Minott was the big winner of Friday's game, scoring 22 points and pulling down eight rebounds. But while his stats were impressive, he showed a scorer's touch in 29 minutes off the bench.

The Minnesota Timberwolves pulled off a stunning blockbuster trade a week ago when they dealt longtime face of the franchise Karl-Anthony Towns to the New York Knicks for a package headlined by Julius Randle.

In his first chat with the media as a member of the Minnesota Timberwolves, Julius Randle did not hold back from sharing his initial reactions. After finding out the news about the trade, Randle's wife Kendra Shaw reminded him that things could always be worse.