The Minnesota Timberwolves look lost. After another ugly performance—this one a 24-point loss to the Atlanta Hawks on New Year’s Eve—the questions surrounding Minnesota are growing louder and more uncomfortable.

On draft night in 2024, Tim Connelly and the Timberwolves — who didn't have a first-round pick of their own — parted with a sizable package to acquire the No. 8 selection from the Spurs and take Kentucky point guard Rob Dillingham. 18 months later, that decision looks like a swing and miss.

Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards left the bench after head coach Chris Finch took out the starters in their 24-point Hawks loss.

On Saturday, the Minnesota Timberwolves were able to dribble the ball out in the final seconds against the 9-19 Brooklyn Nets. Not because they had taken

Hawks head coach Quin Snyder praised Porzingis for staying with the team while he was out and cited it as one of the reasons why his return went as smoothly as it did, in addition to praising Porzingis’ defensive movement on pick-and-rolls.

No energy on the defensive end, on the glass or through extra actions or passes on offense. The end result was the same as it was when Minnesota was torched by Brooklyn in Minneapolis last Saturday, as the Hawks blitzed the Timberwolves, 126-102 in Atlanta in a New Year’s Eve matinee.

It's the Wolves' most lopsided defeat of the season, barely topping a 23-point loss to the Knicks at Madison Square Garden in early November. It's their biggest regular season margin of defeat since a 26-point loss to the Knicks in December 2024.

Naz Reid scored a season-high 33 points off the bench, Anthony Edwards added 23, and the Minnesota Timberwolves routed the Bulls 136-101 after Chicago lost top scorers Coby White and Josh Giddey to injuries.

The Wolves may still be in sixth place in the West, but true championship contenders establish themselves as such by the midway point of the season. The clock is ticking.

Reid delivered his best game of what has been an uneven season in a 136-101 victory over the Bulls — 33 points, six 3-pointers, seven rebounds and three assists — on Dec. 29. The date in a long NBA regular season is insignificant to most, but monumental to one Timberwolves mega-fan who has left his mark on this basketball community.