https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/page/3/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-wolves-2025-26-season-was-a-successful-disappointment-r28319/Tim Connelly is entering the final year of his contract and recently responded to a question about his future with the Minnesota Timberwolves. The tone and tenor of response mirrored the Wolves’ season. “Go to work happy every day, got great partners,” he said. “It’s been awesome. Just keep tryin...28319Thu, 21 May 2026 06:15:10 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-wolves-continue-to-struggle-when-ant-is-under-pressure-r28318/After years of futility, the Minnesota Timberwolves have consistently made longer playoff runs. The Wolves made back-to-back conference finals and have won five playoff series in the last three seasons. It has been a massive jump in success. Previously, their only other two series wins in franchis...28318Thu, 21 May 2026 06:00:57 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-wolves-offseason-plan-starts-with-one-objective-r28317/The Minnesota Timberwolves’ offseason should be about making one clear objective: Keep the core competitive, but stop pretending the current formula is already good enough. The Wolves have talent and depth questions, and are up against the cap. So the smartest path to improve the roster is to buil...28317Wed, 20 May 2026 06:00:42 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/how-much-will-the-wolves-overhaul-their-roster-this-offseason-r28316/The Minnesota Timberwolves 2026-27 season ended the same way as their previous two. A closeout game against a more cohesive team in which the Wolves got blown out. In 2024, the Dallas Mavericks beat them 124-103 in Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals. A year later, another Game 5 loss, this t...28316Tue, 19 May 2026 06:15:45 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/mike-conley-proved-he-still-has-%E2%80%9Cit%E2%80%9D-in-the-playoffs-r28315/Twelve players in NBA history have played 20 seasons in the league, and Mike Conley proved to himself during this year’s playoffs that he can be the 13th. “Who knows what that looks like,” Conley said Saturday morning during his exit interview, “but definitely, it’s going to happen.” Many times...28315Mon, 18 May 2026 06:00:52 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/how-quickly-can-the-wolves-overhaul-their-roster-r28314/The Minnesota Timberwolves eliminated the Denver Nuggets in an epic seven-game series two years ago and beat them shorthanded this year. However, the Wolves have reached an impasse against the Western Conference’s best teams in the past two seasons. The Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs...28314Sat, 16 May 2026 14:00:11 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-wolves-experienced-a-complete-takeover-in-game-6-r28313/The Minnesota Timberwolves’ season came to a disappointing end Friday night with a 139-109 loss to the San Antonio Spurs in Game 6, ending their playoff run and sending the Spurs on to the Western Conference Finals with a 4-2 series win. What started as an opportunity for the Wolves to extend thei...28313Sat, 16 May 2026 14:00:45 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-wolves-still-need-mike-conley-r28311/Chris Finch said something earlier this year that has been stuck in my mind all season. After a November practice, he discussed how to use Mike Conley’s minutes more effectively, balancing how to avoid wasting them. At the end of his explanation, Finch offered up a very direct and honest assessmen...28311Fri, 15 May 2026 14:30:14 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/mike-conley-needs-to-give-the-wolves-one-last-bite-r28310/The San Antonio Spurs have pushed the Minnesota Timberwolves to the brink. By losing to the bigger, stronger, faster, and younger Spurs in Game 5, Minnesota’s fifth straight trip to the playoffs could end with a loss in Game 6 on Friday night at Target Center. If Victor Wembanyama can keep his elb...28310Fri, 15 May 2026 10:30:31 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-wolves-are-one-loss-away-from-a-weird-offseason-r28309/If you’re looking for hope in this moment, with the Minnesota Timberwolves down 3-2 to a superior San Antonio Spurs team, think back to the 10:21 minute in the third quarter of Game 7 in Denver two years ago. The Denver Nuggets are up 58-38 on Minnesota. ESPN had given the Wolves a 2.6% chance of...28309Wed, 13 May 2026 15:45:52 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/julius-randle-holds-the-keys-to-escaping-san-antonio-r28307/After the Minnesota Timberwolves won Game 4 to tie the series 2-2, Chris Finch admitted he’d have liked to use the Minnesota Timberwolves’ small-ball lineup more against the San Antonio Spurs. Unfortunately, Julius Randle has kept the Wolves from doing that. “I wanted to get to the lineup,” Finch...28307Mon, 11 May 2026 14:15:58 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/anthony-edwards-punched-back-in-game-4-r28306/Naz Reid is a fighter, and he views the NBA playoffs as a brawl. After the San Antonio Spurs beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 115-108 on Friday to take a 2-1 series lead in the second round, Reid knew their win only meant so much. “Punch back,” Reid said postgame. “It’s how you respond. That dete...28306Mon, 11 May 2026 06:50:41 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-wolves-must-embrace-small-ball-against-the-spurs-r28305/Terrence Shannon Jr. played 28 minutes and 27 seconds against the San Antonio