Author: Andy Grimsrud
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(Eds. Note: This is the third and final installment of a three-part series of guest posts from friend of the blog Jon Wallace (@jonwallace3), a Duke graduate, current Washington, DC resident, great American, and die-hard Blue Devils fan.) Part I:…
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Andy G and Patrick J: As the NBA Playoffs begin, we’re going to continue recapping the season that was for the Timberwolves. We’re breaking this down into general positions, with a focus on who is still on the roster —…
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Patrick J: On Wednesday night at Target Center, the Timberwolves faced the Oklahoma City Thunder in the final game of their 2014-15 season. That game was meaningful for OKC–the Thunder needed the win, as well as a Pelicans loss, in order to make in the…
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Missed game tonight, looks like Wolves hit their goals of LaVine & Wiggins production and a loss. — Punch-Drunk Wolves (@PDWolves) April 8, 2015 A few Timberwolves items to touch on as the season winds down: The Wolves lost both…
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Ricky Rubio will not play again this season. — Kyle Ratke (@Kyle_Ratke) April 4, 2015 Ricky Rubio’s fourth NBA season has come to a close. Flip made this announcement to local media this morning, explaining that his franchise point guard…
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The Timberwolves and Lakers played a basketball game tonight. Nobody is quite sure if either team wanted to win it. The Wolves sat out the following players: Ricky Rubio Kevin Martin Shabazz Muhammad Kevin Garnett Nikola Pekovic Gary Neal Anthony…
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This afternoon, Duke’s freshman center, Jahlil Okafor, played dominant basketball in front of a huge international audience. Showing off his “best since Duncan, maybe Alcindor” freshman post game, Okafor racked up 26 points on 12-16 shooting in an easy win…
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“If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all.” That’s a nice rule to live by in most situations. Writing about the Timberwolves is an exception. In many instances, such as this one, that rule would be straight…
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At the season’s quarter point, I handed out letter grades to each player. At the halfway point, I laid out team superlatives. We’ve just reached the third quarter point, and with the team fresh off a franchise-altering trade, and without…
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It’s hard to tell what’s worse: how badly the Wolves were beaten on their home floor tonight by the Denver Nuggets (who had won just 3 of their previous 22 games, and accordingly just fired their coach) or the lack…
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The Wolves dropped both games in their weekend back-to-back. On Friday at Chicago, they faced an undermanned Bulls team that was missing Derrick Rose and Pau Gasol, and lost Taj Gibson to an ankle sprain less than ten minutes into…
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Great atmosphere at TC tonight. Awesome to have BigTicket back. Part of the family. Welcome back KG! pic.twitter.com/AJ1jt171Ih — Ricky Rubio (@rickyrubio9) February 26, 2015 Where to begin? The game itself, I guess. The game The Wolves opened up the…
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Last night’s win over the Suns was one of the season’s most fun games, for a few different reasons. First and most obvious: It was a close game, involving a whole bunch of fourth quarter lead changes, and the home…
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You already know the news: Kevin Garnett is coming back to Minnesota to play for the Timberwolves. In a trade-deadline deal that required Garnett’s signature to be official (he had a “no trade” clause that needed waiving) the Wolves are…
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https://twitter.com/irabrooker/status/565282691495763970 The Timberwolves made a trade today. And then they made another trade. By off-day standards, this was a lot of activity giving rise to a lot of internet discussion. So let’s sort it out and see what to make…
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I don’t have a lot of time to write today, but last night’s win over the Memphis Grizzlies — by far the Wolves’ most impressive of the season — deserves some acknowledgement on the blog. With that in mind, here…
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Why? Why? Why? Go with #BeastMode… — Ricky Rubio (@rickyrubio9) February 2, 2015 Like everyone else, Ricky wondered why the Seahawks didn’t hand off to Lynch for the Super Bowl-winning touchdown. Tomorrow night, he returns to action against the Mavs.…
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Rather than write about Love again, I’m just reblogging this one from back in July. It looked back on what I’ll remember most about Love’s time in Minnesota. It’ll be fun to see him play again, tonight.
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Happy Hump Day, Timberwolves fans. Your favorite team will look for its eight win of the season tonight in its game against the Boston Celtics, the 45th of this season. It should be a winnable contest against a Celtics team…
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We’ve hit the season’s halfway mark, so it’s time for a Timberwolves mid-term report. At the quarter mark, I did letter grades for players. For mid-terms, I thought I’d change it up and instead do this with superlatives. Some are…