https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/page/2/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/maya-moore-cecilia-zandalasini-arent-the-only-wnba-players-to-opt-out-this-season/While other professional leagues attempt to come up with plans to return to play amid the coronavirus pandemic, the WNBA appears to have a finalized plan to be able to start its year two months after its originally scheduled season-opening date.   The 2020 WNBA season was supposed to tip off on M...8255Fri, 19 Jun 2020 06:00:49 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/here-are-the-next-steps-for-minnesota-lynx-wnba-with-plan-of-2020-season-set/The WNBA is officially back.   On Monday the league announced it has reached an agreement with the Women’s National Basketball Players Association on a plan for the start of the 2020 WNBA season in July.   According to a release sent out by the league, WNBA action will return in one central loca...8242Tue, 16 Jun 2020 06:00:13 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/the-plan-for-a-2020-season-is-starting-to-come-into-focus-for-minnesota-lynx-wnba/With the majority of the sports world still on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic, leagues around the country are trying to come up with the best plan to try and resume or start their seasons while providing safe spaces for teams to be able to do so.   Last week, the WNBA’s plan for a potential...8215Mon, 08 Jun 2020 06:00:05 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/minnesota-lynx-announce-final-roster-moves-ahead-of-2020-wnba-season/Even though the 2020 WNBA season and all organized team activities are on hold for the time being, moves in anticipation for the start of the new year this summer have continued to take place.   On Tuesday, the Minnesota Lynx and the rest of the teams in the league officially finalized their rost...8179Tue, 26 May 2020 19:00:17 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/rookies-herbert-harrigan-dangerfield-will-lean-on-relationships-with-current-minnesota-lynx-players/Throughout the last few seasons, the Minnesota Lynx have seen a decent amount of roster turnover from a squad that put together one of the more dominant decade-long runs in WNBA history.   With the somewhat recent departures of all-time Lynx greats Lindsay Whalen, Seimone Augustus, Rebekkah Br...8169Thu, 21 May 2020 19:00:10 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/zoom-meetings-boxing-and-playing-in-her-church-gym-napheesa-collier-is-staying-game-ready/A year ago, Napheesa Collier broke onto the WNBA scene by making her professional debut as a rookie with the Minnesota Lynx while dropping 27 points, six rebounds and three blocks in the 2019 regular season opener against the Chicago Sky.   On Friday, Collier was hoping to begin her second year i...8149Fri, 15 May 2020 06:30:56 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/its-pretty-surreal-lynx-draft-picks-ready-to-take-on-wnba-in-2020/The Minnesota Lynx made one of the first surprising moves of the 2020 WNBA Draft last Friday night when they deviated from what most people thought they would do in selecting a point guard by drafting a power forward with the sixth overall pick.   In the draft, which was the most-watched WNBA Dra...8068Wed, 22 Apr 2020 13:04:06 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/lynx-pick-herbert-harrigan-and-dangerfield-trade-for-ogwumike-in-2020-wnba-draft/Going into Friday night's 2020 WNBA Draft, many thought the Minnesota Lynx would lean toward selecting a guard with their sixth overall selection in the opening round.   With players like combo guard Tyasha Harris of South Carolina, point guard Crystal Dangerfield and forward Megan Walker of Conn...8048Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/cheryl-reeve-minnesota-lynx-adjusting-to-new-virtual-reality-ahead-of-2020-season/We certainly are going through an unprecedented time in the United States and around the globe.   While the world continues to fight the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, many sports leagues throughout the country have been put on pause with an unknown date for when -- or even if -- their sport will...8023Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/minnesota-lynx-prep-for-unusual-2020-wnba-draft/More often than not over the past decade, the Minnesota Lynx have annually found themselves in contention for a league championship and therefore at the bottom of the WNBA Draft every April.   In the last few years, however, that position has shifted more towards the middle of the pack with the L...8021Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/five-minnesota-lynx-games-from-2019-season-to-go-back-and-re-watch/Much like other leagues in the country, the WNBA is helping sports fans get their basketball fix while we all await the resumption of sports around the globe.   The league announced on Monday that, in advance of its upcoming 2020 season this summer, it has made WNBA League Pass available free to...7900Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/lynx-mailbag-the-draft-season-timeline-and-augustus-situation/While we continue to battle the current pandemic surrounding the Coronavirus outbreak in the United States and around the globe, the sports world continues to be impacted with everything basically put on halt for the time being.   Although the WNBA season hasn't been impacted to the extent of oth...7867Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/victory-in-jonathan-irons-case-wont-change-maya-moores-plans-for-2020-wnba-season/Maya Moore's winning ways continued on Monday afternoon.   