Quote Originally Posted by Kidd Karma View Post
Thibs has wanted to remake that team, Rubio out, Butler in and that is huge in terms of the defensive side of the ball. Butler manning up the stronger wing....possibly even PGs, off the chart athlete in Wiggins alongside. Now Thibs can do a lot of the stuff he likes to do defensively with that stopper that he was unable to do a year ago.
I think the key to any Minnesota success will be defense, and I think Thibs will have them well positioned. The West is brutal, but I think they can make some noise as they can defend elite players.

That is the one flaw I saw with Boston. To make the NBA finals they will likely need to get past Cleveland, yet the player best positioned to try and defend Lebron was Crowder, and now he is with Cleveland. Not sure how good of a defensive team against elite offensive players Boston will be this season.