https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/page/24/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-karl-anthony-towns-package-gives-minnesota-a-new-look-r27780/Karl-Anthony Towns tweets around once a day. Sometimes, about the Philadelphia Eagles. He often speaks about social justice. Occasionally, he shares photos of his travels. So when Towns sent out a cryptic tweet at 9:08 pm on Friday, fans immediately started speculating that the Minnesota Timberwo...27780Sat, 28 Sep 2024 07:50:45 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/has-naz-reid-reached-his-ceiling-r27779/Naz Reid can do no wrong in Minnesota. During his first five seasons in the NBA, the 25-year-old worked from an overweight, undersized, undrafted center into a local folk hero and the Sixth Man of the Year on a championship-contending team. It’s hard to imagine his NBA career going any better than...27779Fri, 27 Sep 2024 10:30:28 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/minnesotas-contender-status-highlights-a-long-journey-of-evolving-expectations-r27778/Considering their franchise’s history, the Minnesota Timberwolves are in an extremely unfamiliar situation. The national media anticipates they will be a championship contender. Teams cannot control expectations as much of it is outside noise. However, we can still predict outcomes based on indiv...27778Thu, 26 Sep 2024 10:30:16 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/timberwolves-mailbag-will-rob-dillingham-succeed-team-expectations-jaden-mcdaniels-offense-and-more-r27776/The 2024-25 NBA season is upon us. We have made it through the off-season doldrums; teams will report to training camp in early October, and media day will take place for most teams on Sept. 30. Hope, curiosity, and anxiety run wild in the summer among NBA fans. Those emotions intensify as the re...27776Tue, 24 Sep 2024 10:30:30 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/nba-jerseys-have-hit-rock-bottom-r27775/These are trying times for all Americans. One of the most divisive elections in our country’s history may be happening in a matter of weeks, but the true national nightmare is the state of NBA jerseys. Basketball jerseys used to be cool as hell. You had great color schemes and huge team names emb...27775Fri, 20 Sep 2024 10:30:01 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/people-continue-to-criticize-rudy-gobert-for-the-wrong-reasons-r27774/At this stage of his career, Rudy Gobert has become accustomed to consistent criticism. His four Defensive Player of the Year awards have garnered plenty of talking points, with many often misunderstanding him as a player. People’s arguments have always been too heavily weighed on the aesthetics...27774Thu, 19 Sep 2024 10:30:32 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-wolves-must-be-patient-to-win-the-western-conference-battle-r27773/As the Minnesota Timberwolves walked off the court for the final time in the 2024-25 season, “Let’s go Wolves, let’s go Wolves” chants filled the Target Center. Minnesota’s season ended in a 124-103 loss to the Dallas Mavericks in Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals. Las Vegas favored the Wol...27773Tue, 17 Sep 2024 10:30:06 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-timberwolves-are-going-to-take-over-minnesota-r27771/The Minnesota sports landscape is on the precipice of the biggest shakeup in its hierarchy since the Twins and Vikings came to town in 1961. The Timberwolves are on the verge of turning Minnesota into a basketball state for the first time in the franchise’s 35-year history. We can quibble with th...27771Fri, 13 Sep 2024 10:30:18 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/can-anthony-edwards-take-the-next-step-as-an-initiator-r27770/The days of true point guards have dwindled in this decade of basketball. More teams are focusing on using their best offensive option to initiate the offense. That allows players with more elite, in-depth skill sets with size to maximize the offensive ceiling of the players around them. Teams hav...27770Thu, 12 Sep 2024 10:30:36 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-rudy-gobert-slander-cant-be-ignored-r27769/When Rudy Gobert addressed the media for the first time after the Utah Jazz traded him to the Minnesota Timberwolves, he was his usual calm and soft-spoken self. But the French native had a confident presence lingering over his head. It wasn’t his towering 7’1” frame or his new hairstyle. Instead...27769Tue, 10 Sep 2024 10:30:01 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/next-season-will-test-an-important-aspect-of-the-timberwolves-organization-r27768/For all of Chris Finch and Tim Connelly’s brilliance since their arrival in Minnesota, one aspect of their leadership is yet to be tested: their ability to develop the talent they draft. The Minnesota Timberwolves listed many coaches as “player-development” coaches. Max Lefevre is their director...27768Wed, 11 Sep 2024 10:30:43 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-rudy-gobert-slander-is-getting-weird-r27767/We are hitting the scary hours of the NBA offseason, and the takes are starting to get out of hand. First, Anthony Edwards opened Pandora’s box by saying Michael Jordan was the only old-timer with any skill. While it was an uneducated take to fire off in front of a reporter, the backlash from some...27767Fri, 06 Sep 2024 10:30:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/nickeil-alexander-walkers-game-relies-on-his-3-point-consistency-r27766/Many young players experience reduced usage and become role players early in their careers. Not