The Minnesota Timberwolves are one of the NBA’s top contenders right now, battling for the #1 seed in the West.

But it hasn’t always been this way. As a lifelong T-Wolves fan: author, critic, and poet Hanif Abdurraqib is a historian of the many eras of this franchise, from the Kevin Garnett era in the early 2000s through some dismal seasons in the 2010s. 

Throughout it all, Abdurraqib has nurtured a love for the team and its key players. 

Today he joins the show to tell the story of how the T-Wolves found their way back to the top of the rankings, and where they could go from here.

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