https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/page/358/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/amidst-the-mess-timberwolves-take-defensive-strides-against-houston-juggernaut/If just the first five quarters of the Wolves and Rockets series were counted, the score would have been Wolves 124 - Rockets 122 -- given that the Wolves lost by three in Game 1 and then led in Game 2, 23-18.   This is definitely some convenient gerrymandering given the final result leaving Hous...4725Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/remington-the-wild-dont-have-any-excuses/With the Minnesota Wild about to be unceremoniously knocked out of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, there are plenty of bad feelings to go around.   There's lots of grieving yet to be done by their fans, and there's even more post-mortem dissection on its way. Right now, the team, its media partners and...4724Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/quintero-impresses-early-as-the-defense-continues-to-struggle/The theme from Minnesota United camp after its 3-2 loss to Portland last weekend has essentially been: we thought we played well enough to win; we need to stop having defensive lapses.   Or in other words, the precise zeitgeist of the Loons during the Adrian Heath era. Of primary concern coming o...4723Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/wolves-offense-sleeps-rockets-shooters-wake-up-as-wolves-fall-in-game-2/The atmosphere at the Toyota Center was as electric in Game 2 as it was in Game 1. Between the flashy intro that included both fireworks and literal fire displays, celebrities seated courtside and an eruption of noise when the national anthem singer would get to "and the ROCKETS' red glare", the p...4721Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/following-towns-straight-downhill-observations-from-game-2/DC Comic's The Green Lantern character began flashing on the jumbotron after Gerald Green rolled down the floor and stepped into a pull-up 3 five minutes into the second quarter. As the comic book character's outline flashed on the screen with Gerald Green's mean-mug photoshopped in place of Ryan...4718Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/wild-shut-out-in-game-4-on-the-brink-of-elimination/For those who buy into the theory that teams can use up all their offense in one game, Tuesday’s Game 4 for the Minnesota Wild was a perfect follow-up example to that as the Winnipeg Jets shut out the Wild 2-0.   The Wild had six goal scorers in Game 3. Then they followed that up with a typical l...4717Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/qa-the-effect-of-thumb-ucl-reconstruction-on-a-basketball-shot/I love answering questions. As such, I recently took to Twitter to see if anybody had any that I could answer. The one below stood out immediately.     Before we dive in too far, a quick anatomy lesson. 'UCL' is an acronym for ulnar collateral ligament, of which there are actually a few loc...4715Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/moore-activating-karl-anthony-towns-requires-philosophical-continuity/It seems that everyone and their brother -- -- has an opinion on what Karl-Anthony Towns has to do and how he has to do it differently in Game 2, if the Wolves are to avoid falling into a two-game hole. Because Towns had multiple stints in Game 1 where he went more than 12 minutes without a fie...4710Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/reports-minnesota-vikings-sign-eric-kendricks-to-five-year-50-million-deal/The Minnesota Vikings have signed linebacker Eric Kendricks to a five-year, $50 million deal, according to Adam Schefter of ESPN.     Kendricks was one of the several players potentially hitting free agency in 2019 that might have to be let go in light of the Kirk Cousins deal the Vikings m...4708Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/timberwolves-keep-it-close-but-fall-late-to-harden-rockets-in-game-1/On Sunday night, in the Timberwolves first playoff game in over a decade, several things went right. Andrew Wiggins got off to a strong start, Derrick Rose brought a spark off the bench and Jeff Teague made some clutch buckets down the stretch.   On top of all that, the Wolves held the No. 1 seed...4704Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/relying-on-rose-observations-from-the-playoff-opener/Derrick Rose was just staring at the ground.   The first quarter of the game was well underway yet Rose remained fixated on his ankles. From time-to-time, he would peer to his right from the Timberwolves' bench seat closest to the baseline but he normally kept his head down and sometimes even in...4703Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/wild-find-their-offense-with-a-6-2-home-victory-over-the-jets/While Mother Nature won’t shut off the snow machine outside, somebody turned on the goal machine inside Xcel Energy Center.   The Minnesota Wild responded to a series deficit with a 6-2 victory over the Winnipeg Jets in Game 3 Sunday night in St. Paul. The home team got goals from six different p...4702Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/who-constructed-the-best-big-board-of-the-2015-nfl-draft/Nothing embodies uncertainty better than the NFL draft – teams generally have an idea of who will do well, but are never sure. The same is true of the third-party draft analyst industry, where a dozen draft experts put out big boards and team draft grades every year.   