https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/page/20/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-wolves-can-immediately-rise-up-the-standings-out-of-the-all-star-break-r27907/It’s no secret that the Western Conference standings are a mess. At 31-25, the Minnesota Timberwolves are in seventh place, a spot below the six guaranteed playoff spots. While they are just one game back from the sixth-place Los Angeles Clippers, they are only four games ahead of the 11th-place P...27907Tue, 18 Feb 2025 10:30:32 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/ant-is-reluctantly-becoming-the-face-of-the-nba-r27906/At the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, LeBron James, Jayson Tatum, Jimmy Butler, Domantas Sabonis, and Anthony Edwards lined up for a photo opp during Netflix’s premiere of its documentary series Starting 5. After they exchanged pleasantries, Edwards removed his gold Oakleys. He happened to be in...27906Mon, 17 Feb 2025 10:30:04 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/everyone-overlooked-ants-most-valuable-skill-during-the-draft-process-r27905/The Ringer’s annual draft guide before the 2020 draft listed Anthony Edwards as the second-best prospect in the draft. “Powerful driving to the rim,” they listed as his first strength. “When he initiates contact, defenders bounce off him. Finishes with athleticism and displays soft touch with eit...27905Sun, 16 Feb 2025 06:00:45 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/jaden-mcdaniels-is-looking-like-ants-right-hand-man-again-r27904/Jaden McDaniels was an offensive liability two months into the season. He played 29.6 minutes per night in his first 30 games and averaged 9.6 points on 43.1% from the floor (8.9 attempts) and 31.8% from deep (3.7 attempts). The Minnesota Timberwolves were hopeful that McDaniels could blossom in...27904Sat, 15 Feb 2025 06:00:51 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/does-anthony-edwards-have-an-all-star-teammate-r27903/Anthony Edwards is off to his third consecutive All-Star game in San Francisco this weekend. The fifth-year guard is quickly becoming a regular at the NBA’s annual talent showcase and one of the best players in the league. At just 23 years old, Ant should be penciled in for the next 15 All-Star ga...27903Fri, 14 Feb 2025 10:30:50 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/why-cant-julius-randle-play-through-his-groin-injury-r27901/Julius Randle has only played 82 games once in his 11-year career. On its surface, that statistic suggests that Randle is an injury-prone player. However, that isn’t the whole truth. After Randle’s rookie season, in which he only played 14 minutes before breaking his right leg, he played 70-plus g...27901Wed, 12 Feb 2025 10:30:11 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-wolves-can-turn-julius-randles-player-option-into-an-asset-r27899/On October 3, Julius Randle sat on a stool, flanked by Keita Bates-Diop and Donte DiVincenzo, and spoke about his former and now new coach, Chris Finch. “I’ve always thought he was a genius,” he said. “He’s a great communicator and knows how to get the best out of his players. … I always say play...27899Sat, 08 Feb 2025 06:00:13 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/donte-divincenzos-injury-created-a-vicious-cycle-for-minnesotas-offense-r27897/In terms of team building, finding the correct roles for each player is like a puzzle. If one of those pieces goes missing, it becomes difficult to find a replacement. In a complicated jigsaw like the Minnesota Timberwolves offense, when a crucial piece like Donte DiVincenzo is injured, it creates...27897Thu, 06 Feb 2025 10:30:40 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-wolves-have-a-mike-conley-conundrum-r27896/Before summer league last year, Jaylen Clark explained how much Mike Conley meant to him during his rookie season, which he missed due to a left Achilles injury. “He’s like one of the best people I’ve ever met,” said Clark. “Just how to be an all-around good person. He showed me how that translat...27896Wed, 05 Feb 2025 10:30:42 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/how-do-the-wolves-address-their-point-guard-problem-r27895/Mike Conley’s successful layup with 1:50 to play in Minnesota’s 116-114 home loss to the Sacramento Kings on Monday night was Conley’s first clutch time points of the season. He also had a 3 with nine seconds to go, doubling his number of clutch field goals. Still, this remains the only game in wh...27895Tue, 04 Feb 2025 14:30:49 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-wolves-are-trying-to-calibrate-dillinghams-voltage-r27894/The Washington Wizards game on Saturday wasn’t for the faint of heart. Washington beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 105-103, snapping their 16-game losing streak. While Minnesota’s five-game winning streak ended on Sunday, the Wizards game offered a glimpse into the Wolves’ future. Anthony Edwards...27894Tue, 04 Feb 2025 10:30:43 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/jaylen-clark-has-been-waiting-for-his-moment-r27892/On March 5, 2023, the No. 4 UCLA Bruins were finishing up their regular season against the No. 8 Arizona Wildcats with a chance to advance to the Pac-12 championship on the line. Two minutes into the second half, Jaylen Clark pulled up limping and returned to the locker room, only to return minut...27892Sat, 01 Feb 2025 06:15:24 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/chris-finch-got-minnesotas-swagger-back-r27891/The Minnesota Timberwolves spent much of the 2023-24 season bending