Through their first 10 games, the Timberwolves have talked a lot about how to fix their offense, which has started slow as they integrate Rudy Gobert into it.
The Wolves are also attempting some new things on the defensive end, like deploying multiple coverages depending on whether Gobert is in the game or not.
This can lead to the Wolves doing a lot of thinking when they're on the court. It's something the Wolves are trying to reduce in the name of playing faster.
"Too much thinking, I think, as a group, including myself — for sure myself," guard D'Angelo Russell said. "It's part of the process. Everybody's in positions that they've never been before."
On the offensive end, the Wolves have preached better ball movement and motion, or as Chris Finch said, have movement for the sake of moving. The Wolves felt they had improved in that area in the two games leading up to Monday's tip off against New York, but the playing on that end of the floor could take a while before it becomes natural again for everyone.
"We obviously are here to play a team game but we want to play for the names on our backs as well. I think that could frustrate guys a little bit," forward Kyle Anderson said. "It was even a little frustrating with me trying to find my rhythm the first few games, but I've been in this league a long time and I'm not going to let it get to me. I think guys are doing the same thing."
Finch said this was part of the process of adding some "unorthodox" things to what they were doing last year on both ends of the floor.
"Until you go through it and get enough reps out of it, you're going to be kind of thinking," Finch said. "But at least they're thinking."
