In year three of the Ant Experience, our sense of anticipation and imagination of what the wunderkind might become can no longer be unfettered.

Almost all of their weaknesses — poor rebounding, difficulty competing effectively in transition basketball on both offense and defense, a proclivity for turnovers, and bouts of selfish offense manifested through wretched shot selection — stem from an inattention to detail and effort. In other words, mental and physical laziness.

The Minnesota Wild were in freefall in July 2012 when they stunned the hockey world – and themselves – by signing free agents Zach Parise and Ryan Suter to identical 13-year, $98 million contracts.

There are plenty of people who believe letting DLo walk is more beneficial than the poor fit and the (they believe) poor attitude that comes with his virtues in exchange for all that money.

The Lee and Penny Anderson Arena will hold about 4,000 patrons for hockey, 5,000 for basketball and 6,000 for concerts and university commencements.

Analyzing the first half of the frustrating Wolves up and down season; plus Zoom with Britt tonight at 5.

It was that 48 hours after being psychologically shredded by the NBA-worst Detroit Pistons on Saturday night, the Timberwolves came back to thump a Denver Nuggets team that had lost just two of 12 games since Dec. 8.

The Scots are 7-2 overall and 4-1 in conference play entering the holiday break, tied with Carleton for second behind St. John’s.

The Wolves have won six of 10 games since KAT went down with a significant calf strain. They have won three in a row since Gobert joined him on the injured list.

Anderson can be an exceedingly patient playmaker. He will pounce on an obvious opportunity but otherwise waits for his options to develop into more clear-cut choices before executing a decision.

As the Wolves continue to loll in this malaise of mediocrity, the areas where this team is lacking from a more personal, psychological standpoint are likewise fundamental – and interrelated. They don’t have leadership.

At the U, volleyball ran a roughly $2.26 million deficit in 2019-20, according to the university’s annual NCAA Financial Report. That’s despite an average of 4,782 fans per game … fourth best in the nation.

A full six weeks into the season, the Wolves are a game below .500 with a won-lost record of 10-11. They have played the fourth-easiest schedule in the 30-team NBA.

The Wolves have dropped five of their past six contests and never held a lead beyond the first quarter in any of those defeats.

The assumption was that the Wolves would struggle a bit to align skill sets, coordinate rhythms and essentially crystallize teamwork, but inevitably show signs of figuring it out.

It is not time to be good nor great. It is time to be honorable, to the game and to the people who pay to watch it.

Over the past 15 years or so, the smartest way to prognosticate a Minnesota Timberwolves season was to survey the roster, coaching staff, front office and ownership, make an honest assessment and then deduct four or five wins for the inevitable incompetence. Last year was a remarkable outlier that rebutted the strategy.

Correa said he hasn’t thought about whether to opt out of the final two years of his contract to re-enter the free agent market, which he must declare five days after the World Series ends.

A club record 89 players wore the Saints uniform this season, 49 of them pitchers.