other NBA teams over their knee and putting belt to ass. Sidestepping the whole Draymond Green putting Rudy Gobert in a chokehold incident, the Wolves mostly played and acted more like the Bad Boy Pistons than the typical Timberwo...27891Fri, 31 Jan 2025 10:30:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-wolves-are-an-elite-but-flawed-3-point-shooting-team-r27890/Since the Minnesota Timberwolves acquired Rudy Gobert, their offensive spacing has had flaws. Bringing in a play-finishing center who only shoots at the rim and lacks on-ball abilities makes it difficult to structure optimal perimeter play. Despite these shortcomings, the Timberwolves have consis...27890Thu, 30 Jan 2025 10:30:55 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/could-dillingham-and-gobert-become-minnesotas-perfect-buddy-cop-duo-r27889/The key to a perfect buddy cop movie is to find two protagonists whose personalities and demeanors are dichotomous. For example, Eddie Murphy plays Axel Foley in the 1984 movie Beverly Hills Cop. Foley plays a Detroit cop with a shady past who can talk his way out of any situation. Judge Reinhold...27889Wed, 29 Jan 2025 10:30:24 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/can-the-wolves-escape-mediocrity-by-treating-a-sloppy-win-like-a-loss-r27888/Chris Finch isn’t one to mince words, and he let the Minnesota Timberwolves have it after Monday’s game against the Atlanta Hawks. “That’s a totally unacceptable second half of basketball,” he said, lamenting Minnesota’s sloppiness, turnovers, and approach. “If we’re trying to go where we’re tryi...27888Tue, 28 Jan 2025 14:30:17 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/rudy-gobert-must-rekindle-his-spark-from-last-season-r27887/Rudy Gobert corralled an offensive rebound with five minutes left in the third quarter against the Denver Nuggets. He awkwardly passed the ball back out to the perimeter. Naz Reid attempted a left-handed hook shot as the second shot clock was dwindling. Reid missed, and Gobert poked the ball free...27887Mon, 27 Jan 2025 10:30:49 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-nuggets-are-the-closest-thing-the-wolves-have-to-a-rival-r27886/After practice on Friday, a reporter asked Mike Conley about the upcoming rivalry night game against the Denver Nuggets. https://twitter.com/adukemn/status/1882890733713297832?s=46 “We don’t like seeing them,” said Conley. “They are a tough team, but we got to prepare to play them. We got to pre...27886Sat, 25 Jan 2025 06:00:20 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/for-better-or-worse-the-timberwolves-are-repeating-history-r27885/The Minnesota Timberwolves are at a crossroads. The NBA has edged into the second half of the season, and at 23-21, the Wolves sit in eighth place in the wild Western Conference. The optimist would say that as bad as things are since Luka Dončić hit that game-winner over Rudy Gobert in Game 2 of...27885Fri, 24 Jan 2025 10:30:04 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-wolves-must-let-go-of-the-past-to-build-on-last-year-r27884/Donte DiVincenzo said he found his game again when he let go of the past. DiVincenzo was talking to Dennis Schröder after the Brooklyn Nets had traded Schröder to the Golden State Warriors on Dec. 15. Incidentally, that was four days before the Wolves played the New York Knicks at Madison Square...27884Thu, 23 Jan 2025 10:30:18 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/what-is-going-on-with-donte-divincenzos-big-toe-r27882/Donte DiVincenzo received an MRI Monday morning, which revealed crushing news for DiVincenzo and the Minnesota Timberwolves. Since becoming Minnesota’s starting guard, DiVincenzo has injected new life into a stagnant offense. The MRI revealed that DiVincenzo suffered a grade three sprain on his le...27882Tue, 21 Jan 2025 10:30:56 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/anthony-edwards-is-passing-what-hes-learned-to-rob-dillingham-r27881/It took Ryan Saunders 17 games before he promoted Anthony Edwards into the starting lineup during his rookie year. Edwards was the No. 1 pick, but he was going through the growing pains every rookie endures – averaging 13 points on 35.5% from the floor and 30.4% from deep while trying to prove he...27881Mon, 20 Jan 2025 10:30:03 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/naz-reid-speaks-softly-and-plays-a-loud-game-r27880/On Thursday night, Naz Reid’s New Jersey high school honored him by making him the first retired number in the school’s 75-year history. Roselle Catholic High School in New Jersey immortalized his No. 5 before he took the stage to speak. https://twitter.com/christopherhine/status/1880055346259194...27880Sat, 18 Jan 2025 06:00:14 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/is-it-a-good-thing-that-ant-is-driving-more-r27879/Anthony Edwards is having another good season. Despite all the consternation about his 3-point rate, lack of highlight reel dunks, post-game press conferences, and the general uneasy vibe around the team, Ant is still an ascendant superstar in the NBA. The 2024-25 Minnesota Timberwolves are 21-19...27879Fri, 17 Jan 2025 10:30:26 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/donte-divincenzo-has-capitalized-on-his-inclusion-in-the-starting-lineup-r27878/The Minnesota Timberwolves removed Mike Conley from their starting lineup ahead of their game against the New Orleans Pelicans on Jan. 7. Chris Finch said they made the change to maximize Conley’s game. The veteran guard has struggled to find consistency this season but remains a trusted figure on...27878Thu, 16 Jan 2025 14:30:50 +0000