Timberwolves also rank #7 in Offense and #7 in Defense and #6 in Net rating over last 6 games without Edwards as well, and overall for the season they rank:

#8 in Offense (116.2 ORtg)

#1 in Defense (105.1 DRtg)

#2 in Net Rating (11.1 NRtg)

The potential is sky high with this team. They’re competing on both ends and with Edwards back, they should easily grab a top 4 seeding in the west in my opinion. And the small glimpse we saw of them prior to the Edwards injury also showed us that once you add a Bonafide superstar and 3 level scorer in Ant to this, the offense will be unstoppable.

PurposeIcy7039

151 | 9 hours ago

#1 Defense - Rudy Gobert still got it

d7h7n

50 | 8 hours ago

And McDaniels and somehow Lyles who has done a great job replacing Naz.

sweetbeems

34 | 8 hours ago

Replacing naz/julius with kuminga/beringer/lyles has been a massive improvement. And ball actually has a ton of length and has been trying hard, so he’s been an average defender. The naz + randle w no rudy minutes last year were so bad defensively.

Akkepake

6 | 6 hours ago

Randle might be the single most infuriating All-Nba player Ive seen in a while. He always looked like he was going to miss and just seemed like he was not worth the salary

tkc321

10 | 8 hours ago

Crazy to me Lyles didn’t make any team last season. Guess that’s what playing on the Kings does to a players reputation

DependentPerformer94

3 | 5 hours ago

I believe it was more of a choice to go contribute in Madrid

NicoPaz99-imz

4 | 7 hours ago

Those lowlights did a lot of heavy lifting. Shaq and Draymond troll farms

JohnnyWarlord

33 | 7 hours ago

It really speaks to how good melo and rudy are at their ends of the floor. Especially as melo figures rudy out on the offensive end. Cant believe ayo was viewed as any sort of a negative player hes a machine. If you dont have the right players on the court he just walks straight to the basket

SquimJim

1 | 5 hours ago

And how good Ayo is

This sort of stuff is expected from Lamelo and Gobert, but Ayo is killing it

HotOatmeal420

65 | 8 hours ago

Ayo Dosunmu is an efficiency god. The vibes are oh so good right now for the Timberwolves. AWWWOOOOOO

Perceval_009

28 | 8 hours ago

I will never forgive Jeff Peterson for this

d7h7n

56 | 8 hours ago

Charlotte fans’ ⁹⁄₁₁

CharacterFresh852

27 | 8 hours ago

Fr tho.

QuickRundown

17 | 8 hours ago

Hornets front office thought “damn we’re slightly better than mid, I guess we trade our star player”.

UncoBeefWang

2 | 6 hours ago

calling the Hornets “slightly better than mid” is a little insulting and makes the decision all the more baffling because the Hornets just clicked midway through the season and started demolishing teams. Their winning margins were historic.

Disastrous-Cow-9635

8 | 6 hours ago

A little better than a little better than mid

this_good_boy

2 | 6 hours ago

Fair

No_Diver_629

6 | 9 hours ago

Yes, and 4 of those 5 wins was Bucks, Clippers, Jazz and Pels.

It is impressive, but context matters

swapan_99 [OP]

62 | 9 hours ago

Pelicans were on like a 4 win streak before playing the T Wolves and Rockets were #1 seed at 7-1 at the time of losing to the T Wolves as well.

Obviously it’s bad teams, but when you’re missing a top 5-6 player in the entire league in Edwards, and you have an entirely new offense being ran by a guy who’s played his 11th game with this team, any win is impressive.

kayak_rolling

52 | 8 hours ago

Convenient to leave out Houston. Context matters.

No_Diver_629

-32 | 8 hours ago

Kind of my point!!!

CuriousG-S-M

-28 | 7 hours ago

And now you are doing the same thing. Bringing up Houston victory, but not that they also lost, neither of what his comment addressed.

I assume he left them out cause there are always information missing that will change the perspective.While a stat is impressive and a record is good, it is not wrong to add a potential reason why.

kayak_rolling

23 | 7 hours ago

I’m doing what exactly? Providing the full context?

First-Huckleberry872

15 | 9 hours ago

It’s still impressive since their wins are quite convincing. And I generally thought Lamello would crash and burn, which makes this a pleasant surprise. True test is still beating the upper tier contender.,

Lakers have got their number last year, having a sweep 3-0 on regular season. Having positive records against them would be telling

nacg1997

3 | 5 hours ago

Wolves dog walk this lakers team. Better at four out of five starting positions and the bench for Minnesota is significantly better.

First-Huckleberry872

0 | 5 hours ago

I’d rather not count chickens before they hatch. Pistons thought they dogwalked Lakers without Luka too and look how that turned out

wise_comment

1 | 5 hours ago

Reminder that any time you see an overly confident wolves fan, he’s probably a teen or in his early 20s

Even after injured wolves beat injured lakers 2 years ago, I’ll never count on wins against the prodigal son and their charmed organization

larrylegend33goat

8 | 7 hours ago

Ayo could end up being an All Star and 6MoY.

Rudy still so underrated!

raki016

7 | 8 hours ago

But that Hornets front office, so smart

SamURLJackson

3 | 5 hours ago

Lamelo becoming this good of a shooter would’ve been a lock for me to bet against when he was drafted. Guys like him, these guys who look like they cannot fucking shoot a lick and will need to be rebuilt from scratch, hardly ever get beyond average as a shooter. I’m really impressed. He was one of my least favorite players to watch

AccomplishedMajor428

-44 | 9 hours ago

Fake stats against bad teams

sunnyismybunny

32 | 8 hours ago

i guess okc is only really 5-2 since they beat the clippers, suns, and wizards then, right?

AccomplishedMajor428

-59 | 8 hours ago

Ours is realer because of our injuries, can’t man would’ve shot them out of a game or two

NotRote

26 | 8 hours ago

Ant I among the most efficient players in the league, he doesn’t shoot us out of games basically ever. You talk about injuries like we aren’t missing a top 7 player in the entire league right now.

For reference Ant despite his poor FT% has had a higher TS% than Luka or Tatum the last two years

Worried_Till115

9 | 7 hours ago

Don’t forget Divincenzo too

nacg1997

3 | 5 hours ago

Genuinely how do you navigate life being that dumb?

Dense-Discussion3951

10 | 8 hours ago

Pack it up guys it doesn’t count cause it bad teams

Tricky-Eye9268

9 | 8 hours ago

Yeah I guess stats vs bad teams don’t count. You’re soooo smart dude!

icarusphoenixdragon

1 | 5 hours ago

It’s too early for you to be this scared dude. Shai looking pretty nice, carrying your bench, and the calls are coming back for him now that the “emphasis period” is wrapping up.

GuessTraining

6 | 8 hours ago

Hornets fans on suicide watch

Wolves 5-1 in their last 6 games without Ant & DDV | Lamelo averaging 22/4/5/2 on 49/41/90 Splits & +59 | Ayo 22/6/4/1 on 52/48/95 Splits & +36