Regardless of the sport, there is no such thing as a perfect team. Look closely enough, and some type of flaw or weakness can be found, no matter how slight it may be.
The Minnesota Timberwolves are no different from any other sports organization. For weeks, people have discussed how the Wolves are missing a traditional starting power forward and how they need to look for one to add.
Tim Connelly spoke about this and brought up other teams as a guest on The Jon Krawczynski Show:
“Every team has (flaws),” Connelly said. “The Knicks just won, and I don’t think they have a traditional point guard. I’m not sure Oklahoma City has a traditional point guard. The Spurs, they don’t really have a traditional power forward. You don’t want to compare everything to what’s out there, but I don’t think there’s a team out there with the perfect one, perfect two, perfect three, perfect four, perfect five. It’ll be interesting to see how that position develops and how can we play our style, and make players react and teams react.”
Those teams weren’t perfect either, and knowing Connelly, he will try to fix the power forward issue if it becomes a clear need as the season goes along.
The Spurs also didn’t have a traditional four in their starting lineup
Now, to be fair to both Jalen Brunson of the New York Knicks and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of the Oklahoma City Thunder, there aren’t all that many “traditional” point guards in today’s NBA. There’s nobody out there quite like John Stockton, Steve Nash, or the recently retired Chris Paul. They both still do more than a capable job of running the show.
The San Antonio Spurs are an excellent comparison though to Minnesota. San Antonio really took off after taking Harrison Barnes out of the starting lineup and replacing him with Julian Champagnie.
Champagnie’s natural position is the three. Teams can get away with doing something like this when they have size surrounding a player seen as being out of position. The Spurs have a taller guard in Stephon Castle and, of course, the 7-foot-4 Victor Wembanyama.
It’s still unclear who will start at power forward for the Timberwolves. Similar to San Antonio, though, that player will have size around him in the starting lineup.
Rudy Gobert stands over 7 feet tall and is still one of the game’s best rim protectors. LaMelo Ball, at 6-foot-7, is one of the taller guards in the league. Jaden McDaniels is 6-foot-9.
So, the Timberwolves’ problem at power forward could be a bit overstated. Again, with Connelly never afraid to wheel and deal, he will do his best to fill the position by the trade deadline if need be.
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