https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/page/255/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/there-should-be-no-trade-deadline-fomo-for-the-wolves/The Minnesota Timberwolves have grown accustomed to splashy roster events during the pRosas. From the jump, Gersson Rosas traded up five spots in his first draft to pick Jarrett Culver in 2019. It didn’t work out (yet), but it was exhilarating to see some assertiveness. The Wolves didn’t make thei...9909Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/mike-zimmer-is-looking-to-build-his-own-williams-wall/Entering the spring of 2005, the Minnesota Vikings were looking to upgrade their defense. While Kevin Williams established himself as one of the top defensive tackles in the NFL, he needed a partner in the middle to help the Vikings stop the run.   To speed up that process, the Vikings signed Pat...9907Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/2021-wild-trade-value-rankings-what-would-you-get-for-each-player/With less than three weeks until the NHL trade deadline, it’s time to take stock of the Minnesota Wild. General manager Bill Guerin is in a weird zone where he could go in just about any direction, with good reason.   Sitting in third place in the West Division, they could easily justify buying....9906Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-vikings-should-trade-up-for-penei-sewell/Free agency hasn't ended yet, but it seems like most of the big chips have fallen, and the Minnesota Vikings have spent all the extra cap space they had. They came into the period with a big problem at offensive line, and that same problem remains, aside from re-signing Rashod Hill and trading for...9905Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-twins-alex-kirilloff-decision-wasnt-strictly-a-service-time-play/Alex Kirilloff entered this spring as the frontrunner to be the Opening Day left fielder for the Minnesota Twins. He was projected as the 19th-ranked prospect on Baseball America’s Top 100 list, and his stock had never been higher after making his major league debut last October. Eddie Rosario was...9904Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/dont-forget-about-naz-reid/For the first time in what feels like forever, there is some real excitement around the Minnesota Timberwolves. At just 19 years old, rookie phenom Anthony Edwards is finally showing flashes of his superstar potential. Chris Finch has the offense humming since the All-Star break. In the last eight...9902Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/nothing-should-be-off-the-table-in-a-jack-eichel-trade/There are a million reasons to believe that the Minnesota Wild will never acquire Jack Eichel in a trade. Eichel’s a 24-year-old center who drives play and scores 30 goals per 82 games throughout his career. Nobody trades that player. You get one like that through the draft, and usually by winning...9900Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/draft-day-trades-to-get-minnesota-a-2nd-round-pick-back/The Yannick Ngakoue trade did not work out. After giving up a second-rounder to get him, the Minnesota Vikings got five sacks and one win before their Week 7 bye. That, coupled with Danielle Hunter's surgery, caused them to pull the plug. They flipped Ngakoue back to the AFC for a third-rounder (t...9899Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/could-the-wolves-shut-kat-down/Karl-Anthony Towns notched another dominant performance against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday (33 points, 10 rebounds), but he mentioned his nagging wrist injury in the postgame press conference. He took a shot to his sore wrist in the first half but shook it off to finish the game. If the i...9898Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-case-for-jadeveon-clowney/Here are some things we know about the Minnesota Vikings in free agency so far.   1) They've been more than willing to give generous, short-term deals to veterans in an effort to find immediate starters.   2) They reportedly pursued high-end pass-rushers on Day 1 of free agency but eventually wh...9896Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/will-dlo-and-beasley-returns-make-ant-more-efficient/There are roughly 30 games left in this year’s shortened NBA season, and the Minnesota Timberwolves are still dead last in the standings despite the progress they’ve made since Chris Finch took over. They are 3-4 in their last seven games, and despite having $40 million worth of salary not playing...9895Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/ideas-to-fix-the-wilds-power-play/We're over halfway through the 2021 season, and the Minnesota Wild's lackluster power play has been a huge issue. With just nine power-play goals on 97 man-advantage opportunities (9.2%), they have the worst power-play unit in the NHL.   Despite the Wild’s success at 5-on-5 this season — they boa...9894Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/key-free-agents-the-vikings-missed-out-on/The Minnesota Vikings may have made some head-scratching free-agency moves this offseason, but there has to be a reason they signed a 30-year-old cornerback and a nose tackle instead of bolstering the offensive line, right?   