It’s been quite a while since a preseason storyline completely hijacked the fanbase quite like the Timberwolves’ backup point guard conundrum.
Our SBNation Reacts question this week was supposed to be a simple poll. A fun little barbershop debate. Donte DiVincenzo? Rob Dillingham? Bones Hyland? Who’s gonna matter most as the non-Mike-Conley adult in the room?
Then Chris Finch just said, “Plot twist — what if Mike Conley isn’t even the starter?” like he was Shyamalan re-writing the script at the final table read.
And now we’re two games into the season and, yeah, the point guard spot is officially a Five-Alarm Situation.
Little did we know Finch wasn’t just dipping his toe into experimentation. He cannonballed into it like a middle-schooler at a hotel pool.
Two games in, here’s where we are
What’s the real takeaway?
This isn’t solved. At all.
And that’s terrifying if you’re a Wolves fan with title aspirations.
The Wolves have 80 games left, a card up their sleeve in GM in Tim Connelly, and a legitimate title window that shuts if there isn’t a capable ballhandler on the team. If they don’t figure this out internally, they will go hunting.
We hope DiVincenzo stabilizes.
We pray Conley finds the Fountain of Youth.
We watch Bones like a stock about to either 5x or go to zero.
We wait for Dillingham to eventually… well, play basketball.
And we enter every fourth quarter holding our collective breath.
This is the ride. Buckle in.