Author: Patrick J
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Kevin Love reportedly broke his hand today at practice. A quick take on what it means:
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Sometimes you just want to know what the future holds. You look into your crystal ball, but all you see is fog, so you ransack your house looking for that Ouija board you got in college. You don’t find it,…
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It’s on. It’s what you’ve all been waiting for. Twolves. Pacers. 7:00 tonight. Fargo. Fargo, baby, Fargo! Pek and his wood chipper. K-Love and Danny Granger getting chippy. Paul George’s defense. No TV or radio, so you’ll have to keep ‘specially close…
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The early reports on Derrick Williams are coming in, and they are good. Williams drew unanimous praise after the first two Wolves practices in Mankato on Monday and Tuesday. “He’s a guy who can attack the basket,” Adelman said. “And…
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There isn’t a high volume of meaty information coming from Timberwolves training camp. But there are interesting tidbits here and there. One such tidbit involves Alexey Shved. Shved is a talent, but coming into camp there were question marks about…
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I’m jones-ing for hoops something bad. Some of it’s cabin fever – I’m not a football fan, and baseball’s less fun when the Twins suck – but when I go this long without watching hoops, I get twitchy and need…
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Last season the Wolves offense was often out of whack, and it was usually blamed on poor wing play. But their interior play was also spotty. Nikola Pekovic’s emergence was a revelation, but Darko Milicic’s stinky jump hook almost canceled…
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Last year’s Timberwolves had a problematic pairing of statistics describing its three-point shooting prowess. The first statistic is 21.6. That’s the average number of three-point shots attempted by the Wolves in a game. That’s kind of a lot; good for…
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With training camp just around the corner, there are a bunch of top-level questions that remain unanswered as October 2nd approaches. There’s been a ton turnover on the roster, and many players’ roles are anything but clear. Long story short,…
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With training camp just around the corner, there are a bunch of top-level questions that remain unanswered as October 2nd approaches. There’s been a ton turnover on the roster, and many players’ roles are anything but clear. Long story short,…
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… to Cali, to Cali, I’m going back to Cali, to Cali, to Cali…I think so. But sans Kangol. And just for the weekend.
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Andy G and I are doing a series on players you’ll be watching for one reason or another this season on League Pass. Check out the first four entries below. 1. All-League Pass Rookie 1st Team, or “Rookies You Want to…
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Andy G and I are doing a series on players you’ll be watching for one reason or another this season on League Pass. Check out the first three entries below. All-League Pass Rookie 1st Team, or “Rookies You Want to Watch”: http://punchdrunkwolves.com/2012/08/23/all-league-pass-team-vol-1-rookies-you-want-to-watch/…
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Andy G and I are starting a series on players you’ll be watching for one reason or another this season on League Pass. Here’s the first installation: Rookies you’ll want to watch on League Pass, and why you/I will be…
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A while ago, I wrote a post about my top-5 favorite basketball books. I wanted to cap the list by going through my second-tier.
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Alexey Shved’s 2012 Olympics debut in Russia’s win over Great Britain yesterday opened eyes worldwide, and nowhere more than in Minnesota. The 6’6” guard had 16 points on 6-of-11 from the field and dropped 13 dimes en route to a big win.…
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A few interesting morsels from an excellent piece on Shved. The good: “Shved is a handful in pick-n-roll, where he can hit pull-ups going both ways, get all the way to rim or drop sweet dishes to his teammates. Simply…