https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/page/35/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/minnesotas-big-3-is-starting-to-click-on-offense-r27454/Last night, the Minnesota Timberwolves got a big win over the New York Knicks to remain undefeated at home and maintain first place in the Western Conference standings. Minnesota’s defense was fantastic again, only letting the Knicks score 100 points while holding them to 34.8% shooting from the f...27454Wed, 22 Nov 2023 10:30:35 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/minnesotas-depth-will-be-vital-to-their-success-this-season-r27452/Tim Connelly and his staff had a relatively quiet off-season. The front office kept the Minnesota Timberwolves’ core intact after the team struggled to stay healthy last year. Prioritizing continuity felt necessary for a team still looking to build an identity. The Timberwolves made low-risk, hig...27452Tue, 21 Nov 2023 10:30:27 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/anthony-edwards-has-taken-major-strides-as-a-playmaker-r27451/Anthony Edwards has developed into a go-to scorer for the Minnesota Timberwolves. Even as a rookie, he excelled at getting to the rim. Edwards has also improved his three-point efficiency in every season and increased his mid-range volume to become a true three-level threat. If he can draw more fo...27451Mon, 20 Nov 2023 10:30:37 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/mike-conley-is-putting-together-his-best-season-in-year-16-r27450/In a 2015 Grantland interview, Jonathan Abrams asked Mike Conley Sr. what the net big goal for his son and himself was at the time. “The big thing for me and Mike right now is getting rid of the ‘underrated’ tag and calling him what he is — one of the top point guards in the country.” Fast forwar...27450Sun, 19 Nov 2023 06:00:17 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/when-can-we-buy-into-minnesotas-early-season-success-r27449/Sitting at 8-3, the Minnesota Timberwolves are off to their best start to a season since the Kevin Garnett era. They’ve made improvements across the board, particularly on defense. The Wolves lead the league in defensive efficiency and are among the league’s leaders in other defensive statistics....27449Sat, 18 Nov 2023 06:15:41 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/karl-anthony-towns-should-stop-worrying-about-passing-the-ball-r27447/Karl-Anthony Towns is balling right now for the Minnesota Timberwolves. The birthday boy averaged 22.7 points, 9.3 rebounds, and just over two assists per game on a blistering 49/41/93 shooting split during Minnesota’s seven-game win streak. That includes a heroic 33-point game in Tuesday’s win ov...27447Fri, 17 Nov 2023 10:30:59 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-timberwolves-are-exhibiting-legitimate-toughness-this-year-r27446/The toughest, meanest, nastiest team in the NBA. No, I’m not talking about the Miami Heat, who have loudly proclaimed their toughness this season. I’m talking about the once meek and lowly Minnesota Timberwolves. Tuesday night’s “brawl” one minute and 43 seconds into the game against the Golden St...27446Thu, 16 Nov 2023 10:30:22 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-timberwolves-need-kat-to-reach-their-full-potential-r27445/The Minnesota Timberwolves are off to one of the hottest starts in the NBA, winning 8 of their first 10 games while firmly establishing themselves as a team to watch out for in the Western Conference. They currently have the best defensive rating in the league by a considerable margin. The Wolves...27445Wed, 15 Nov 2023 10:30:12 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/rebounding-has-been-key-to-minnesotas-early-success-r27444/On media day, a reporter asked Chris Finch about the Minnesota Timberwolves’ identity heading into the 2023-24 season. “We need to be defensively led,” Finch responded from behind the microphone. The Timberwolves are coming off a season where they ranked 10th in defensive rating. That was an im...27444Tue, 14 Nov 2023 10:30:07 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/minnesotas-next-step-was-beating-the-bad-teams-r27443/After a hard-fought victory over the Golden State Warriors, the Minnesota Timberwolves moved to 7-2 on the season and into the top four seeds of the Western Conference. That included an unbeaten four-game homestand where the Wolves beat the reigning champion Denver Nuggets and Eastern Conference f...27443Mon, 13 Nov 2023 10:30:45 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-wolves-are-showing-us-what-they-want-to-be-this-year-r27441/The Minnesota Timberwolves held their first practice after the All-Star break on Feb. 23. The Washington Wizards had beaten them 114-106 on Feb. 16, sending the Wolves into the break with a 31-30 record. Minnesota lost their first game out of the break 24 hours after that practice, 121-113, to the...27441Sun, 12 Nov 2023 06:00:03 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/naws-shooting-slump-is-masking-the-progress-hes-made-this-year-r27439/Many people became Nickeil Alexander-Walker fans during the playoffs and had large expectations for the fifth-year guard entering the season. After an impressive postseason performance against the Denver Nuggets, the Minnesota Timberwolves signed Alexander-Walker a two-year, $9 million contract ex...27439Sat, 11 Nov 2023 06:00:23 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/conleys-insane-stat-highlights-minnesotas-identity-change-r27438/Is this real life? The Minnesota Timberwolves are the talk of the NBA world after a