given that other teams routinely rest their star players during the regular season. I don't follow the Timberwolves too tough, so I dunno if their bench is that weak as to where Thibs is forced to play his starter that hard. I suppose they could do well enough in the first rounds of the playoffs if they play against a lower seeded team that doesn't have the luxury of resting players due to trying get decent seeding, but they'll have to hard to play against top tier teams with reasonably rested players in further rounds.

This has nothing to do with the Timberwolves or this post in general, but it was pretty surprising to see Harrison Barnes and Wesley Mathews so high up on that minutes played list since the Mavericks are toxic refuse. I guess Mark Cuban is a believer of those dudes earning their relatively large paychecks.