https://theringer.com/brotherhood-of-the-wolf-e70e68b3889e#.okf44hevbFor Minnesota, the future hinges on Towns. He’s 7 feet with the skill and mobility to face up; the range to hit 3s; and the strength, size, and footwork to play in the post. Towns can play off the ball or spot up (1.094 points per possession last season, according to Synergy), or you can throw it to him and let him bust heads (his 1.188 points per possession out of ISO plays ranks in the 97th percentile in the NBA, according to Synergy). He blocked 1.7 shots per game (10th best in the league). And, oh yeah, Towns is only 20 years old, so Ricky Rubio will be buying him beer until November.
Wiggins has more in common with Russell Westbrook than meets the eye. Both are slashers who use overwhelming athleticism to power through thickets of defenders and overcome a lack of shooting range. Last season, Wiggins took 550 shots within 6 feet of the basket, joining Westbrook (641) and Isaiah Thomas (604) as the only backcourt players in the top 12 of such attempts. Many of those shots involved Wiggins’s patented spin — a whiplash-inducing, against-the-grain pirouette that, like all great signature moves, is totally predictable and utterly devastating