There are just a lot of things that are similar between the two teams that stand out to me

  1. Exact same record this year, 1 game difference last year

  2. Led by a crafty, score-first point guard who thrives in the clutch and a bruising, emotional big who is a good post scorer and playmaker. 6th man of the year caliber player comes off the bench and can completely take over games. Not really a good comparison for RJ, the closest would be Keegan Murray

  3. Franchises had a period of contention in the recent past (90s for us, early 2000s for them) but afterwards had a long stretch of bad years and became a joke in the league

  4. After changing head coaches, completely reestablished team identity (Mike Brown instilled a offensive system, Thibs a defensive one). Immediately after the coach joins the team returns to the playoffs for the first time in a long while and the coach wins COTY.

  5. After making the playoffs for the first time, the teams lose in the first round.

There isn’t really a point to this post, it was just interesting how similar the teams are in terms of narrative and composition.

  • pagenotdisplayedBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Timberwolves are a slightly better version of the Knicks right now. TWolves also have a brutal history, very physical team right now, dpoy calibrr centers and defense.

  • KingJoe7-123BEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Yep, it’s been said for a while that the Kings are the Knicks of the west. That comparison was usually made more back when both teams were a laughing stock but it still holds true today.

  • mkijg7BEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I kinda see them as the Bizzaro version of the Knicks because they have these similarities as you said above but thier Identity is made on the offensive end where the Knicks Identity come from the defensive side

  • C3h6hwBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Kings and Timberwolves both feel like the Western Conference Knicks

  • leaC30BEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Now its the Kings. A few days ago it was the Pistons when they traded for R. Wallace 😂