https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/page/363/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/watching-the-combine-what-do-the-vikings-look-for/How teams approach the draft often determines their identity. The Vikings have targeted a quick linebacker corps and a fast secondary, but have de-emphasized quickness on the outside for cornerbacks. Working in tandem, those groups of players can cover for the other’s weaknesses and have fostered...4253Mon, 26 Feb 2018 09:51:01 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/reports-twins-showing-interest-in-logan-morrison/The Minnesota Twins have had an active offseason, but to this point, it has been solely adding pitching to a group that was propped up by a strong offense last season as the team surprisingly contended.   That could be about to change.   Update (2/25, 1:00 p.m.):   Jon Morosi is reporting that...4247Sun, 25 Feb 2018 11:40:28 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/usa-hockeys-hard-work-not-lost-on-state-tournament-players/On Wednesday night, the United States women's hockey team up-ended Canada – the four-time reigning gold medalist – for their first gold medal in 20 years.   After winning silver medals in three of the four Olympic Tournaments that have followed the 1998 gold in Nagano, the United States had one s...4232Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/what-experts-are-saying-about-twins-prospects/With the arrival of spring comes a lot of things people have been working on all winter long. Teams have worked on building rosters, the earth has worked on getting warmer and writers have worked on prospect lists to unveil to the masses.   Prospect coverage has grown immensely in the last decade...4230Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/are-the-sacramento-kings-worse-than-every-wolves-team-ever/It can be argued that the worst Minnesota Timberwolves team of all-time is the Isaiah Rider, Christian Laettner and Doug West-led squad from the 1994-95 season.   During that season, the league had 27 teams, as the Toronto Raptors and Vancouver (!) Grizzlies were added in the summer of 1995 and t...4229Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/report-twins-place-j-t-chargois-on-outright-waivers/Friend of Zone Coverage Mike Berardino of the St. Paul Pioneer Press is reporting that right-handed reliever J.T. Chargois has been put on waivers for the purpose of taking him off the 40-man roster.     The Twins have not confirmed the move or the report, and likely won't until anything is...4216Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/trying-to-figure-out-andrew-wiggins/The beginning of Andrew Wiggins' career was expectedly turbulent.   Through his first three years in the NBA, Wiggins was relied upon to be the team's primary and/or secondary scoring option, which led to a mixed bag of results.   He came into the league with supreme athleticism, good-looking fo...4212Fri, 23 Feb 2018 13:09:21 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/rooney-leads-team-usa-to-golden-finish/She made the save look so simple. It all came down to one save in the sixth round of a shootout, and 20-year-old Maddie Rooney.   Game over. Gold medal.   “It’s indescribable,” Rooney told NBCSN in a postgame interview. “I can’t believe we did it.”   The Andover native and first-time Olympian m...4209Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/2-21-recap-nate-mason-shines-on-senior-night-as-gophers-snap-losing-skid/In a season filled with letdowns -- and, frankly, a few meltdowns -- for the Minnesota Golden Gophers, senior Nate Mason was finally able to let the adversity of a tough season slide off his shoulders and let loose a smile for the Williams Arena fans.   His highly-efficient 33 points, six assists...4208Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/faklis-how-the-timberwolves-can-finish-the-season-on-a-good-note/Historically, the All-Star game has served as a good point of reflection. The Timberwolves needed a chance for that.   The game hasn't been the true halfway point of the regular season in years – the Wolves have already played 61 games this year and generally play well over 50 games before a brea...4206Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/seehafer-examining-nino-niederreiters-broken-fibula/Minnesota Wild right wing Nino Niederreiter told Michael Russo of The Athletic this past Saturday that he had attempted to play with a fractured left fibula for two games after aggravating his previous left high ankle sprain around Christmas time.   The fibula is the long, skinny bone of the oute...4205Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/zone-coverage-roundtable-coming-out-of-the-all-star-break-with-the-wolves/Hi friends. We're back for another Zone Coverage roundtable. I'm Brandon Warne and as always will be the moderator.   The Minnesota Timberwolves have already exceeded last year's win total and appear primed to get back into the postseason for the first time since the first Kevin Garnett era. Let'...4196Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/how-much-will-vikings-quarterbacks-command-in-free-agency/The Vikings have an enormous decision to make with free agency coming at the quarterback position. Naturally, new offensive coordinator John DeFilippo will have some input, and so will head coach Mike Zimmer, but it will come down to -- as most everything does in the NFL -- dollars and cents.   