https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/page/19/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://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 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-wolves-continue-to-shock-and-awe-r27915/The Minnesota Timberwolves became the second team since 2002-03 to come back down 16 or more with 3:45 left in the quarter. They did against the No. 1 seed in the West on a back-to-back, led by an amalgamation of role players, who each had some of the biggest moments of their seasons. They also di...27915Tue, 25 Feb 2025 16:15:51 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/minnesotas-historic-comeback-came-at-the-perfect-time-r27914/The Minnesota Timberwolves were down 106-82 on the road against the Oklahoma City Thunder with 10:50 left in the fourth quarter Monday night. The night before, the Thunder had beaten the Wolves 130-123 in Minneapolis. Chris Finch doesn’t like to rest his players. He probably doesn’t like to use t...27914Tue, 25 Feb 2025 10:30:55 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/how-do-the-wolves-escape-their-groundhog-day-time-loop-r27913/After the Minnesota Timberwolves dropped their fourth-straight game against the Sacramento Kings 115-104 on Nov. 27, Chris Finch felt like he was Bill Murray in 1993. “It’s like Groundhog Day,” Finch told reporters. “We are playing the same game every night. [We] get down, fight back, run out of...27913Mon, 24 Feb 2025 14:30:07 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/rob-dillingham-is-turning-his-size-into-a-strength-r27912/Days after scoring his first career points, Rob Dillingham talked about the fan reaction days after scoring his first career points. “Honestly, I’m just thankful to have fans and have them for real,” he said, smiling. “Just going to the table, and they’re cheering for me.” https://twitter.com/ad...27912Sun, 23 Feb 2025 06:15:42 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/theres-a-silver-lining-with-minnesotas-injury-situation-r27911/When the Minnesota Timberwolves released their status report on Thursday ahead of Friday’s first post-All-Star break game against the Houston Rockets, nothing had changed since their 116-101 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder a week earlier. Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo remain out with a gr...27911Sat, 22 Feb 2025 06:15:18 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/divincenzo-and-randles-return-should-ignite-minnesotas-hopes-for-another-playoff-run-r27910/The Minnesota Timberwolves have been riding the basketball roller coaster since Anthony Edwards and Jaden McDaniels put the clamps on the Phoenix Suns in a first-round sweep last April. In the second round, they beat the Denver Nuggets in a dramatic seven-game series before Luka Doncic performed u...27910Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:30:28 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/terrence-shannon-jr-brings-minnesota-needed-energy-r27909/When the Minnesota Timberwolves drafted Terrence Shannon Jr. with the 27th pick in the 2024 draft, they knew they were getting a potential plug-and-play talent. As a 24-year-old rookie, Shannon has had a long road to this point. He started his journey as an unrecruited high-school prospect, recla...27909Thu, 20 Feb 2025 10:30:37 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/connecting-the-strings-on-a-kevin-durant-to-minnesota-trade-r27908/Charlie Kelly circles a mail room in a 2014 It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia episode. A cigarette hangs from his mouth as he frantically explains the map behind him, which is littered with envelopes, newspapers, and string connecting push pins. “It’s Pepe Silvia,” Charlie frantically tells his f...27908Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:30:26 +0000