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There are two good rules to follow when freaking out about the struggles of your favorite professional basketball team. First is to avoid getting so entrenched in your own opinions that you lose sight of everything else. Second is to…
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There’s something funny about point guards in professional basketball. The best ones in history are, in some order, Magic Johnson, Steph Curry, and Oscar Robertson. And yet, none of them really represents a good example of a “classic” or “prototype”…
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Two concepts today. The first is specific to the recent Wolves performance. The second is more general, but has Wolves involvement. The 8-Man Rotation, continued First, right back to Chris Finch’s eight-man rotation. It’s probably the most interesting quirk of…
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Two wins and one loss feels right. The Timberwolves’ first two games were on the West Coast, facing full-strength opponents that will be contending for playoff berths in April. After that, they came home to face the Toronto Raptors. Toronto,…
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The NBA season starts on Tuesday, and your very own Minnesota Timberwolves earned a spot in the league’s opening-night doubleheader. After the Thibs & KAT 2.0 debut (Knicks-Celtics, 6:30 CT, TNT), the Wolves tip off at LA where they face…
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It’s easy to forget details about last year’s regular season, because of all the fun and excitement of last year’s playoffs. The Wolves had some mild swings throughout the 82-game slog, but were pretty much just a great team from…
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The KAT trade is now completed, with each team’s announcement of the deal. With that, Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo will enter Timberwolves training camp, and Coach Chris Finch will begin to incorporate each into his lineups and greater plans…
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The preseason kicks off on Monday. While no Wolves team is exactly like another, this one had more roster continuity and a clearer understanding of its strengths and weaknesses than most. To preview the 2024-25 season for the Minnesota Timberwolves…
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Apologies in advance for the almost unqualified positivity in this post. I know that diehard Wolves fans that might find themselves reading these words are conditioned to strong doses of cynicism and skepticism when discussing or thinking about their favorite…
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Although I grew up a Timberwolves fan in the 90s, my obsession with closely following the team took hold in the late 00s when for the first time in my life I actually lived in the Twin Cities and could…