https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/page/260/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/can-anthony-edwards-become-the-next-dwyane-wade/“His name is Dwyane Wade,” Anthony Edwards said on ESPN, weeks before the 2020 NBA draft. “I look on the TV and say I can be that guy or better than that guy.”   Before entering the league, Edwards looked at himself and saw greatness. He saw in his ability the opportunity to reach heights as high...9727Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-vikings-free-agency-grocery-list/Bill Parcells once said, “If they want you to cook the dinner, they should at least let you buy the groceries.” Mike Zimmer is a Parcells disciple, and that philosophy rings true as the Minnesota Vikings head into free agency.   Zimmer will have his list ready to go as he looks to fix the Vikings...9726Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/whats-rosas-next-move-with-beasley/Trading for Malik Beasley seemed like Gersson Rosas’ signature move. No, it wasn’t bringing Kevin Garnett back or trading for Jimmy Butler on draft night, but it looked incredibly savvy at the time. Most executives want to make a splash early, get the fans on their side, and show they know what th...9724Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/was-minnesotas-2020-injury-excuse-valid/Make no mistake about it: It's extremely difficult to have sustained success in the National Football League when your stars are not playing between the lines on Sundays. It's no secret that the 2020 Minnesota Vikings sorely missed a handful of their top defensive players this past season.   Circ...9722Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-silver-linings-to-beasleys-suspension/As if the 7-26 Minnesota Timberwolves didn’t have enough working against them already, Minnesota was dealt another blow on Thursday with a 12-game suspension of their talented guard Malik Beasley.   The NBA showed that they do not condone any violent behavior with a firm ruling on the 24-year-old...9721Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-vikings-should-use-a-late-round-pick-on-a-running-back/Whenever I think back to this season, fourth and inches in Seattle stands out. While the Minnesota Vikings had pounded the rock for 201 yards, running back Alexander Mattison was unable to convert this meaningful fourth down that would have ended the game. Looking back at the replays, it's clear M...9720Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/andrew-romine-offers-valuable-infield-depth/The Minnesota Twins are at a bit of a crossroads after Royce Lewis tore his ACL. While he didn’t factor into their immediate plans, he was expected to get called up later in the season and take over as the long-term shortstop. Lewis will likely have to wait a little longer before making big league...9719Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/how-do-the-wolves-reset-after-this-year/This season has been a perfect blend of absolute disaster and chaos for the Minnesota Timberwolves. From players to coaches, it's been downright painful on the court and off of it. The Malik Beasley suspension announced yesterday is just the latest. With the Wolves nearing the season's halfway poi...9717Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/tyler-conklin-was-better-than-you-thought-last-year/In the 2018 NFL Draft, the Minnesota Vikings selected Irv Smith Jr. to be their tight end of the future. Many have waited for Smith to take over Kyle Rudolph's starting role as an athletic tight end and become a prominent player in the Vikings' offense.   While Smith is certain to have a bigger r...9716Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/dont-fall-into-the-wide-receiver-trap/There have been countless names thrown around in the speculation about who the Minnesota Vikings are eyeing come April 19. After a 7-9 season, it’s safe to say GM Rick Spielman could go several different directions with the 14th overall pick. Logically, Minnesota would attack one of its glaring we...9715Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/kaapo-kahkonen-and-cam-talbot-should-share-the-net/What different about the Minnesota Wild this year?   Ask most Wild fans, and they’ll probably tell you the excitement that comes with Kevin Fiala and Kirill Kaprizov. It’s true they’ve both been electric this year, but it surprisingly hasn’t translated to more offense for Minnesota. They’re sixth...9713Thu, 25 Feb 2021 16:30:50 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/10k-rinks-radio-minnesota-wild-kirill-kaprizov-mats-zuccarello-victor-rask-podcast/Today on 10K Rinks Radio, Paul Fletcher of The Spirit of Hockey Podcast, Cities 97, and Wild Vision joins us to discuss: Kirill Kaprizov leading the league in being the Best Rookie Victor Rask and Mats Zuccarello surging with Kaprizov Why Zuccarello is a good fit alongside Kap...9712Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/is-boredom-a-good-enough-reason-for-a-change/got a new best friend, and his name is Mike Zimmer. Let’s be honest with ourselves here: As a Vikings fan, do you really expect our purple pals to compete for a Super Bowl in 2021? Me neither. Unless your name is JP, and you played a supporting role alongside Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s pre-teen cha...9711Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-twins-need-to-trade-for-trevor-story/The Minnesota Twins had the perfect plan for their infield. By moving Jorge Polanco to second base and signing Andrelton Simmons, they improved defensively to hold the fort in 2021 and clear the way for Royce Lewis in 2022. Those plans came crashing down with the news that Lewis will miss nine mon...9710Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/what-the-toronto-dunk-says-about-anthony-edwards-future/It was arguably the dunk of the year so far in the NBA.   