https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/page/135/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/will-edwards-eventually-feel-different-about-load-management/On Dec. 30, Anthony Edwards tried to split a Jevon Carter-Brook Lopez double-team late in a game against the Milwaukee Bucks. He brought the ball up, knocked Carter backward, and rose for a dunk. Lopez fouled him, and Edwards fell hard on the baseline underneath the basket. He immediately grabbed...15656Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/tim-connelly-was-right-about-jaden-mcdaniels/Tim Connely gave up four first-round picks and five players for Rudy Gobert. But there was one thing he stood firmly against – trading Jaden McDaniels. To the average NBA fan, including extra draft capital to keep a kid most hadn’t heard of was just another one of Connely’s mistakes. But Tim Conne...15653Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/anthony-edwards-announced-himself-at-all-star-weekend/The NBA All-Star Game is an abomination. It’s devolved into a 48-minute layup line that the best players don’t even want to play in anymore. Coaches don’t even recognize it as real basketball. While most people were bemoaning the viceless host city Salt Lake City, wishing Karl Malone would go away...15652Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-wild-should-be-light-buyers-at-the-trade-deadline/The Minnesota Wild have repeatedly shown that they're not the same team as last year. However, that was expected. The Wild traded budding star Kevin Fiala to the Los Angeles Kings and had players coming off career years.   Fortunately, Minnesota has escaped one of their worst stretches of hockey...15651Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/whats-the-ideal-succession-plan-for-kirk-cousins/It’s unfortunate that Kirk Cousins’ final throw in the 2022 season was a fourth-and-eight checkdown to T.J. Hockenson. Unfortunate because it sealed the New York Giants’ 31-24 win over the Minnesota Vikings. But also unfortunate because Cousins took a step forward last year. He played better situa...15650Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/will-the-wild-pull-together-or-fall-apart/The Minnesota Wild are simultaneously pulling together and falling apart. They are a walking, skating conundrum, but we’re used to that in the State of Hockey. When a sports team succeeds, we’re waiting for the other shoe to drop. When a team is failing, it’s proof that we were right to be waiting...15649Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/how-can-the-wolves-recapture-last-years-late-season-magic/One year ago today, the Minnesota Timberwolves owned a 31-28 record and were seventh in the Western Conference. This year, the Wolves are 31-30, the eighth seed in the West coming out of the All-Star break. While the records may be similar, the differences between the two teams are glaring.   The...15647Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/vikings/On Wednesday morning, the Tennessee Titans released veteran wide receiver Robert Woods. The move created $12 million in cap space for first-year general manager Ran Carthon, while incurring a $2.6 million dead cap for their 2023 books. Before the Titans traded Pro Bowl wide receiver A.J. Brown to...15646Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/jammie-robinson-was-tailor-made-for-flores-defense/Have you found your mid-round NFL draft crush yet?   Are you tired of watching pathetic run defense? Are you tired of watching safeties play so far out of frame on the TV screen that you forget they exist? Do you want a player who can trigger downhill, play aggressively, and slam someone to the t...15644Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/nickeil-alexander-walker-might-find-a-home-in-minnesota/The notifications hit our phones that the Utah Jazz were trading Mike Conley to the Minnesota Timberwolves unless the Wolves were looking for extra incentive. Then Twitter suddenly froze on many anxious fans. Next thing you know Conley is a Timberwolf. Utah sent a pair of future second-round picks...15643Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/was-there-an-extra-intention-behind-lebrons-selection-of-ant-in-the-all-star-draft/Last weekend, Anthony Edwards played in the first All-Star game of his career. Ant was a reserve, so he played 17 minutes, while some of the more established stars and All-Star starters played more minutes. Still, Edwards got plenty of opportunities to showcase what he could do in one of the most-...15642Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/who-will-lead-off-for-the-twins/Full squad workouts are underway in Fort Myers. Coming into camp, the Minnesota Twins’ Opening Day roster seems pretty set on paper. Carlos Correa is back, Christian Vazquez becomes the primary catcher and joins Joey Gallo and Michael A. Taylor as additional veteran help around the diamond.   Bar...15640Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/is-filip-gustavsson-having-the-best-goaltending-season-in-wild-history/Turns out, all the Minnesota Wild needed to do to save their season was turn the keys over to the "Gus Bus." After starting Marc-Andre Fleury in three of five must-win games coming out of the break, all losses, Minnesota found themselves out of the playoff bubble.   