That victory didn't take place on the basketball court as we have seen numerous times in the past, however, but off it.   For the last few years and more extensively since the start of the 2019 year, Moore has held an objective of trying...7826Tue, 10 Mar 2020 10:55:22 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/minnesota-lynx-add-guard-depth-with-trade-for-veteran-guard-shenise-johnson/The Minnesota Lynx continued their quest in retooling their guard unit heading into the 2020 WNBA season on Friday.   The organization announced on Friday afternoon that it completed a trade with the Indiana Fever centered around 29-year-old veteran guard Shenise Johnson.     Along with Jo...7813Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/what-did-minnesotas-series-against-michigan-mean-in-the-big-picture/The Minnesota Golden Gophers mustered two points of a possible 12 in the final two weekends of the regular season. In a conference that is hallmarked by parity, it nearly sunk them after their mostly stellar second half of the season.   After clawing their way back from a disappointing first half...7796Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/gophers-fall-in-regular-season-finale-eye-a-reset-headed-into-big-ten-playoffs/It has been a frustrating few weeks for the Minnesota Golden Gophers, as they tried to solidify their spot in the Big Ten regular-season standings and even get a share of the regular-season title, and that frustration even furthered itself on Saturday night in a 2-1 regulation loss to the Universi...7793Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/mailing-it-in-unanswered-giles-and-the-goalie-questions/On Monday’s Giles and the Goalie podcast, we took questions for a potential mailbag segment. However, the show and our guest Dave Schwartz ran long due to the news of Bruce Boudreau being let go, so we had to cut the segment. We did say at the end questions would be made up at some other point, an...7766Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/seimone-augustus-departure-brings-legendary-career-with-lynx-to-surprising-end/“I think I was supposed to be here. It’s like home. ... I really couldn't see myself anywhere else."   Less than two years ago, Seimone Augustus commented on her time with the Minnesota Lynx as she and others in the organization talked about what Augustus has meant to the franchise.   A season a...7763Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/seimone-augustus-leaves-lynx-after-signing-with-sparks/After spending 14 seasons with the Minnesota Lynx, one of the best players in franchise history will be suiting up for a new team in 2020.   Seimone Augustus, Minnesota's all-time leading scorer and arguably the best player to ever play for the Lynx, signed with the Los Angeles Sparks on Thursday...7762Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/following-historic-playing-career-brunson-will-continue-to-have-strong-impact-on-lynx/Although we won't see her take the floor anymore as a player, Rebekkah Brunson will continue to have a strong impact on the Minnesota Lynx.   On Tuesday, Brunson officially announced her retirement from the WNBA, ending her 15-year playing career which included nine seasons with the Lynx. She las...7735Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/rebekkah-brunson-officially-retires-joins-minnesota-lynx-coaching-staff-as-assistant/One of the most decorated players in WNBA history is making her return to the Minnesota Lynx.   Although it won't be as a player on the court, Rebekkah Brunson will join Minnesota as an assistant coach heading into the 2020 season.   The organization announced Tuesday morning that Brunson has be...7729Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/report-odyssey-sims-unlikely-to-play-for-minnesota-lynx-in-2020/With the guard position already thin and in question for the Minnesota Lynx going into the 2020 season, they might end up being without arguably their best player that position this summer.   On Tuesday afternoon, as the start of the free-agent negotiation period around the WNBA kicked off, repor...7689Tue, 28 Jan 2020 17:58:27 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/what-we-can-expect-from-the-minnesota-lynx-as-free-agency-kicks-off/At this time last year, the Minnesota Lynx went into the offseason filled with uncertainty and no clear vision of where they were headed following one of the best decade-long stretches in WNBA history.   Leading up to the year, Minnesota found out it would be without three of its star players who...7682Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/kobe-bryants-lasting-impact-on-the-minnesota-lynx-wnba-and-womens-basketball/Where do you start when trying to describe the legacy and impact of Kobe Bryant?   The accolades Kobe achieved throughout his basketball career undoubtedly etched him as one of the best NBA players to ever take the floor.   Five NBA titles, 15 All-Star appearances, four All-Star Game MVP awards,...7680Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/featured/midseason-reflection-finding-the-minnesota-wilds-bright-spots-at-the-all-star-break/As the Minnesota Wild officially hit the All-Star break for the 2019-20 campaign, they're looking up the standings at the playoff chase. That was not unexpected when regular season play began back in October. Many expected the Wild to be on the fringe of the playoff bubble.   To put it bluntly, t...7663Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000