Spurs in the Minnesota Timberwolves’ 115-108 Game 3 loss at home. In those minutes, he had a game-best plus-19 despite scoring just five points, snagging two rebounds, and dishing two assists. San Antonio outscored the W...28305Sun, 10 May 2026 13:30:16 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-wolves-season-hinges-on-desperate-but-smart-defense-r28303/Target Center reaches an overpowering octave when the Jumbotron instructs Minnesota Timberwolves fans to chant “DEFENSE.” The fans always follow orders, hurling that seven-letter word at the Wolves’ opponent so loudly that it’s hard to hear an official blow a whistle. The Timberwolves know what g...28303Sat, 09 May 2026 06:00:45 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/jaden-mcdaniels-needs-ants-help-on-defense-r28302/“We got Jaden McDaniels” has become a rallying cry around the Twin Cities. From October to May, we can handwave any problem in life with the phrase. Is a blizzard dumping a foot of snow? That’s okay, we got Jaden McDaniels. The Vikings biff it by picking an injured offensive lineman in the first...28302Fri, 08 May 2026 10:30:29 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-timberwolves-must-pull-off-a-heist-against-san-antonio-r28301/It was kind of funny that Ayo Dosunmu returned for Game 2 against the San Antonio Spurs, and the Spurs were still favored by 10.5. Anthony Edwards had accelerated his return from hyperextending his knee in Game 4 against the Denver Nuggets, and the Minnesota Timberwolves had won Game 1. Dosunmu h...28301Fri, 08 May 2026 06:00:06 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-timberwolves-must-become-comfortable-being-in-flux-r28300/When the Minnesota Timberwolves lost Donte DiVincenzo to an Achilles tear in Game 3 against the Denver Nuggets, there was no clear replacement for his role and spot in the rotation. No other player offers the same spacing and three-point shooting that are vital to the flow of Minnesota’s offense....28300Thu, 07 May 2026 14:30:20 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-wolves-learned-a-hard-head-makes-them-soft-in-game-2-r28299/Kyle Anderson wasn’t surprised by the Minnesota Timberwolves’ Game 1 win over the San Antonio Spurs on Monday. Anderson didn’t play, but from the bench, he saw a talented team playing at the high level they are capable of. “The team we got here, we’re not a [49]-win team,” Anderson said during sh...28299Thu, 07 May 2026 06:00:37 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/mike-conley-is-still-an-x-factor-r28298/Anthony Edwards spoke about Mike Conley after a stunning 104-102 Game 1 victory over the San Antonio Spurs. “Mike Conley was an All-Star in the NBA. I think people forget about that,” Edwards chuckled before continuing, “Like, once upon a time, he was one of the best point guards in the league.”...28298Wed, 06 May 2026 06:00:59 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-wolves-cant-let-the-french-connection-obscur-their-wemby-strategy-r28297/Before Anthony Edwards made his triumphant return in the Minnesota Timberwolves’ Game 1 win over the San Antonio Spurs, people billed the Wolves vs. Spurs series as Rudy Gobert vs. Victor Wembanyama. They portrayed it as a heavyweight battle between the two Frenchmen, a combined 14’5” with over 1...28297Tue, 05 May 2026 15:30:26 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/anthony-edwards-miraculous-return-changed-everything-r28296/Anthony Edwards is miraculous. The shots he takes. The shots he makes. The trash-talking he hurls at anyone at any time. Edwards is a miraculously great player who is addicted to competition. And when he can’t have that competition, Edwards takes whatever measures necessary to pump that competiti...28296Tue, 05 May 2026 06:00:31 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/jaden-mcdaniels-understood-the-assignment-r28295/There’s something inherently funny about seeing Jaden McDaniels walk expressionless during the Minnesota Timberwolves’ starting five announcements. The Target Center crowd reached a crescendo as the Wolves’ PA announcer belted out his name. Still, McDaniels never reacted to the madness as he strol...28295Fri, 01 May 2026 14:30:48 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/donte-divincenzo-has-a-long-road-to-recovery-r28293/Donte DiVincenzo collapsed on the Target Center court just over a minute into Game 5 against the Denver Nuggets. He launched a three-pointer, the ball careened off the rim, and DiVincenzo planted his back right foot to potentially snag the offensive rebound. Then, he immediately collapsed. https...28293Thu, 30 Apr 2026 18:30:48 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/jaylen-clark-needs-to-be-in-the-wolves-playoff-rotation-r28292/Wolves-Nuggets has everything. Still, it could use a little more Jaylen Clark. The rivalry has history. Game 6 was the 34th meeting between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Denver Nuggets in the last four seasons, and the Wolves hold an 18-16 edge. These teams don’t like each other. Jaden McDaniel...28292Fri, 01 May 2026 10:30:08 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/whats-going-on-with-anthony-edwards-knee-injury-r28290/Anthony Edwards only played 17:33 in the Minnesota Timberwolves’ surreal 112-96 Game 4 victory over the Denver Nuggets in the playoffs. Just before halftime, he soared through the air to attempt to block Nuggets forward Cam Johnson on a fast break. As the ball danced on the rim and fell through t...28290Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:45:43 +0000