Minnesota Timberwolves: What if…Jonny Flynn had never been hurt?

2012-2013 Season

This is a crucial season. Not just for Flynn, but for the Timberwolves as a franchise. It’s the final year of Flynn’s contract, and to this point, he’s averaged good numbers without seeing any results.

Through the first three years, Flynn has averaged around 12 points, 3 assists, 3 rebounds, and 1 steal per game. Still, he’s gotten on a few people’s nerves. Most notably, Kevin Love.

Love has had his problems with players who he feels are disrespectful in the past. Players like Barea saw the end of their run due to frictions with Love. To top it all off, there are rumors starting to grow that Rambis is on the hot seat.

Halfway through the season, at the All-Star break, the Timberwolves only have 15 wins and executive David Kahn decides to shakes things up. Love is injured, so Kahn delays that pay-day (like he did in real life), he fires Rambis, and he trades Flynn.

Flynn goes to a team that could use a point guard that wants the ball in his hands: the Detroit Pistons. The Pistons have a serious future star in second-year player Brandon Knight, and moving Flynn behind him in the rotation bolsters the Pistons bench. In return they trade a rookie who’s on the Fort Wayne Mad Ants, and who Joe Dumars has already written off as a bust.

For next season, the Timberwolves have Khris Middleton.