As a abundant as the scoring talent on the Minnesota Timberwolves' roster may be, they have one glaring flaw in their roster construction, one that the Indiana Pacers exploited to fill effect during a preseason matchup between the two that the Pacers won 123-112.

The Timberwolves are a team that is obviously front-loaded with high performing backcourt talent, headlined by guards Anthony Edwards, LaMelo Ball and Ayo Dosunmu, but they lack severely in size as soon as the starters are off the court. 

The front court is headlined by center Rudy Gobert and forwards Jonathan Kuminga and Jaden McDaniels, but beyond that the Timberwolves struggle to find effective big men off the bench and that deficit is most highlighted by Minnesota's general inability to grab rebounds, especially when facing teams with strong front courts.

The Pacers are one of those teams, with forward Pascal Siakam and center Ivica Zubac forming a formidable double-big duo that gave the Timberwolves fits. 

Indiana out-rebounded Minnesota 43-40 in the matchup and while the disparity between the two isn't that glaring, it's representative of a larger and more worrying trend within the Timberwolves.

Among all teams in preseason, the Timberwolves are the seventh-worst team by average rebounds with an average of just 42 boards per game. Considering how fundamental rebounding is to controlling the pace of the game on both sides of the floor, the fact that the Timberwolves struggle with it so severely is a concerning sign.

The Timberwolves had to sacrifice multiple major big men in order to facilitate the trade that brought Ball to Minnesota as forward Julius Randle was traded to the Brooklyn Nets to dump salary while forward Naz Reid was traded to the Charlotte Hornets for Ball.

Subtracting both of them during the offseason did foreshadow Minnesota's struggles with big men depth and those struggles are already resulting in hard data that works against Minnesota's favor. 

The thin situation in Minnesota's front court depth will only continue to become a concern for the Timberwolves as the regular season progresses and Minnesota will have to address that depth one way or another, either through trades throughout the season or a continued emphasis on development. 

If that issue isn't addressed, the Timberwolves will likely find themselves working from behind in at least one major aspect of the game and as impressive as the offensive may be, for the Timberwolves to be true contenders in the NBA will require a more well-rounded style of play than what they are currently working with.