The Timberwolves might have the easiest path to winning an NBA championship of any of the remaining teams, and they may be four victories from potentially facing former employees Tom Thibodeau and Karl-Anthony Towns in Madison Square Garden in the Finals.
All they need to do is beat the last MVP or, perhaps, the next.
So which should they prefer?
The Nuggets look exhausted, and yet they have been able to extend No. 1 seed Oklahoma City to seven games in the Western Conference semifinals.
Oklahoma City is deeper and presumably fresher, but the Thunder have not looked in this series like a championship team, and they, unlike the Nuggets, have not advanced to a conference finals with their superstar, much less won a title.
The Nuggets are more familiar to the Wolves, and thus may be easier to prepare for. They also fired coach Mike Malone and replaced him with former Wolves assistant David Adelman, who has made a few strategic tweaks and has used his bench players more extensively.