Robert Covington is the NBA role player every team needs

The Wolves are a different team with Robert Covington. Why Covington's 3-and-D skill set fits anywhere. With a dry understanding of his new team's offensive plays, defensive concepts, and no expectation to even start, Robert Covington played 41 minutes in his first game with the Minnesota Timberwolves. "I thought that I was gonna ease my way into it and learn the system," he laughs. "But Thibs wasn't having that." As teammates shouted instructions from the bench, Covington scored 13 points in a ...