You would think the first position they would go after would be a start...9892Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/wheres-the-recent-return-on-investment-at-cornerback/When you share a division with Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers, you better make damn sure you have competent play in your secondary. No one can argue against the Minnesota Vikings' urgency and desire to field a top-notch secondary. Since Mike Zimmer became the head coach in 2014, they have...9890Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/looking-for-o-line-gems-on-the-day-3-scrap-heap/One popular definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. The Minnesota Vikings’ track record of using Day 3 picks on interior offensive linemen and hoping to field a competent offensive line might fit that definition.   However, with the 2021 NFL...9889Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/maeda-and-berrios-are-the-next-santana-and-liriano/When the Minnesota Twins take the field in Milwaukee on Opening Day, they will be led on the mound by Kenta Maeda, the 2020 Cy Young runner-up. The next day, the Twins will hand the ball to Jose Berrios, a young starter with some nasty movement who is about to enter his prime and is no stranger to...9888Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/how-the-hell-did-the-vikings-fail-to-re-sign-anthony-harris/Going into the 2021 offseason, it felt like Anthony Harris could be one of the Vikings’ free-agency causalities. This became even more apparent following the signings of Dalvin Tomlinson and Patrick Peterson, as there wasn't any room left to take on Harris’ projected market value.   That, of cour...9887Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/elgin-baylor-raised-by-wolves/Minnesota Timberwolves fans often erase Minnesota professional basketball history before 1989. It’s easy because the Los Angeles Lakers currently have our five Minneapolis Lakers championships hanging from a banner in Staples Center. I have gone so far as to postulate that the Timberwolves franchi...9883Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/what-will-the-timberwolves-do-with-ricky-rubio/For a good but not great player, there’s been a lot of attention paid to Minnesota Timberwolves point guard Ricky Rubio lately.   Before we get into what the Wolves might do with Rubio at the trade deadline, it’s worth noting that he’s a great human, his effort should never be questioned, and he’...9882Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-vikings-are-repeating-the-same-mistakes-they-made-last-offseason/There was plenty of excitement when the Minnesota Vikings signed Patrick Peterson. By adding a three-time All-Pro and eight-time Pro Bowler to a defense that ranked 27th in yards allowed and 29th in points allowed, the Vikings had made a big splash this offseason.   “Vikings Sign Patrick Peterson...9880Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/we-learned-how-good-the-wild-really-are-in-denver/Humbling isn't a strong enough adjective to describe how badly the Minnesota Wild played the Colorado Avalanche over the past weekend in a two-game set at Ball Arena. First came a 5-1 disaster on Thursday night, followed by a 6-0 rout on Saturday afternoon. That 5-1 score on Thursday made the game...9879Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/how-to-scheme-around-patrick-petersons-age/Patrick Peterson signed with the Minnesota Vikings because of Mike Zimmer. Both Ian Rapaport and Peterson himself specified that the reason he wanted to come to the Twin Cities was Zimmer's ability to get the most out of aging cornerbacks.       Peterson is in pretty dire need of such...9877Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/randy-moss-explains-the-time-he-mooned-lambeau-video/When you don’t win any Super Bowls, other moments get locked in time. The Minneapolis Miracle, Brett Favre’s return to Lambeau, and Adrian Peterson’s 296-yard game have become signature moments for the Minnesota Vikings.   Given the heated nature of the Packers-Vikings rivalry, Randy Moss's faux...9875Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/unleash-point-kat-on-the-nba/Since Chris Finch took over as head coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves, we’ve seen the ball in Karl-Anthony Towns’ hands much more often. It turns out that when the offense runs through KAT, this team does not look like the worst team in the NBA. Under Ryan Saunders, the Wolves had an offensive r...9874Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/top-march-madness-moments-for-lynx-players-and-coaches/With March Madness in full swing in college basketball a year after the NCAA Tournament was canceled due to COVID-19, many have tuned in to the opening round of the women's tournament over the weekend. As 64 teams battle for a shot at a national championship in Texas this year, many current Minnes...9872Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000