21. Minnesota Timberwolves (26-30)
The were Minnesota Timberwolves remained relatively quiet at the NBA Trade Deadline, and you can’t really fault them. The Wolves made the big splash a couple months ago, when they traded Jimmy Butler to the 76ers for a good crop of young players.
Interestingly, the Wolves haven’t fallen off the pace in the West all that much. Even though they are likely out of the playoff race – they are currently five games out of the 8th spot at the moment – this team certainly has a few things to build off of moving forward.
They still have to answer the Andrew Wiggins question, and Karl-Anthony Towns continues to give this team headaches, but it’s going to be interesting to see how the Wolves approach the off-season.