There’s a lot of value in t...4699Sun, 15 Apr 2018 13:57:05 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/player-ratings-darwin-has-arrived/In what has become the typical Minnesota United roller coaster style, the Loons lost out to the Portland Timbers Saturday night 3-2 in a game that had numerous ups and downs. Portland entered the game winless on the season, but had also been forced to play its first five games on the road. Meanwhi...4698Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/timberwolves-playoffs-preview-examining-the-houston-rockets-rotation/The Houston Rockets are dangerous.   Very few people -- if anyone -- expect the Minnesota Timberwolves to give them a serious run in their first-round matchup, which starts Sunday night in Houston.   That's because the Rockets finished the season with the second-best offensive rating (by one-ten...4696Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/three-things-to-watch-for-in-timberwolves-rockets/It has been over 5,000 days since the Minnesota Timberwolves last played in a playoff game, which justifies getting into the weeds a bit. Here are three important subplots to the Wolves-Raptors series that could make a discernable difference. Who is going to play? The Wolves (finally) got back...4695Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/wild-go-quietly-in-game-2-with-a-4-1-loss-to-the-jets/Well, that was ugly.   The Minnesota Wild played a decent first period Friday night before getting dominated by the Winnipeg Jets the rest of the way. The Jets used a three-goal third period to put the icing on their cake for a 4-1 victory in Game 2 and an aggressive 2-0 series lead.   Amazingly...4694Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/moore-no-one-is-talking-about-andrew-wiggins/On Thursday evening, Tom Thibodeau gave a 16-minute press conference to answer any and all things postseason. The conversation covered a slew of topics; past playoff experiences, Derrick Rose's emergence, Taj Gibson's health, Jimmy Butler's presence, and even a thorough breakdown of defending Clin...4692Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/jose-berrios-untouchable-as-twins-beat-white-sox-4-0/It was a fairly quiet night at Target Field -- the calm before the storm, perhaps? -- as the Minnesota Twins hung a pair of two-spots up on the way to a 4-0 win in the series opener against the Chicago White Sox.   BOX SCORE   It took the Twins 11 games to finally face a divisional foe, and they...4691Fri, 13 Apr 2018 00:28:33 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/timberwolves-prepare-for-first-round-series-against-elite-rockets-pick-and-roll/After Wednesday night's win over Denver, Timberwolves fans were elated, and rightfully so.   A playoff berth -- obtained in the last game of the regular season, no less -- is an impressive feat for a slew of reasons. Adding on the franchise's history makes hyperbolic celebration beyond understand...4690Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/joe-mauer-reaches-2000-career-hits-it-was-a-special-moment/Joe Mauer remembers his first career hit -- a liner on April 5, 2004 against the Cleveland Indians. "Rafael Betancourt. Opening Day 2004. Right up the middle," he said. "That was another good day."   That was almost exactly 14 years before he'd hit No. 2,000: a ground ball up the middle against C...4689Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/warne-zach-duke-is-not-a-specialist-paul-molitor-knows-this/Stereotypes happen for various reasons. Sometimes it’s lazy analysis, sometimes there’s a long pattern of player types that a guy gets lumped into and sometimes it’s something far more nefarious.   Sometimes those lines get blurred, like when Teddy Bridgewater or DeShone Kizer are anointed as run...4688Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/lindsay-whalen-to-return-to-gophers-as-head-coach/One of the most successful athletes in Minnesota history is getting the chance to add to her legacy.   Former University of Minnesota standout and current Minnesota Lynx point guard Lindsay Whalen will be returning to her alma mater as the next head coach of the Golden Gophers women’s basketball...4685Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/7-preseason-storylines-you-know-youre-thinking-about/This time of year, it's all about the draft, so you should definitely...   CHECK OUT OUR 2018 ZONE COVERAGE DRAFT GUIDE.   But there's still a craving to get back to real football, and the release of the preseason schedule is one step in the process.   The Minnesota Vikings released their prese...4682Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/kepler-walkoff-saves-twins-from-crushing-defeat-against-astros/After three frustrating innings against Houston’s wildly effective young stud Lance McCullers Jr., the Twins offense put its collective foot down in the fourth inning, hanging a snowman on the blue-chipper, who was unable to finish the inning before manager A.J. Hinch went to get him.   BOX SCORE...4681Thu, 12 Apr 2018 00:27:37 +0000