Frederick: This is Timberwolves basketball? Minnesota better hope not

MINNEAPOLIS — Brooklyn is good at the moment — as in, one of the best teams in the NBA this month. Despite a rotation that’s 40% rookies, the Nets are 7-3 in December, with the NBA’s second-best net rating in the span. Yet, because they entered Saturday’s game in Minneapolis with only nine wins, they didn’t get the respect and effort the Wolves often reserve for the league’s elite. The ensuing result was predictable, as Minnesota was embarrassed by the Nets, falling 123-107 on its home floor. Par for the course for the Wolves, who pick and choose — from quarter to quarter, night to night —when to do the little things necessary to win. On Saturday, the Wolves...