https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/page/130/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/what-ifs-do-the-twins-need-to-overcome-to-compete/Opening Day is upon us. Teams and fans have moved beyond the joy and optimism of Spring Training turns to the regular season. Those good vibes are with the Minnesota Twins. Following last year’s second-half collapse, they were active this winter to improve on the weaknesses that did them in last s...15910Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/will-levis-is-a-risk-worth-the-reward-for-minnesota/All it took was a couple of mock drafts for the Will Levis hype to turn into a full-blown tidal wave for the Minnesota Vikings. The much-maligned former Kentucky quarterback has been at the forefront of Vikings NFL draft mania over the past week -- and the noise got even louder following the lates...15909Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-fully-healthy-wolves-still-have-a-lot-of-room-for-adjustment/The Minnesota Timberwolves’ form in the last month has been impressive when you consider the vital players that have been in and out of the lineup. The past month has been rocky. They had a three-game win streak, won one of their next six, and finally finished it off by winning four straight games...15908Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/what-has-jaden-mcdaniels-added-to-his-offensive-bag/On Monday night, the Minnesota Timberwolves won a huge game over the third-seeded Sacramento Kings on the second night of a back to back, lifting themselves temporarily out of the play-in tournament and into the sixth seed at 39-37. That only lasted until the Golden State Warriors won on Tuesday n...15905Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/why-the-twins-rounded-out-their-roster-with-castro-and-sands/After a full month for fans to speculate on the Minnesota Twins’ 26-man roster, the Opening Day roster is finally set. Two names stick out as the outliers of making the roster to start the season, players who have never seen time on Minnesota’s Opening Day roster.   Willi Castro is on the roster...15903Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/where-would-the-wolves-be-without-mike-conley/When the trade was initially announced back on Feb. 8 that the Minnesota Timberwolves were shipping D'Angelo Russell to the Los Angeles Lakers and receiving the 36-year-old Mike Conley Jr., I entered a funk – asking myself over and over again, did that just happen? Like many people, I wasn't sure...15902Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/slomo-still-plays-a-vital-role-for-the-full-strength-wolves/Karl-Anthony Towns is finally back after a nearly four-month absence following his calf injury in late November. And now that Anthony Edwards has returned from an injury scare, this Wolves team finally appears to be at full strength just in the nick of time with the playoffs around the corner. The...15899Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-case-for-trading-up-for-will-levis/The biggest need for the Minnesota Vikings is at the quarterback position. After the 2023 season, they don't have a starting quarterback, and the Vikings need to figure that out quickly.   Picking a quarterback of the future could go in multiple different ways. They could look at a veteran in inc...15898Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/minnesotas-uniquely-aggressive-approach-at-the-deadline-is-paying-off/The Minnesota Wild started out the 2022-23 trade deadline with a series of procedural moves as brokers for more significant deals (Ryan O'Reilly, Dmitry Orlov) out east. Then they swung trades for forwards Marcus Johansson and Gustav Nyquist on the same day. Minnesota also traded struggling forwar...15894Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/is-there-a-move-the-vikings-can-make-to-escape-the-nfls-middle-class/Late in the 2022 season, it felt like the Minnesota Vikings had finally broken through. They were 13-4 and winners of the NFC North. The Vikings were on their way to a home playoff game with the New York Giants. And with a series of aggressive moves, they were on their way to creating a championsh...15892Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-wolves-have-their-spirit-back-after-kats-return/For the last few months, I have been experiencing a rather familiar melancholia. It is an annual tradition, an inescapable trip into the depths of Minnesota winter. Bitter cold days — sometimes weeks — with no clear view of the sun, grayness consuming everything. Grayness. The ugly and bland condi...15889Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/what-is-minnesotas-plan-at-corner/Through two weeks of free agency, the Minnesota Vikings have done quite a bit to add to the team. Byron Murphy, Marcus Davenport, Dean Lowry, and Josh Oliver are additions who should all see significant snaps in 2023. However, they have also lost a number of players through free agency.   