The Minnesota won’t be making the playoffs this year. They improved a lot from being at the bottom of the league last season. Not making the playoffs does mean they’ll get another lottery draft pick to add to their already impressive young and talented line-up. Now let us take a look at just how talented that line-up actually is.

The Youngblood Alert!

The entire starting 5 of the Minnesota timberwolves was born in the nineties. This might give you an idea of just how young this squad actually is. Three of them are 21 or younger.

“The physical similarity with McGrady was obvious. Great size and length (6′ 8”), freakish athleticism, little lack of weight (Wiggins is listed at 200 lbs), albatross-esque wingspan, versatility, superior ability to get close to the rim and keen court vision are common for both players.”

Wiggins just turned 21 in February and is averaging 20.8 ppg, not bad for a sophomore don’t you think?

If Wiggins learns from Kobe about the game this summer, he will use that for improving his game to the next level.

Lavine had already won back to back dunk contests before he turned 21 and is averaging 13.9 points for the season.

He must improve his game and learn how to play as a team player and accept his role on the court. At this moment, Karl-Anthony Towns and Wiggins are the best players and LaVine should help them with points and counter-attacks, not with bad decisions and turnovers.

Their most interesting player is probably Karl-Anthony Towns, the 19-year-old is putting up a double-double in his rookie season averaging no less than 18.2 points and 10.5 boards. All of these young fella’s are just getting started and have so much potential. Is the sky really the limit for them?

"Hi America, my name is Karl-Anthony Towns. I'm awesome." — Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) April 6, 2016

Karl-Anthony Towns has a chance to become just, the 8th man ever to sweep Rookie of the Month awards.

Since the award’s inception in 81-82, only Ralph Sampson, David Robinson, Tim Duncan, LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Chris Paul, and Damian Lillard have done it.

Prior to 01-02, there weren’t separate awards for the two conferences.

In My Day…

The Timberwolves haven’t made it to the playoffs since 2004 and the Big 3 era. That season Kevin Garnett was named NBA MVP, Sam ’Alien’ Cassell appeared in All-Star game for the first and only time in his career and Latrell Sprewell reminded us that he was one of the most gifted NBA athletes over the last 25 years.

Maybe it is too early, but it seems that Andrew Wiggins and Karl-Anthony Towns are what Minnesota needed to become relevant again. They are the real deal for this franchise.

Now we jump from the youngest player on their roster to their oldest. Kevin Garnett was already playing in the NBA before KAT was even born. The big ticket has already got 20 seasons under his belt. Minnesota has always had a special spot in KG’s heart and he’s the ideal mentor for this young squad to learn from. Winning an MVP in 2004, and a ring in 2008 Garnett knows how to win. He was part of a big 4 and knows how to play with talented guys. All of this knowledge will be useful in the rebuild of his beloved wolves.

The Big Opportunity

Just like the wolves are starting to look better, other teams are starting to look a lot worse. The Rockets, for example, are struggling to make the playoffs. The Kings seem unable to find the chemistry needed to win important games. The Lakers are at the bottom of the league and with Bryant retiring don’t seem to get much better next season.

Basically, the Western Conference can be woken up by a team having a stellar season. That team could be the Minnesota Timberwolves. The wolves are hungry, the wolves are hunting, who will be their next prey?