Category: Timberwolves
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The Timberwolves played their last summer league game on July 17, over two weeks ago. They drafted Karl-Anthony Towns and Tyus Jones on June 25, almost six weeks ago. They played their last real, regular season game on April 15,…
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The last time we posted, it was June 29, and Andy G mused about the Wolves’ 2015 draft, in which they selected the much-haralded Karl-Anthony Towns #1 overall and pulled off a trade to get back into the first round…
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As you already know, the draft was last Thursday, and it was a big one for our favorite team. I decided to take it in over at the new Mayo Clinic facilities, and swing through the arena for the announcement…
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The 1st Round: Towns as the now-inevitable #1 pick. Andy G: First off, Happy Draft Week. Whatever this says about us, and the team that we cheer for, this is usually the highlight of our NBA season and a…
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The draft is less than four weeks away. Yesterday on KFAN Radio with Dan Barreiro, Flip Saunders admitted that he knows who he would select with the top choice if it were held now. Flip made clear that there is…
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As you’re certainly aware by now, the Timberwolves won the draft lottery on Tuesday night. While they can still complain that they’ve never “moved up” above their odds slotting — that was not technically possible this year, given their league-worst…
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Patrick J: Hello Wolves fans. The NBA’s Draft Lottery is tonight. The Wolves have the best chance of winning the lottery, and the rights to the #1 overall pick in the 2015 NBA Draft, because they lost the most games…
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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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(Eds. Note: This is a guest post from friend of the blog Jon Wallace (@jonwallace3), a Duke graduate, current Washington, DC resident, great American, and die-hard Blue Devils fan.) Draft Notes from a Dookie Hi, I’m Jon W. You might…
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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…