https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/page/39/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/taurean-prince-is-minnesotas-slump-buster-r27199/On Monday night, the Minnesota Timberwolves got a much-needed win without their injured stars in a nerve-racking game against the New York Knicks. The Wolves played with good ball movement all night, racking up 34 assists en route to 140 points. They shot 61.4% from the field and an incredible 58....27199Wed, 22 Mar 2023 10:30:50 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/be-like-mike-r27195/The Minnesota Timberwolves drastically reversed course when they traded D’Angelo Russell and brought in Mike Conley at the trade deadline. Russell, 27, is entering his prime; Conley, 35, has exited his. Russell considers himself a combo guard; Conley is a pass-first point guard. And while Russell...27195Sun, 19 Mar 2023 06:30:23 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/do-the-wolves-still-have-time-to-develop-consistency-r27194/[Insert Spongebob narrator voice] Ah yes, the regular season’s end has rolled around again. Typically the top teams in each conference can use this 10- to-15 game stretch as somewhat of a cooldown period before the playoffs kick off in mid-April. However, for both the Eastern and Western conferen...27194Thu, 16 Mar 2023 10:30:10 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/luka-garza-deserves-a-bigger-role-down-the-stretch-r27193/Luka Garza is one of those basketball players. You know the type. Always playing a little too hard. Seems annoying. Probably a coach’s kid. And all of a sudden you look up, he has 25 points and 10 rebounds, and his team is beating you by 30. Garza built his persona at Iowa in the Christian Laettne...27193Fri, 17 Mar 2023 10:30:59 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/minnesotas-offensive-success-starts-with-ball-movement-r27192/On Monday night, the Minnesota Timberwolves got a decisive 136-115 win over the Atlanta Hawks. Anthony Edwards dropped 32 points in his hometown. He also made a huge impact on defense, getting 1 steal, 2 emphatic blocks and 8 defensive rebounds. Mike Conley had a big scoring night, putting up 21 p...27192Wed, 15 Mar 2023 10:30:10 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/kevin-durants-2019-calf-injury-is-why-the-wolves-shouldnt-rush-kat-back-r27187/When Karl-Anthony Towns originally went down with a right calf strain in late November, many outlets reported that Towns avoided serious injury. His timeline for a potential return was just about four to six weeks – placing him back in the lineup “sometime during January,” and signaling his calf s...27187Fri, 10 Mar 2023 10:30:39 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-silver-lining-to-minnesotas-jekyll-and-hyde-season-r27186/On March 6, Chris Finch described the Minnesota Timberwolves season as Jekyll and Hyde. “You go through stretches of good and bad, Jekyll and Hyde,” Finch said. With all its ups and downs, this Timberwolves season is a perfect parallel to The Curious Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The story that...27186Sat, 11 Mar 2023 06:30:53 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/where-is-minnesotas-post-dlo-three-point-shooting-coming-from-r27183/After sending D’Angelo Russell to the Los Angeles Lakers at the trade deadline, the Minnesota Timberwolves had to figure out who was going to fill his three-point volume. DLo attempted 7 threes a night this season, which accounted for a significant chunk of the 33.4 threes that the Wolves attempte...27183Thu, 09 Mar 2023 10:30:50 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/defense-is-becoming-part-of-minnesotas-identity-again-r27182/Every week, several other basketball news outlets release power rankings. They try to order the strongest teams in the league from 1 to 30 based on their season record and recent play. The rankings are not always an accurate depiction of which teams are best, given how much can change in a week in...27182Wed, 08 Mar 2023 15:00:36 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-price-the-timberwolves-pay-for-inconsistency-r27181/It is a bright sunny morning on Tuesday, March 7. In roughly 12 hours, the Minnesota Timberwolves would tip off against the Philadelphia 76ers. The Wolves have won three straight following an unprecedented West Coast sweep of the Los Angeles Lakers, Clippers, and Sacramento Kings. I say unprecede...27181Wed, 08 Mar 2023 10:30:23 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-timberwolves-are-paupers-without-prince-r27180/Anthony Edwards experienced a significant learning moment on Jan. 9, 2021. The San Antonio Spurs led the Minnesota Timberwolves 125-122 with ten seconds remaining in overtime when Karl-Anthony Towns inbounded the ball to Ricky Rubio. The Spanish guard brought the ball up near halfcourt, found Edwa...27180Tue, 07 Mar 2023 14:30:42 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/schroedingers-kat-r27177/On Jan. 20, Karl-Anthony Towns used his Twitch stream to clarify his injury status. He suffered a calf strain in a Nov. 28 loss to the Washington Wizards and hadn’t played since then. A source told the Star Tribune that four to six weeks could be the potential timeline, but