all first-round picks become stars, something Nickeil Alexander-Walker has become familiar with as he has found his balance within the league. He’s adapted from a promising on-ball offensive-minded guar...27766Thu, 05 Sep 2024 10:30:40 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-wolves-cant-try-to-pick-up-where-they-left-off-last-season-r27764/Anthony Edwards was understandably subdued as he addressed the media with sweat dripping off his face following the Minnesota Timberwolves’ season-ending loss to the Dallas Mavericks. But his confidence didn’t sway. Minnesota made a historic run to the Western Conference Finals. As Edwards proce...27764Tue, 03 Sep 2024 10:30:01 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/anthony-edwards-adds-fuel-to-the-nbas-generational-divide-r27763/LeBron James, Stephen Curry, and Kevin Durant may have been the on-court heroes for Team USA at the 2024 Olympics. Still, you could argue that nobody had a better basketball summer than Anthony Edwards. The 23-year-old budding superstar took his brand worldwide as the youngest member of the Team U...27763Fri, 30 Aug 2024 10:30:29 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/what-was-the-biggest-lesson-the-wolves-learned-in-last-years-playoff-run-r27762/After dropping Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals to the Dallas Mavericks, the Minnesota Timberwolves had a five-point lead with a minute and a half left in Game 2. ESPN listed their win probability at 86.7%. The Wolves desperately needed to even the series at one game apiece before they trav...27762Mon, 26 Aug 2024 10:30:31 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/how-does-rob-dillingham-compare-to-other-smaller-guard-prospects-r27761/Size at the point guard position and the lead initiator role has become more vital in the NBA. It’s significantly more burdensome for smaller guards to find their spot in the league. Smaller guards can make an impact, though. Players like Jalen Brunson have been able to grind and find their niche....27761Thu, 22 Aug 2024 10:30:14 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/minnesotas-2024-25-schedule-is-daunting-but-manageable-r27760/On Aug. 15, the NBA released its 2024-25 regular season schedule. Headlining the day for the Minnesota Timberwolves was the league rewarding them with 18 nationally televised games on TNT, ESPN, or ABC and another seven on NBA TV after the team’s historic rise to 56 regular season wins and reachin...27760Tue, 20 Aug 2024 10:30:41 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-wolves-need-to-reward-the-nba-for-putting-them-in-the-national-spotlight-r27759/When the NBA released last year’s regular season schedule, the Minnesota Timberwolves received five nationally televised games – three on ESPN and two on TNT – excluding NBA TV. The total was down from Minnesota’s nine nationally televised games in 2022-23, indicating that the league’s perception...27759Fri, 16 Aug 2024 15:30:42 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/how-is-minnesotas-competition-shaping-up-in-the-west-r27758/The 2023-24 NBA season was a resounding success for the Minnesota Timberwolves. They finished third in a stacked Western Conference and reached their first Conference Finals in two decades, where they lost to the Dallas Mavericks. The Wolves have taken steps to improve, bringing in exciting rooki...27758Fri, 16 Aug 2024 10:30:33 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-wolves-are-starting-to-demand-national-attention-r27757/The Minnesota Timberwolves are finally getting their national television respect. After only having ten nationally-televised games last season, the league has announced that they would have three nationally televised games: An opening night game against the Los Angeles Lakers in LA, an In-Season T...27757Thu, 15 Aug 2024 10:30:06 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/can-the-wolves-avoid-regular-season-complacency-next-year-r27756/Minnesota Timberwolves president Tim Connelly immediately laid out expectations last season: win a playoff series. They did that, and after one of their best seasons in franchise history, the Wolves are entering this season with higher expectations than they’ve had in 20 years. The Wolves will ex...27756Wed, 14 Aug 2024 10:30:25 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/pj-dozier-could-be-minnesotas-surprise-player-next-year-r27755/After playing eight games through his first two NBA seasons with the Oklahoma City Thunder and Boston Celtics, P.J. Dozier signed a two-way contract with the Denver Nuggets on October 19, 2019. He didn’t play his first game until January 15, 2020, when he returned from an injury. Dozier recorded...27755Tue, 13 Aug 2024 10:30:03 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/what-do-rudy-goberts-olympic-struggles-mean-for-the-wolves-r27754/Something weird is going on with Rudy Gobert at the 2024 Olympics in Paris. As a member of Team France, many expected Gobert to form a formidable partnership with San Antonio Spurs rising star Victor Wembanyama. In some senses, it’s been a breakout tournament from Wembenyama, indicating that Franc...27754Fri, 09 Aug 2024 14:30:44 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-wolves-are-equipped-to-shoot-more-threes-next-year-r27753/Three-point shooting efficiency and volume have defined the last decade of NBA basketball. Teams can compete in the regular season without ample three-point shooting. However, once the playoffs roll around, having as much floor spacing as possible has become vital. Floor spacing was one of the Min...27753Thu, 08 Aug 2024 10:30:54 +0000