Now, it's Filip Gustavsson's n...15638Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/its-kinda-insane-that-the-talbot-trade-worked-out/Bill Guerin wasn’t afraid to share his thoughts on the Cam Talbot situation this summer. The Minnesota Wild signed Marc-Andre Fleury to a two-year, $7 million extension on July 7, prompting a meeting with Talbot’s agent, George Bazos. Safe to say, Bazos wasn’t thrilled that Fleury, 38, got a $3.5...15637Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/this-timberwolves-dish-doesnt-taste-like-it-used-to/Allow me, if you will, to set the table so that I may begin to dig into the Minnesota Timberwolves. I’ve been hungry to get my thoughts out into the ether, but something about this recipe just isn’t right. This Timberwolves dish doesn’t taste like it used to. Anthony Edwards has blossomed into the...15635Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-shrine-bowl-standout-who-could-replace-dalvin-cook/The Minnesota Vikings may be in the market for a running back this offseason.   Alexander Mattison is set to become an unrestricted free agent, and Dalvin Cook is unlikely to accept a pay cut. Cook currently has a $14,101,272 cap hit in 2023. Therefore, it may be in Minnesota’s best interest to r...15633Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/calen-addison-nhl-healthy-scratch-lineup-defenseman-trade-rumors-defense-stats-power-play/This piece starts out with a simple question that might need some quick background. It's gonna be short.   Like baseball, hockey has a "Wins Above Replacement" stat. A few, really. In our case, it will start with Evolving Hockey's "Expected Goals Above Replacement" (xGAR), and it combines impacts...15632Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/how-much-longer-can-kaprizov-carry-the-wild/It took over a month, but the Minnesota Wild finally did it. They won a game in regulation! Two, even! For a team with playoff expectations, winning games in regulation should be easier than Minnesota makes it out to be.   Their last regulation win prior to Sunday’s 4-3 win over the Nashville Pre...15629Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/carlos-correa-has-a-question/Carlos Correa says he likes to write down his goals. He says he always wants to aim high enough that accomplishing them is satisfactory. He feels setting goals is vital to his and his team’s success.   “Once the season hits and I’m in Spring Training, I’m like, all right, it’s game time, it’s tim...15626Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/red-mccombs-was-the-wild-card-who-saved-the-vikings/Back in the late 1990s, the Minnesota Vikings were in trouble. The franchise was up for sale and the Metrodome was falling apart. Potential sales of the team to best-selling authors and Arizona businessmen were crumbling even faster, and the Vikings appeared destined to move to Los Angeles.   At...15625Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/how-valid-is-minnesotas-bad-whistle-theory/What is a “bad whistle?”   You’d think after years of getting one, the fans of YOUR basketball team would know what a bad whistle is. Every night those agonizing calls just aren’t going your way. You know the ones. The media bias is strong against your team. If they give you a good whistle, it do...15624Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/minnesota-wild-nhl-filip-gustavsson-goalie-start-starting-marc-andre-fleury-decision/If I told you at the beginning of the season that a Minnesota Wild goaltender was going to have the second-best save percentage in the league, you’d naturally think it'd be future Hall of Famer Marc-Andre Fleury. Well, it’s not. It’s 24-year-old Swedish netminder Filip Gustavsson, and it’s time fo...15622Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/brian-flores-defense-overview-and-additional-resources/This article serves as a hub for my series on Brian Flores' defense, as well as providing additional resources to learn about the Belichick/Saban/Flores style of defense: Part 1: Versatility is Key This article covers the fronts and player roles that Flores uses in his defense. While Flores is...15620Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/mike-conley-needs-to-lead-in-late-game-situations/Thursday night at Target Center, the Minnesota Timberwolves were facing off against the Washington Wizards – a team they haven’t beaten since November 2019. Despite Minnesota’s 3-7 record against Washington over the last five years, it seemed this matchup would be different as the Target Center cr...15617Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/minnesotas-loss-to-the-avs-highlighted-an-ongoing-issue-with-the-wild/You’d think based off their postgame comments following Wednesday’s 3-1 defeat that the Minnesota Wild played an amazing game. Almost as if internally they feel as though they are so close to figuring it out.   “It’s hard to play a better game than we did today,” were the words chosen by veteran...15615Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000