On offense, LaVine had troubles making simple post entry passes, never mind running an actual NBA offense. Weighing in at a frail 180 pounds soaking wet, the Bothell, WA-native was hopeless in fighting over screens - not exactly ideal when defending the point of attack. It didn’t help either that he was literally thrown into the fire as the starting point guard for the majority of his rookie season when Ricky Rubio went down with a career-altering ankle injury. Coming out of UCLA in 2014, the then 19-year-old was clearly not ready physically for the rigors of NBA basketball. LaVine, on the other hand, has come a long way since his rookie season. The Minnesota Timber Babies: dunks, assists, likes to score, and brings the funk /LD94dkZpkN Yes, it’s early, but Towns is taking some time to adjust to the more physical brand of defense and hard doubles opposing teams are sending his way, while Wiggins, who’s essentially putting up an efficient 25 points per contest thus far, still brings little to no impact on any other aspect of the game. 1 overall picks and back-to-back “squires of the year” (while Zach does “cool dunks”), as Bleacher Report’s animated series, “Game of Zones,” perpetuates.īut, as we sit roughly one week in into the 2016-17 regular season, it is LaVine, and not KAT or Wiggins, who looks to have made the biggest year-to-year leap. For others, he’s viewed as a perpetual work-in-progress after his sobering one-and-a-half-year experiment at the point guard position.Īs such, outside of Minnesota, rarely would you find a casual fan who immediately brings up the name Zach LaVine when discussing the mouth-watering potential of the Minnesota Timberwolves.Īlternatively, the names that usually supersede the 6’6″ human kangaroo are Karl-Anthony Towns and Andrew Wiggins - the team’s two former No. To some, he’s known purely as a gimmick dunker after coming off his back-to-back slam dunk championship fame.
Minnesota Timberwolves guard Zach LaVine remains an enigma to many NBA fans.
By Aaron Mah 6 years ago In an era of “positionless” basketball, it was a midseason positional change that fully unhinged the potential and progression of Zach LaVine but despite the noticeable leaps he’s made, his name is seldom mentioned when discussing the pillars of Minnesota Timberwolves basketball.
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