https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/page/17/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/can-ant-and-the-wolves-fix-their-clutch-performance-before-the-season-ends-r27942/Putting teams away in today’s NBA landscape has become increasingly difficult. Lethal scoring, perimeter-centric offenses, and versatile stars keep teams in games that look lost. No matter the competition or context, winning games is still difficult. The Minnesota Timberwolves have had their fair...27942Thu, 20 Mar 2025 10:30:55 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/what-did-we-learn-about-the-wolves-on-their-8-game-winning-streak-r27941/Obi Toppin’s ridiculous three-point make on Monday night to sink the Minnesota Timberwolves 132-130 in overtime against the Indiana Pacers marked the end of an excellent run of basketball. The Wolves were on an eight-game winning streak before Indiana defeated them and had won the last 13 games wi...27941Wed, 19 Mar 2025 14:30:36 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-wolves-are-still-in-control-of-their-destiny-r27940/The Minnesota Timberwolves have been inconsistent all season. They were on an eight-game winning streak, the longest in the NBA, before falling flat against the shorthanded Indiana Pacers, 132-130, on Monday night. The loss kept the Wolves in the seventh seed. However, they still could have a 50-...27940Wed, 19 Mar 2025 10:30:01 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/jaden-mcdaniels-has-awakened-r27939/Jaden McDaniels has spent extra time at practice working on all aspects of his game. However, he’s focused on mid-range shots, three-pointers, and his touch around the basket. Or, in other words, he’s trying to become a reliable three-level scorer. “A little bit of everything,” he said after scor...27939Mon, 17 Mar 2025 14:30:42 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/chris-finchs-patience-set-up-minnesotas-win-streak-r27938/Anthony Edwards cascaded across the half-court line late in the fourth quarter Friday night. He had scored the last five points for the Minnesota Timberwolves and was looking for a heat check, pulling up from the Target Center logo nearest the Orlando Magic bench. Jaden McDaniels was confident th...27938Mon, 17 Mar 2025 10:30:21 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/is-minnesota-the-western-conferences-dark-horse-team-r27937/The Minnesota Timberwolves’ 115-95 victory over the Denver Nuggets this week was significant for many reasons. For starters, it was another game that marked Minnesota’s complete and utter domination of Denver recently. The Wolves are 5-0 in their most recent games against the Nuggets, including t...27937Sun, 16 Mar 2025 06:00:28 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/julius-randle-wont-disrupt-minnesotas-core-if-he-opts-into-his-player-option-r27936/Julius Randle immediately fell in love with Minnesota. “Just getting out and seeing the city and everything, the lakes, everything, it’s been amazing,” Randle said during training camp. “I really didn’t know what to expect. I just knew it was cold, but it’s beautiful here.” https://twitter.com/a...27936Sat, 15 Mar 2025 06:00:22 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-timberwolves-could-follow-dallas-road-to-the-finals-r27935/It took five months, 67 games, and endless whining from the fanbase, but the Minnesota Timberwolves are finally playing like title contenders with 15 regular-season games to go. The Wolves are riding a season-best six-game win streak. They are a season-high nine games above .500. The Timberwolves...27935Fri, 14 Mar 2025 10:30:55 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-timberwolves-aced-their-test-in-denver-r27933/After the Minnesota Timberwolves beat five teams under .500 to win five straight, Chris Finch was ready to see what his freshly energized team was capable of. “I think this is the perfect test for us at the perfect time,” Finch told reporters ahead of Wednesday’s game against the Denver Nuggets....27933Thu, 13 Mar 2025 07:15:42 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/donte-divincenzo-has-made-a-boundless-impact-since-his-return-r27932/Donte DiVincenzo had just found his rhythm in Minnesota when he got injured. He had scored a season-high 28 points in a tight game against his former team, the Golden State Warriors. However, with 11.9 seconds remaining in regulation, DiVincenzo landed awkwardly after a layup and sprained his toe,...27932Thu, 13 Mar 2025 10:30:01 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/mike-conley-is-the-old-man-who-raises-the-sea-r27931/It seems like a lifetime ago, but at media day on Sept. 30, Chris Finch spoke about how he can fix the Minnesota Timberwolves’ clutch time offense. “Sometimes we might go away from what we know is really, really good,” he said, “and that’s Mike Conley.” https://twitter.com/adukemn/status/1840923...27931Wed, 12 Mar 2025 11:30:55 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/do-the-timberwolves-have-a-path-to-50-wins-r27930/The Minnesota Timberwolves remained in seventh place in the Western Conference after their 141-124 win over the San Antonio Spurs. However, their 37-29 record tied them with the Golden State Warriors for sixth, placing them only five and a half games behind the second-seeded Denver Nuggets. There...27930Tue, 11 Mar 2025 10:30:01 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-timberwolves-are-building-a-getaway-car-r27929/During a TV timeout in last Tuesday’s 126-112 win over the Philadelphia 