The Minnesota Timberwolves fall to the Golden State Warriors

“He’s one of the best players in the league so we know how good they are, conference finalist a year ago,” Kerr said. “But this team is different without KAT and with Randle, and they’re making that adjustment. Like most teams, they’ve had their struggles in the beginning. There’s only a couple of teams in the entire league that have really taken off, Cleveland, OKC.

“Look at Milwaukee: They just won the (NBA) Cup and they were 2-8 at one point. It feels like everybody’s going through some growing pains. I’d say Minnesota is in a similar boat to us, trying to rediscover their identity.”

And it could come any day or game now.

“A game if you’ve already had it,” Kerr said. “If you’re trying to get an identity, it takes a while. We’ve had an identity here for a long time.

“But new team this year. We built a really good identity in the camp and followed it up with a good start to the season, so we know who we are, what we’re capable of. We have to find the confidence again.”