No posi...15886Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/whats-naz-reids-role-going-forward/The Minnesota Timberwolves signed Naz Reid as an undrafted free agent in 2019, and he's been stuck in an understudy role from the get-go. During his rookie campaign, Reid only played in 30 games for Minnesota while spending 16 games with the Iowa Wolves in the G-League. Reid showed flashes on the...15878Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/how-does-naw-fit-in-on-a-fully-healthy-wolves-squad/Nickeil Alexander-Walker arrived in the Twin Cities as an add-on to the Mike Conley trade. However, the Minnesota Timberwolves have put him in a scoring role after trading D'Angelo Russell to the Los Angeles Lakers. Alexander-Walker has been traded four times in his four years in the league. The d...15877Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/one-small-tweak-can-supercharge-minnesotas-powerplay/Somehow, someway, the Minnesota Wild are now on top of the Central Division standings even without Kirill Kaprizov. The Wild, Dallas Stars, and Colorado Avalanche have been playing a game of musical chairs with that No. 1 seed the past few weeks, with Minnesota claiming the seat once the music sto...15876Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/should-age-matter-in-the-minnesota-vikings-search-for-a-quarterback/With free agency in the books and just over a month until the draft, it seems like a great time for Minnesota Vikings fans to stop and smell the roses. But when Daniel Jeremiah dropped his latest mock, it might as well have been a pipe bomb that sent the temperature of this great state into the 40...15875Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/which-overlooked-twins-prospect-is-the-next-edouard-julien/The Minnesota Twins have been graced with some exciting performances from relatively-unknown prospects in recent years. José Miranda was a new man coming out of the pandemic. Louie Varland thrived at each level since 2019 and dazzled at the highest levels of the minor leagues. The newest hot name...15874Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/will-joey-gallo-play-first-to-start-the-season/Earlier in the week, the Minnesota Twins announced that Jorge Polanco and Alex Kirilloff, two everyday infielders would start their season on the injured list. Injuries have filled Kirilloff’s short career in the majors, limiting him to 359 plate appearances in 104 games in 2021 and 2022.   Fortu...15872Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/minnesotas-2020-draft-class-could-do-down-in-history/This may come as a bit of a shock, but there are a lot of things that the Minnesota Timberwolves have done wrong in the 33 years since basketball returned to the Twin Cities. I probably don’t need to rehash all of the foolish stuff this organization has done over the years, but a lot of the pain a...15870Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-fourth-line-is-the-engine-driving-the-wild/When Kirill Kaprizov went down with an injury two weeks ago, no one was sure how the Minnesota Wild would respond. Would they throw their hands up and be lost without the player who'd been carrying the team on his back? Would there be more injuries as players try too hard to fill the gap? Instead,...15868Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/is-the-gus-bus-built-for-playoff-success/There was a time when Filip Gustavsson looked like a mortal human and not a puck-stopping machine. It lasted for about a week, with two uncharacteristically poor starts against the Arizona Coyotes and Boston Bruins.   At this point, though, any time there's a crooked number in the Goals Allowed c...15867Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/three-draft-picks-that-define-the-vikings-competitive-rebuild/The initial wave of free agency is in the rearview and the Minnesota Vikings addressed some of their more immediate needs to defend the NFC North in 2023. Byron Murphy appears to be filling Patrick Peterson's shoes as Brian Flores' CB1. Is Marcus Davenport the Za'Darius Smith replacement? Or just...15862Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/vikings-mock-draft-1-0-kwesis-wheelin-and-dealin/As the first wave of free agency comes to a close, Kwesi Adofo-Mensah and Co. have made some big personnel decisions, indicating what they see as the future of this team. They replenished the roster with guys like Byron Murphy Jr., Josh Oliver, and Marcus Davenport while  cutting older veterans li...15861Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/dont-underestimate-oli-udohs-value/The Minnesota Vikings currently possess one of the best offensive tackle duos in the NFL in Christian Darrisaw and Brian O’Neill. However, in the past two years, both players have missed games, and Oli Udoh has replaced them in their absence. When one of the team stalwarts goes down, the panicky f...15859Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/a-comfortable-and-confident-gobert-will-only-help-the-full-strength-wolves/The Rudy Gobert experience has been difficult for many to judge. Going from a scoring first and offensive threat in KAT and then having to adjust to Rudy’s traditional offensive game has forced an adjustment from the Minnesota Timberwolves. He has been coming into his own lately, though. Mike Conl...15857Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000