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Originally Posted by RainMaker
I think he'd be a great fit in Minnesota. They'd have a top 5 defense almost immediately with that talent.
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The Wolves' starting lineup already is the top defense out of any 5-man group that has played over 50 minutes together (77 points/100 possessions in 85 minutes; next-best is the Jazz starters at 85), and the lineup with Bjelica in Garnett's place has played 38 minutes and has a better defensive rating than that. So their being a top 5 defense just depends on Rubio being healthy and the eventual coach just being more intelligent with rotations than Sam Mitchell is (or you could even have the natural improvement from Towns and Wiggins make up for poor lineup choices).
No need to give Towns and Wiggins the Derrick Rose treatment just to guarantee a playoff appearance in the next couple seasons when those guys are poised to be All-Stars 10+ years down the line.
"Terrible" trades update: Evan Fournier is averaging 18 a game for the Magic and is doing much better than some late first-round wing from the last couple drafts (P.J. Hairston? C.J. Wilcox?). K.J. McDaniels has played 16 minutes over 4 games for a Rockets team that presumably would have been willing to try all sorts of things to reverse its poor start. Brandon Knight is averaging 20-5-4 and coexisting pretty well with Bledsoe. Michael Carter-Williams' overall numbers are down across the board, except for three-point shooting, where he is shooting better but still not a threat, and turnovers - he somehow turns the ball over on a higher percentage of plays than he did in Philadelphia.