Category: Features
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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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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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What does an NBA age minimum and Allen Iverson’s unemployment have to do with one another? Potentially make for some interesting basketball played outside the NBA. This is more a #hoopidea than a likely reality, but it seems like it…
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September is a dead month in the NBA. The draft is barely visible in the rear view mirror, Vegas League has come and gone, and the vast majority of free agents have found new places to call home. The biggest…
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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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Basketball usually isn’t funny. Watching the Timberwolves evokes a wide array of emotions of mine and, if you’re reading this, probably yours too. In recent seasons past the Wolves’ play has incited fans to boil with anger and discontent–the ones who…
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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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For a few reasons, I wanted to share some background on this blog and its two authors. After writing endless chains of Wolves-related emails back and forth, Patrick J and I decided to start Punch-Drunk Wolves in the middle of…
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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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On Friday, March 9, 2012, the Minnesota Timberwolves played its most-anticipated game in over seven years when Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol came to town. The team was 21-19, its best mid-season record since the Saunders Administration, the glamorous and…
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The NBA Draft is tonight. What’s going to happen? Andy G and I look into Punch-Drunk Wolves’ crystal ball (an old fishbowl with a goldfish floating belly up) and weigh in on the prospects. Let us know which ones we’re…
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The New Orleans Hornets have claimed victory in the Anthony Davis sweepstakes, winning the NBA Draft Lottery on Wednesday night despite having only a 13.7% chance of getting the first pick. Is anyone really surprised? The NBA–run by larger than life…
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Andy G: It’s been announced that Chris Bosh will be out indefinitely with an abdominal strain. While “indefinitely” is ambiguous and Spoelstra says the MRI results were a pleasant surprise (no tear, apparently) it sounds like there’s a good chance…