W...4193Tue, 20 Feb 2018 09:19:14 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/the-two-paths-of-jimmy-butlers-next-maximum-contract/Forty-three players in the NBA are making more than the $19.3 million that 28-year-old Jimmy Butler will be paid this season.   His deal increases by 6 percent next season, but even at a tick above $20 million, Butler will only be paid as a good player. Butler is not a good player; he is one of t...4190Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/report-twins-trade-for-rays-starter-odorizzi-developing/The Minnesota Twins have reportedly acquired right-handed starter Jake Odorizzi from the Tampa Bay Rays, reports Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times.      The Rays did also consummate a trade for Angels first baseman C.J. Cron earlier in the day on Saturday. The Rays also designated 2017 All...4179Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/seehafer-breaking-down-amir-coffeys-shoulder-injury/Minnesota Golden Gophers head coach Richard Pitino announced Saturday night that sophomore guard Amir Coffey will be sidelined for the remainder of the season and will undergo surgery to address a right shoulder injury that occurred during the Jan. 3 win over Illinois and was aggravated on Jan. 23...4177Sat, 17 Feb 2018 20:09:47 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/watch-video-purports-to-show-every-case-keenum-underthrow-and-missed-opportunity/Vikings fan Nicholas Olson (on Twitter at @NicholasJOlson) put together a video purporting to show every time Case Keenum underthrew a deep pass or missed an opportunity for a bigger play.   [video width=426" height="240" mp4="https://zonecoverage.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Case-Keenum-Undert...4172Sat, 17 Feb 2018 14:33:18 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/report-twins-sign-anibal-sanchez-to-one-year-deal/Twitter was ablaze with the news that the Minnesota Twins had signed former Marlins and Tigers starter Anibal Sanchez to a one-year deal. Jon Heyman of FanRag Sports was the first to report a done deal, and also reported that it was a big-league deal worth $2.5 million over one year with the possi...4169Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/gorgui-dieng-the-overpaid-undervalued-backup-center/Gorgui Dieng is a backup center. For the 2017-18 season, the Wolves' fifth-year big man is averaging 17.5 minutes per game. Two hundred eighty-two of those minutes have come alongside Karl-Anthony Towns, but largely Dieng's role is reserved to playing when Towns doesn't.   This is a massive chang...4160Mon, 19 Feb 2018 08:00:07 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/reggie-lynch-drops-appeal-accepts-expulsion/Former Golden Gophers basketball standout Reggie Lynch announced Thursday morning in a press conference with his lawyer that he will be ending his attempt at appeal in two cases of sexual misconduct, citing a perceived lack of fairness in the university's appeals process.   Lynch, a senior, f...4159Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/timberwolves-have-a-tough-test-after-the-all-star-break/When considering the entire season's body of work, it's hard not to feel good about the Timberwolves heading into All-Star break.   They've already passed their win total from last season, are tied for third in the Western Conference and are on pace to win 48 games at season's end. They have two...4157Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/flip-saunders-remembered-by-players-coaches-fans-and-me/On Thursday night, a Minnesota basketball legend will be honored.   Flip Saunders was the Minnesota Mr. Basketball winner in 1973, a four-year starting point guard with the University of Minnesota and coached the Minnesota Timberwolves for 11 seasons between two stints.   He coached two All-Star...4154Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/sam-anas-continuing-to-produce-for-the-iowa-wild/Traditional hockey folks might not think much of a player that stands 5-foot-8 and weighs 160 pounds.   Sam Anas is out to prove those folks wrong.   Anas was an undrafted college free agent who averaged over a point per game in each of his three seasons with Quinnipiac. In total, Anas tallied 6...4152Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/future-gopher-daniel-oturu-carrying-cretin-derham-hall-to-great-heights/Written By Samuel Johnson (Cretin-Derham Hall)   Daniel Oturu ducks his head through the doorway and sits in a desk that he makes look like a Little Tikes toy.   He makes the classroom and his classmates seem as if they belong in a middle school.   These effects come with the towering height...4151Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/front-page/derrick-rose-through-rose-colored-glasses/If Derrick Rose is going to remain in the NBA, his next destination is most likely Minneapolis.   Marc Stein of the New York Times has reported Minnesota is not only a "natural landing spot" for Rose but that the Wolves "have great interest" and "will try to sign" him sometime before March 1.  ...4140Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000