statement week that saw the league’s former laughing stock win four straight games, handing the Denver Nuggets and Boston Celtics their first losses of the season. Anthony Edwards and the Wolves led SportsCenter on...27438Fri, 10 Nov 2023 10:30:47 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/how-sustainable-is-minnesotas-top-ranked-defense-r27437/The Minnesota Timberwolves’ long-term plan of action has always been finding better ways to build a stronger defensive team ever since they drafted Karl-Anthony Towns in 2015. Whether that was looking to find a power forward pairing alongside him or more perimeter defense around him, defense was n...27437Thu, 09 Nov 2023 10:30:54 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/how-have-the-timberwolves-suddenly-become-giant-slayers-r27436/On Monday, the Minnesota Timberwolves won an incredible, hard-fought 114-109 overtime victory over the Boston Celtics. Not only have the Celtics been a perennial title contender for several years with Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, but they were also one of the hottest teams in the league entering...27436Wed, 08 Nov 2023 10:30:28 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/opponents-are-exploiting-a-flaw-in-the-gobert-mcdaniels-pairing-r27433/The Minnesota Timberwolves have already seen great developments early in the season. Their defensive rating has shrunk to a league-best 101.2 points per 100 possessions after they were 10th-best last season (113.1). They are starting to get value from the much-maligned Rudy Gobert trade. Last yea...27433Mon, 06 Nov 2023 14:00:38 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/bill-simmons-sounds-like-hes-buying-into-the-timberwolves-r27432/Bill Simmons had his buddy Joe House and Ringer writer J. Kyle Mann on his Friday podcast to play a game of ‘Too Soon.’ They started with the prompt, “Is it too soon for the New York Knicks to trade Julius Randle?” Simmons suggested that the Knicks would be a natural spot for Karl-Anthony Towns bu...27432Fri, 03 Nov 2023 19:00:16 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/rudy-gobert-is-returning-to-his-utah-form-r27431/Many people immediately felt that the Minnesota Timberwolves lost the Rudy Gobert trade. Between the draft capital and players that the Wolves traded out before the 2022-23 season, Gobert arrived in Minnesota with monumental expectations. Due to injuries and chemistry issues, Gobert had his worst...27431Sun, 05 Nov 2023 06:00:21 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/are-the-wolves-the-only-team-falling-victim-to-second-half-collapses-r27429/The Minnesota Timberwolves have been one of the best first-half teams over the past two years, regularly scoring at will in the first 24 minutes. On Monday night, that trend continued for the Wolves. They scored 79 points in the first half and built a 19-point lead over the Atlanta Hawks by halfti...27429Sat, 04 Nov 2023 06:00:03 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/will-the-wolves-exorcise-their-demons-or-give-into-them-this-year-r27428/Anthony Edwards received a technical foul with 3:56 left in the first half of Wednesday night’s Denver Nuggets game. Referee Che Flores had called Edwards for traveling with a minute to go in the first quarter, and Edwards had complained on and off with the officials throughout the second quarter....27428Fri, 03 Nov 2023 15:30:01 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/mcdaniels-impressed-in-his-first-game-back-r27425/The Minnesota Timberwolves suffered a disappointing 127-113 road loss to the Atlanta Hawks. The Wolves looked unstoppable in the first half, moving the ball fluidly to whoever was open to get 18 assists on 79 points scored while shooting 67.4% from the field. Unfortunately, Minnesota’s offense got...27425Wed, 01 Nov 2023 10:30:29 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/naz-reid-is-taking-the-pressure-off-everyone-r27424/Last night’s loss to the Atlanta Hawks was brutal, so let’s go back in time! There was a noticeable buzz at Target Center as fans piled in for the Minnesota Timberwolves home opener against the Miami Heat on a brisk Saturday evening. They expected Jimmy “General Soreness” Butler to play his first...27424Tue, 31 Oct 2023 10:30:56 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/ant-is-one-step-away-from-fully-unlocking-his-potential-r27423/It’s always felt like Anthony Edwards was destined for success. The No. 1 overall pick of the 2020 draft has infiltrated the national media sphere. All of his charismatic interviews, unbridled confidence, and big-play tendencies have escaped the usually private Minnesota media sphere. Now, the res...27423Mon, 30 Oct 2023 14:00:29 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/kyle-anderson-shined-in-a-dismal-wolves-opener-r27421/Sporting a fancy new pair of Rec Specs, Kyle Anderson was one of the few positive takeaways from the Minnesota Timberwolves’ 97-94 season-opening loss against the Toronto Raptors. While much of Minnesota’s roster struggled offensively, Anderson provided the stable hand that Finch had relied on muc...27421Sat, 28 Oct 2023 06:00:26 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/rudy-gobert-can-still-change-the-narrative-surrounding-him-r27420/You do not have to look far to see the blockbuster trade for Rudy Gobert in the summer of 2022 labeled as ‘the worst trade of all time.’ Charles Barkley said it himself on national television in January and nobody was quick to disagree. Even when someone posts a clip of Gobert on social media, peo...27420Fri, 27 Oct 2023 16:00:38 +0000