Monte Poole and Dalton Johnson talk about the Warriors’ chances of winning in the NBA Draft’s second round. Tim Connelly’s master plan was finished when Anthony Edwards said goodbye to Denver Nuggets supporters as he danced off the floor on Sunday night. Connelly recognized that the Minnesota Timberwolves would have to work hard to overcome Denver in order to have a chance at winning the Larry O’Brien Trophy, even though the team’s ultimate aim still needs eight more victories.
Connelly, the president of basketball operations for the Timberwolves, spent almost ten years building the Nuggets before leaving just before they won their first NBA championship. Since then, articles and in-depth analyses on the subject have been written about Connelly’s journey to build a team that can defeat the league’s best team—the Timberwolves.
Minnesota was created with Connelly’s previous employers in mind. The first squad that stood in the way of the Warriors’ 2022 championship failed to win the championship again and was eliminated in the second round. The Memphis Grizzlies, the second club who traveled with the Warriors two years prior, saw their season end in defeat and are currently preparing for the No. 9 pick in the 2024 NBA Draft. But the Warriors are back in the conference finals for the second time in three years, facing the third and last Western Conference obstacle they had to overcome to go to the NBA Finals.
