Nice to see an overrated T-wolves team losing. The myth about Thibbedau being a good coach is busted. The more MIN losing the more people realizing it.
What's the hate about? I agree Thibodeau is an overrated coach but the T-wolves are a legit playoff contender this year. After all it's nice to see new teams and faces matching up on the West to contend in the offseason.
I agree about playoff-contender part. They are the same level as Denver, Utah, Pelicans, slightly below Trail Blazers. They are not even close to top-3 (SA, HOU, GSW) and soon OKC will be also better.
As for overrated part. There are many NBA fans and even pseudoexperts believe that:
A) MIN is 4 or 5 FORCE in west..they are not. Team has inflated record - they played only 2 times against current top-4 from both conferences (loses both times, even if one was vs WSH at home without WALL) and there are good chances to see them below 0.50 in February
B) "Towns is this era Duncan and top-3 bigman in the league" - guy is playing questionable defense and the way Len dominated him just tonight is telling. He is fantastic player, no doubts, but he is not better than KP, not better than AD, DC, Embid and not better than aging Lamarcus and Hassan (when healthy). And I think Gobert is also more important for his team.
This team's ceiling is 2nd round (i'm not talking about this season, but in general) if lucky, Conf F... as long as Thibbedau coaching them and making management decisions. But we'll see.