The Nuggets and Timberwolves do not like each other. And there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that. Fans yearn for the olden days of the 1980s and 1990s, when there were bitter rivalries with real dislike between players and teams. Battles like the Celtics and Lakers, Pistons and Bulls, and later the Knicks and Pacers, fueled interest in the league and built passionate fanbases.
The era of player movement and parity has taken this away to an extent, with much more roster turnover and fewer long-established cores. It’s hard to build true rivalries when the casts of characters are changing on a yearly basis, and many of the players seem to be friends from past experiences.