Earlier, the NBA officially announced the list of East-West starters of this year's All-Stars, including two new faces, in addition to the Grizzlies young master Morant, Lang Wiggins, who has been in the league for 8 years, has finally ushered in the first all-star journey of his career, and he is still selected as a starter, which is indeed emotional. In this way, the Timberwolves' former three youngsters (Wiggins, Towns, lavin) have been able to unlock all-star achievements, unlike Downs and LaVine, who are all on the all-star stage as substitutes, Wiggins has been sitting in the starting position, which has also made the two very popular.
And this All-Star Weekend in Cleveland, the former Timberwolves are likely to usher in a reunion. As the first to leave the team, LaVine later switched to the Bulls, although he also ushered in his own peak in Chicago, handing over 20+ data in many seasons, but the team's record was not good, and LaVine was not favored. It wasn't until last year that LaVine, with a career-best 27.4 points, five rebounds and 4.9 assists, finally made the first All-Star trip of his career as a substitute. And this season the Bulls temporarily ranked second in the East with a record of 30 wins and 17 losses, as the team's second-place scorer, LaVine can average 24.9 points, 4.9 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game, leading the team to an outstanding record, excellent personal data, and the probability should still usher in his second consecutive year of All-Star journey.
As for Downs, who has been selected as a 2-time All-Star (18 years, 19 years), this season can still deliver 24.3 points, 9.4 rebounds, 3.7 assists, 1.1 steals, 1.2 blocks, and help the Timberwolves temporarily rank eighth in the West with a 24-24 record, and earlier in an interview with the media, Timberwolves coach Chris Finch also talked about Downs' failure to enter the All-Star start: "I am not disappointed, I think he has played an All-Star performance this season. He still has a chance to be selected and I'm sure he will. ”
Towns himself was confident, and after today's game with the Warriors, Towns also said: "I'm happy that Wiggins was named an All-Star, I can't wait to see him in Cleveland." The implication is that Towns is very confident that he can be on the All-Star stage this season, after all, the two popular candidates in the Current Western Conference forward position, Leonard and George, cannot play due to injury, and Towns naturally has the opportunity to be selected as a substitute for this All-Star in the case of personal data and team record are quite good.
In this way, the three potential new stars of the former Timberwolves may really be reunited in Cleveland this time, dating back to the 16-17 season, although this season is the second year that Towns, Wiggins, and LaVine have joined forces, but it also happens to be a season in which these three have shown competitiveness. Towns averaged 25.1 points, 12.3 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game, Wiggins averaged 23.6 points, 4 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game, and LaVine, the No. 13 show in 14 years, bombed a career-high 18.9 points for the Timberwolves, but unfortunately because of the ACL tearing injury in February 2017, LaVine suffered a season reimbursement, and the Timberwolves' "Big Three" combination also unfortunately disintegrated after that, and Lavin and Dunn were packed into the Bulls by the Timberwolves in the offseason, thus returning to the defensive gate of Jimmy Butler. The Timberwolves made it to the playoffs the following season, while LaVine became the core at the Bulls.
If the three can really reunite in Cleveland this time, it will indeed make many fans feel a lot of emotions, although two of them have left the team in succession, but it is also this separation that makes them all better after that.