Category: Timberwolves
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Slim Shady Kevin Martin is the newest member of the Minnesota Timberwolves Insane news about Kevin Martin. He’s a Wolf. 4 years, 28 million. Wow.* What does the Martin deal mean for the Wolves? A bunch of things. First, management…
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Adrian Woj was a busy man, today. On the Timberwolves front, there was first this: Chase Budinger has reached agreement on a three-year, $16 million deal to return to Minnesota, league source tells Y! Sports. — Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July…
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https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/status/351916266426081280 J.J. Redick would be — among realistic possibilities — a GREAT addition to the Timberwolves roster. His ability to not only catch and shoot, but do it while cutting hard off of a pick is the sort of thing…
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Andrei Kirilenko sounded off on his decision to opt out of his contract in Minnesota. Bottom lines: AK thinks he has gas left in the tank He isn’t averse to returning to Minnesota But he wants a longer contract –…
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Fresh off of the NBA Draft and the subsequent Shabazz mania, NBA free agency is upon us. Here’s what we know so far: OJ Mayo The Wolves have already talked with OJ Mayo’s camp. Mayo, in fact was Flip’s first…
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My typical order of operations for running this blog is to write first, read later. During the season that means I watch the game, think about a post theme on my fifteen-minute walk home, and then immediately start banging on…
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Eds. Note: This mock isn’t necessarily intended to predict what teams will do, but to spell out what WE would do at each pick. Some of that is likely to map onto what teams actually end up doing on Thursday, some…
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Y! Sources: Clippers reach an agreement in principle on a three-year deal to hire Doc Rivers as coach. http://t.co/5aLamsiEGe — Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 23, 2013 After a more-than-week-long roller coaster of reports involving Doc Rivers, Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce…
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Alexey Shved: Minneapolis is Moscow and Moscow is Minneapolis and I like Moscow so therefore I like Minneapolis Andy G: Amid all of the pre-draft Playoffs craze, we haven’t devoted nearly enough (any?) attention to our favorite Timberwolf, Alexey Shved.…
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Trading Up: Should we? Can we? What would it take? Patrick J: Rumor has it that the Timberwolves are looking to move up in the 2013 NBA Draft from their current position at #9. What would this mean in practical…
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In the spirit of bad luck at the NBA Draft Lottery, comedian Joe Mande took to examining the agony that is being a Minnesota Timberwolves fan. In his Grantland piece, Mande does some soul-searching that seems to suggest if not…
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Goodbye, Brandon Roy We pretty much knew this was coming. Brandon Roy was waived by the Timberwolves. As had been widely reported, the second year of his contract was non-guaranteed. Therefore, the team chose to waive him and his $5.3…
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Many Timberwolves fans will expect the team to draft a wing player in the upcoming lottery. It’s the position of need, after all. Flip and Rick should ignore the radio callers and message boards and draft without regard for position.…
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Here at Punch-Drunk Wolves, we’ve lauded UNLV draft prospect Anthony Bennett’s game and NBA prospects over and over. For the uninitiated, Bennett is a bulldozing 6’8’’ forward who’s got a nice handle and a silky smooth stroke (ALLITERATION!), with range…
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Well, how about that. David Kahn is out and Flip Saunders is in, and the appropriate response from sports fans from Minnesota and beyond should be a collective shoulder shrug. Plenty of others have done a better job of eulogizing/pulverizing…
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From Darren Wolfson on Twitter: Taylor told me that he'll be making a major announcement on the ownership front in the next week. Said I'll never guess what it is. #twolves — Darren Wolfson (@DWolfsonKSTP) April 30, 2013 Wolfson has…
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You must leave now, take what you need, you think will last But whatever you wish to keep, you better grab it fast Yonder stands your orphan with his gun Crying like a fire in the sun Look out the…
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Flip Saunders back to Timberwolves as president of basketball operations, Kahn out, league source tells .NBA.com. http://t.co/ws7O541AEb — Steve Aschburner (@AschNBA) April 26, 2013 Plenty more to come on this.
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David Kahn at the NBA Draft Lottery. (The fun begins around 2:15) Will Kahn be around for this season’s Lottery? [This is Part 2 of a multipart season review series. This post looks ahead to the future–mostly next season–and what…
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[This is Part 1 of a season review series. This post looks back in time at the season that was. A subsequent post (or two!) will use what we learned this season to take a prospective look ahead at what…