Toronto Raptors defender DeAndre’ Bembry tried to jump a Jordan McLaughlin pass, Anthony Edwards drove left along the baseline, then Yuta Watanabe declined to make a business decision, and…   https://youtu.be/iODDxjp936A   Even for a pla...9708Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/exciting-free-agents-the-vikings-can-afford/Every year in free agency, there are a few teams with functionally unlimited cap space that warp all of the bidding wars. This could be the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2021. It's been the Cleveland Browns and the Las Vegas Raiders as well. The Jaguars have $82 million in functional cap space in the wo...9707Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/chris-finch-made-two-key-changes-against-milwaukee/If you solely went box-score hunting to find out what happened in Tuesday night’s game, you wouldn't have been surprised: The Milwaukee Bucks throttled the Minnesota Timberwolves, 139-112. It was a familiar scene. Wolves looked good early, then fell apart. And even though they hadn't lost a game b...9704Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/nows-the-time-to-invest-in-a-backup-qb/The Minnesota Vikings have only drafted two quarterbacks since hiring Mike Zimmer in 2014: Teddy Bridgewater and Nate Stanley. Bridgewater was taken in the first round, Stanley in the seventh — a miniscule amount of draft capital spent on the most important position in football.   The Vikings hav...9703Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/jeffersons-success-doesnt-mean-diggs-was-expendable/In a league where Kyle Shanahan is praised for plucking running backs out of community college and turning them into stars in his offensive system, and Bill Belichick is deified for grabbing guys off the street to fill out his championship teams, it’s easy to believe that everyone in the NFL is ex...9702Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/kevin-fiala-is-becoming-a-gaborik-level-gamebreaker/On Feb. 4, 2020 Kevin Fiala scored two goals against the Chicago Blackhawks. They were just Fiala’s 10th and 11th of the year, not exactly Auston Matthews territory, but they highlighted his growth. He recovered from a bad showing in 2018-19 and a slow start to put up 27 points in the previous 39...9701Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/irv-smith-jr-has-to-show-out-next-season/When the Minnesota Vikings used their second-round pick on Alabama tight end Irv Smith Jr. in 2019 there was a lot of optimism for what he could do in their offense. While he spent his first two years behind veteran Kyle Rudolph, the Vikings' utilization of a two tight end set as their base person...9699Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/10k-rinks-radio-minnesota-wild-jack-eichel-trade-rumors-joel-eriksson-ek-kevin-fiala-podcast/On this edition of 10K Rinks Radio, Tony and Joe discuss: Joel Eriksson Ek finally playing top-line center Is JEE the new Mikko Koivu Kevin Fiala doesn't slow down Can Fiala hit 40 goals? 50? Jack Eichel trade rumors What Wild players are untouchable for Eichel And...9698Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-wolves-roster-was-built-for-chris-finch-to-coach-it/Put your scuba gear on folks, because today we’re going 10,000 leagues under the lakes of Minnesota on this Chris Finch deep-dive. Ready for a polar plunge?     Some know Finch as the dark-horse candidate from the head coaching “search” in 2019. Others may remember him from the millions of tim...9697Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/jorge-alcala-is-the-reliever-everyone-has-been-waiting-for/Baseball trades can seem excruciating when teams swap top-end talent for prospects who may not be seen for years. But in the specific case of Ryan Pressly, who instantly set career bests after being traded to the Houston Astros, everything could finally be leveling out.   Pressly made an immediat...9696Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/what-happens-if-nelson-cruzs-play-drops-off-this-year/Two weeks ago, news broke that slugger Nelson Cruz was returning to the Minnesota Twins on a one-year, $13 million deal after a staring contest that lasted for months. The move was universally accepted by the fanbase and baseball analysts. Cruz’s impact on the team in his short time here has been...9695Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000