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How Good Are The Timberwolves Big Three/Comparison

By Talal Abdullah

Jan 24, 2017; Phoenix, AZ, USA; Minnesota Timberwolves forward Andrew Wiggins (center) celebrates with guard Zach LaVine (left) and Karl-Anthony Towns after shooting the winning basket at the buzzer against the Phoenix Suns at Talking Stick Resort Arena. The Timberwolves defeated the Suns 112-111. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 24, 2017; Phoenix, AZ, USA; Minnesota Timberwolves forward Andrew Wiggins (center) celebrates with guard Zach LaVine (left) and Karl-Anthony Towns after shooting the winning basket at the buzzer against the Phoenix Suns at Talking Stick Resort Arena. The Timberwolves defeated the Suns 112-111. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports /
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Apr 7, 2016; Sacramento, CA, USA; Minnesota Timberwolves guard Zach LaVine (8) shoots the ball over Sacramento Kings guard Seth Curry (30) in the second quarter at Sleep Train Arena. Mandatory Credit: Neville E. Guard-USA TODAY Sports
Apr 7, 2016; Sacramento, CA, USA; Minnesota Timberwolves guard Zach LaVine (8) shoots the ball over Sacramento Kings guard Seth Curry (30) in the second quarter at Sleep Train Arena. Mandatory Credit: Neville E. Guard-USA TODAY Sports /

Zach LaVine – The Spark

Zach LaVine technically started this whole thing as he was the first to be drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves. He was drafted 13th overall in the 2014 NBA Draft as a major project that Flip Saunders loved.

Rumors around the league were that Minnesota loved him so much they even made a promise to select him at 13, which matched him with All-Star Kevin Love.

Fast forward to when the Minnesota Timberwolves traded Kevin Love to The Cleveland Cavaliers. Now Minnesota has two 19-year-old players ready to take the league by storm and dubbing themselves The Bounce Brothers.

Even though he won back to back Slam Dunk Competitions, Zach has proven to be more than just a dunker.

He has constantly improved over his first three years.

Improving in all statistical categories, he went from 10 points per game to 14 and up to 18.9 points last season. That’s with him only playing 47 games due to an ACL injury.

Being a natural-born scorer, LaVine has the ability to light teams up as he dropped 40 points against the Kings, 37 against the Magic, and 31 against the Grizzlies and Warriors. Oh, and he also put up 18 or more points on another 20 occasions.

With so much talent just now beginning to scratch the surface, he will only get better as he grows and adds to his NBA game and builds an NBA body.

He is due for a contract extension this season and I fully expect Minnesota to keep him around for a long time.

His ACL injury will affect his pay and I never want to see anyone injured but it may have saved Minnesota about 5-6 million dollars a year.

Comparison

More Athletic Jamal Crawford

Zach is a very close friend of Jamal so it only makes sense that he models his game after him. Zach has that ability to knock down difficult shots. That shot that makes you ask how did he make that?

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