Training camp snapshots, Day 2

Day 2 of training camp -- well, Day 2 1/2 if you count Monday night's midnight madness - is over in Mankato and the Wolves have come through two intense, competitive days relatively healthy, except for some cramps and Glenn Robinson III's tweaked ankle.

My Wolves Daily videos are back for another season and W.D. Thursday is up with a snapshot look of my impressions from these first two days.

Here's the video if you prefer someone else to do your reading for you.

If you prefer to do it yourself, here, in written word, is some of my takes from players I've seen:

* Chase Budinger/ He doesn't look much like the guy you saw last year, or the year before. That means he finally looks healthy and his knees and legs look like they will take him where he wants to go.

He got to the basket with some elevation during Monday night's scrimmages and looks to be getting good lift on from his lower body on his shots.

He's played some shooting guard from the bits of practices they let the media see. It'll be interesting to see how Flip tries to find room and roles for all the wing players the Wolves have.

It's obvious the guy is a thoroughbred and a uniquely gifted athlete. His second leap after he already has jumped once is ridiculous.

Like in Vegas, I've only seen those moments fleetingly. His best step forward will be to put together more and more of them, but you can already see he'll impact the defense with his length and sudden shot-blocking helping from the weak side.

* Zach LaVine/ He took off his shirt after a practice and it only emphasized how skinny he is.

He obviously has to get much much stronger and he'll get beat up plenty in his rookie season. When he can get out and run, he looks special. Trying to fit into a half-court game so far, well, you can see he'll probably be a bit of project.

Don't expect too much too soon.

Pek is tough, but he doesn't have the intimidating lane presence that Gorgui has with his shot blocking. Pek also does have the ability to step out on the floor and shoot like Gorgui has done so far here in camp.

* Shabazz Muhammad/ Yep, he's lost 20 pounds and you can sure tell. Even owner Glen Taylor remarked how different even Shabazz's face look, but you really see it when he charges down the floor or bulls his way to the basket.

He's obviously quicker and stronger and can get up off the floor like he couldn't last year after spending weeks working with a rather unconventional trainer out in San Francisco.

* Anthony Bennett/ He has struggled some adapting to goggles he has to wear the next two to three weeks to protect his eyes after Lasik surgery and I'm not sure yet quite where he fits on this team, other than a backup role at power forward.

But he looks like a guy who initially is going to have to earn his way being a garbage man, picking up his points and rebounds on second chances under the basket, if though he can, and obviously likes, to shoot it from range.

* Corey Brewer/ He'll move back to the bench, probably sooner rather than later, to make room for Wiggins at small forward. But that just might be the perfect place for this energy guy who will continue to run tirelessly even with Kevin Love's outlet passes long gone.

He's also been the leader so far in amping practices up with his constant chatter and infectious good cheer.

* Thaddeus Young/ I'll simply say you can tell he'll score a lot for this team -- inside mostly probably -- and he gets his hands on a lot of balls. Guess there was a reason he was third in the league in the steals last year, although I haven't gotten a good handle yet on just how good -- or how much a liability -- he is as an individual one-on-one defender.