.

If the Timberwolves want to start the season well, they’ll have to have their starting unit playing well together, and the rotation players keeping up an aggressive style of play, in order to take some pressure off of that starting unit.

For this to happen, the Wolves will probably see their rotation start with Josh Teague, Josh Okogie, Andrew Wiggins, Robert Covington and Karl-Anthony Towns; a group that could see some limited success in a Western Conference that is more stacked than ever.