The Minnesota Timberwolves took a page out of college basketball's book by putting together a "Dunk After Dark" event at midnight on the day most teams only held media day.
In hindsight, it makes sense once one considers the fact that so many players on the Wolves roster are college age. Similar to the college "Midnight Madness," the Wolves event was big on flashy plays and acrobatic dunks.
Andrew Wiggins, Zach LaVine and Ricky Rubio all have skills that play into this type of night. Wiggins and LaVine are highflyers, while Rubio is a ballhandling and passing wizard. On Monday night, Wiggins and LaVine each put down nice dunks and Rubio threw a couple nice passes. Perhaps the biggest surprise came on a lob from Nikola Pekovic to LaVine for an alley-oop dunk. Below are a few clips of major moments from an interesting night in Minnesota.