Punch Drunk Wolves

Tag: Carmelo Anthony

  • The Punch-Drunk Podcast, Ep. 11: The Offseason

    In which we discuss Andrew Wiggins and Anthony Bennett’s Team Canada exploits, Carmelo Anthony’s early free-agency recruitment of Kevin Durant, and offer (tongue-in-cheek) “sneaky 2015-16 predictions” for each player on the Wolves’ roster. (Eds. Note: We had some technical difficulties…

  • A Retrospective on the Knicks, A Prospective on the Pistons

    Stephen Dunn/Getty Images The Wolves lost to New York on Wednesday night 118-106. The Knicks seized the initiative right away, and the game was only really close after an  8-0 run in the third-quarter brought the Wolves to within three, with the ball.…

  • Timberwolves at Knicks: What to Watch For

    Your 2-0 Minnesota Timberwolves are in New York and take on the 1-1 Knicks Sunday night at Madison Square Garden at 7:30 Eastern. Coming off a blowout victory Friday night against Kevin Durant and the Oklahoma City Thunder, the Wolves…

  • Dispatches: The NBA Finals in the Philippines

    I’m back from the Philippines. Jet lag is my master. But it was a good visit. Basketball euphoria was high in Manila. Everyone was all about the Finals, despite the fact that we were tuning into games live at 8:30…

  • Why Melo’s Old-School Game is Great for the NBA

    There is a long list of reasons why NBA basketball is The Greatest Game.  It has the best athletes and viewing experience, the coolest personalities and fans, the most thoughtful writers, and the funniest Twitter accounts.  It is culturally and…

  • Knicks @ Wolves: The Stop Streaking Edition

    The Knicks are in town tonight for a 7 PM CST tilt against the Wolves. By way of preview, a few things: The psychology of streaking: It’s time to talk about streaking, and the weird effects it can have on…

  • “Winning Time” by Carmelo Anthony

    Let’s get the qualifiers out of the way.  Coming into yesterday’s matchup with the Knicks at Madison Square Garden, the Timberwolves had a road record of 5-8.  At home, the Knicks were 11-2.  Though both teams had the previous day…

  • Intel Report: Timberwolves vs. Knicks

    Coming off a signature win over the West-leading OKC Thunder, the Wolves take on the East-leading Knicks Sunday afternoon at Madison Square Garden.  The 13-11 Wolves will be without Kevin Love, who played one of his best one or two games…

  • A Better Effort (Warriors 106, WOLVES 98)

    I knew I wasn’t [completely] overreacting to that bad loss on Wednesday night.  Despite the injuries that have overhauled the Wolves starting unit, the team still has enough talent and grit to play competitive basketball.  “Competitive basketball” would have prevailed…

  • Orlando Trades Dwight: Did they get enough in return?

    In case ya hadn’t heard, Dwight Howard is headed to Tinseltown.  He joins Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Shaquille O’Neal on the list of superstar centers acquired by the Lakers in the middle of their prime.  A player as dominant…

  • Meloball Under Fire (Again)

    The great Howard Beck wrote an interesting column in today’s New York Times, analyzing the struggles of Carmelo Anthony versus the Heat and in his entire postseason career. He points out Melo’s crappy shooting percentage in this series and his…

  • What to talk about? (SPURS 116, Wolves 100)

    The score was 32-16 in the Spurs favor after one quarter.  After a half-hearted comeback in the 2nd by the Wolves, the game was lopsided for the entire half.  Nobody seemed to play well.  The box score shows decent work…

  • The Return of Dirk (Mavericks 104, WOLVES 97)

    As you probably know, the Wolves have twice defeated the defending-champion Mavericks in this short season, each game by a decided margin of victory.  Although I joined the excitement of other Wolves fans about last year’s worst dominating last year’s…