76ers, the Minnesota Timberwolves played a jumbotron video where Nickeil Alexander-Walker described the perfect Wolves heist. In it, he said he’d be the getaway driver. However, there was one catch. Alexander-Walker said he’...27929Tue, 11 Mar 2025 14:30:28 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/julius-randle-is-in-his-final-development-phase-r27928/Three hours before his first home game at Target Center, Julius Randle maneuvered through the streets of Minneapolis in his Range Rover, passing by First Avenue before pulling into the team garage on North 7th Street while thinking about his pregame goals. “Just continue to build,” Randle said in...27928Mon, 10 Mar 2025 10:30:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-dos-and-donts-of-trading-for-kevin-durant-r27926/Kevin Durant has spent the last two-plus years toiling away on a Phoenix Suns team destined for greatness. In reality, they will need a miracle to make the Play-In this year after crashing out of the playoffs when the Minnesota Timberwolves swept them in the first round last year. Naturally, that...27926Fri, 07 Mar 2025 10:30:50 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/minnesotas-offense-has-found-more-creative-flow-without-gobert-r27925/Rudy Gobert garnered a league-wide reputation for his defense, winning four Defensive Player of the Year awards over his 11 NBA seasons. However, his offensive output, fit, and impact on his team’s ceiling have always remained perplexing. Gobert only fits in offensively as a screener, occasional...27925Thu, 06 Mar 2025 10:30:43 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/julius-randle-is-the-key-to-minnesotas-playoff-chances-r27924/Ryen Russillo joined Bill Simmons on his Feb. 24 podcast before Julius Randle returned. Simmons and Russillo were speculating about which team could make a run and close the season strong enough to carry momentum into the postseason and make a championship bid. Eventually, the Minnesota Timberwolv...27924Wed, 05 Mar 2025 10:30:14 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-wolves-must-get-desperate-as-they-get-healthy-r27923/Donte DiVincenzo had the opportunity to emerge as the hero in his second game back in the lineup after missing 19 straight with a toe injury. He slipped past the first line of defense in the waning seconds on Friday and got all the way to the rim, where John Collins and Walker Kessler met him at t...27923Mon, 03 Mar 2025 14:30:21 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/minnesotas-newfound-flexibility-will-be-key-to-a-strong-finish-r27922/The Minnesota Timberwolves’ 117-116 loss against the Utah Jazz was one of the most frustrating in a season full of them. It was another crunch-time loss, reminding fans of the other times the Wolves have lost to inferior opponents. The back-to-back defeats against the Portland Trail Blazers. The i...27922Mon, 03 Mar 2025 10:30:29 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/anthony-edwards-is-trying-to-avoid-the-nbas-gilded-cage-r27921/During All-Star week, Anthony Edwards made it clear that he doesn’t want to be the face of the league. “I’m capable of being that guy,” Edwards told NBA TV. “But I don’t want to be that guy. … I want to be the guy to just show up and hoop and just kill dudes and go home.” Edwards’ reticence seem...27921Sun, 02 Mar 2025 06:00:46 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-wolves-discovered-something-with-the-jaden-at-center-experiment-r27920/After last Sunday’s practice, I asked Jaden McDaniels about his debut playing center. “To be honest, I didn’t even notice in the game,” McDaniels said with a smirk. “But I heard people saying it, and I’m like, ‘I really was?’” https://twitter.com/adukemn/status/1893719182572667285?s=46 The Minn...27920Sat, 01 Mar 2025 06:15:49 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/jaylen-clark-is-following-naz-reids-path-to-glory-r27919/Naz Reid is a singular entity. His meteoric rise from overweight, undrafted prospect to Sixth Man of the Year is the stuff of legend. He is Minnesota’s unquestioned fan favorite and potentially the most popular player on a team that includes Anthony Edwards. In six short years, Reid has become a...27919Fri, 28 Feb 2025 10:45:20 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/naz-reid-has-cemented-his-future-in-minnesota-r27918/Naz Reid has always defied expectations. From his roots as a five-star high-school prospect to his time at LSU and going undrafted, Reid has had to battle to make it in the league. Reid has only been in the NBA for six seasons but has seen a lot. He has built off his first couple of seasons on a...27918Thu, 27 Feb 2025 10:30:06 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/how-close-are-the-wolves-to-contending-r27917/The Minnesota Timberwolves have had mixed results all year. Following the blockbuster Karl-Anthony Towns trade, where they acquired Donte DiVincenzo and Julius Randle from the New York Knicks, the Wolves have struggled to find consistent enough form to look anything close to the team they were las...27917Wed, 26 Feb 2025 14:30:34 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/rudy-goberts-back-spasms-are-complicated-r27916/I remember my first time. I was in Indiana visiting friends. My Under Armor shoes were laced up, I donned my black Ricky Rubio jersey, and I had my knee pads on to stabilize my partially torn meniscus. As my friends were stretching, an ignorant 24-year-old version of myself went to do my normal p...27916Wed, 26 Feb 2025 10:30:33 +0000