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NBA Offseason Awards For Western Conference

By Isaac Harris
BLOOMINGTON, MN - JUNE 29: Tom Thibobeau introduces Jimmy Butler of the Minnesota Timberwolves to the public during a press conference at the Mall of America on June 29, 2017 in Bloomington, Minnesota. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2017 NBAE (Photo by Gary Dineen/NBAE via Getty Images)
BLOOMINGTON, MN - JUNE 29: Tom Thibobeau introduces Jimmy Butler of the Minnesota Timberwolves to the public during a press conference at the Mall of America on June 29, 2017 in Bloomington, Minnesota. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2017 NBAE (Photo by Gary Dineen/NBAE via Getty Images) /
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Biggest Upgrade: Minnesota Timberwolves

Last year, the Timberwolves won 31 games. This year, I have them winning over 50 games.

It started on draft night when Minnesota made the big splash in trading for Jimmy Butler from Chicago. They gave up the 7th pick, Kris Dunn and Zach LaVine, who is coming off a torn ACL, for the top 20 player in Butler.

After that, they went out and signed Jeff Teague, Taj Gibson, and Jamal Crawford in free agency.

In the Butler deal, they also received the 16th pick in the draft where they selected Justin Patton out of Creighton.

Oh, don’t forget about their two young cornerstones in Karl-Anthony Towns and Andrew Wiggins.

Minnesota will run out a starting unit consisting of Teague, Wiggins, Butler, Dieng and Towns to go with a bench unit in Jones, Crawford, Gibson, Patton and anyone else they add before training camp.

I’m all in on the Wolves.

Runner-Up: Oklahoma City Thunder

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