that wasn’t definite. T...27177Sun, 05 Mar 2023 10:00:46 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/jaden-mcdaniels-has-the-tools-to-be-minnesotas-no-2-scorer-r27176/The Minnesota Timberwolves were supposed to be an offensive buzzsaw this season. The seventh-best offense a season ago was returning with Karl-Anthony Towns, the self-proclaimed “greatest shooting big man of all time” coming off his best season. Anthony Edwards was an emerging superstar ready to m...27176Fri, 03 Mar 2023 10:30:17 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/slight-tweaks-to-minnesotas-rotation-and-offense-would-create-more-structure-r27174/The Minnesota Timberwolves traded D’Angelo Russell‘s offensive firepower away and replaced him with Mike Conley, a lower-usage player. Therefore, we knew it would take Karl-Anthony Towns coming back from injury to see Tim Connelly’s full vision of the offense. That’s a rather large gap to fill wit...27174Thu, 02 Mar 2023 10:30:21 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/minnesotas-march-schedule-will-create-a-playoff-feel-r27173/With only about a month and a half left in the NBA season, teams in the playoff hunt are treating each game now more intensely than ever. While some teams are simply vying for a play-in spot, others are closely eying a top-6 seed in their conference. Only the top six seeds make the playoffs withou...27173Wed, 01 Mar 2023 15:00:03 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/what-more-can-we-learn-about-ant-before-kat-gets-back-r27171/The Minnesota Timberwolves are Anthony Edwards’ team now. D’Angelo Russell is in Los Angeles, leaving Edwards without another offensive co-star until Karl-Anthony Towns returns from injury. Sunday night’s game against the Golden State Warriors was the test case for the struggles that Edwards will...27171Tue, 28 Feb 2023 11:30:29 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/tim-connelly-was-right-about-jaden-mcdaniels-r27169/Tim Connely gave up four first-round picks and five players for Rudy Gobert. But there was one thing he stood firmly against – trading Jaden McDaniels. To the average NBA fan, including extra draft capital to keep a kid most hadn’t heard of was just another one of Connely’s mistakes. But Tim Conne...27169Sun, 26 Feb 2023 06:30:19 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/how-can-the-wolves-recapture-last-years-late-season-magic-r27167/One year ago today, the Minnesota Timberwolves owned a 31-28 record and were seventh in the Western Conference. This year, the Wolves are 31-30, the eighth seed in the West coming out of the All-Star break. While the records may be similar, the differences between the two teams are glaring. The f...27167Fri, 24 Feb 2023 10:30:17 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/nickeil-alexander-walker-might-find-a-home-in-minnesota-r27166/The notifications hit our phones that the Utah Jazz were trading Mike Conley to the Minnesota Timberwolves unless the Wolves were looking for extra incentive. Then Twitter suddenly froze on many anxious fans. Next thing you know Conley is a Timberwolf. Utah sent a pair of future second-round picks...27166Thu, 23 Feb 2023 10:30:06 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/was-there-an-extra-intention-behind-lebrons-selection-of-ant-in-the-all-star-draft-r27165/Last weekend, Anthony Edwards played in the first All-Star game of his career. Ant was a reserve, so he played 17 minutes, while some of the more established stars and All-Star starters played more minutes. Still, Edwards got plenty of opportunities to showcase what he could do in one of the most-...27165Wed, 22 Feb 2023 16:30:45 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/this-timberwolves-dish-doesnt-taste-like-it-used-to-r27164/Allow me, if you will, to set the table so that I may begin to dig into the Minnesota Timberwolves. I’ve been hungry to get my thoughts out into the ether, but something about this recipe just isn’t right. This Timberwolves dish doesn’t taste like it used to. Anthony Edwards has blossomed into the...27164Tue, 21 Feb 2023 16:00:40 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/how-valid-is-minnesotas-%E2%80%9Cbad-whistle%E2%80%9D-theory-r27162/What is a “bad whistle?” You’d think after years of getting one, the fans of YOUR basketball team would know what a bad whistle is. Every night those agonizing calls just aren’t going your way. You know the ones. The media bias is strong against your team. If they give you a good whistle, it does...27162Mon, 20 Feb 2023 15:00:39 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/kyle-anderson-can-revive-minnesotas-bench-r27160/Kyle Anderson is becoming somewhat of a sex symbol around the Twin Cities. Slomosexuals are taking over the Target Center every time Anderson slithers to the basket or strips the ball from Luka Doncic or takes half the shot clock to release his shot. Rudy Gobert was the splashy off-season move, bu...27160Fri, 17 Feb 2023 10:30:08 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/sam-cassells-all-star-2003-04-season-was-iconic-r27158/As the NBA season reaches the All-Star break, teams will likely use this time off to rest players and regroup. Teams like the Minnesota Timberwolves will aim to finish the rest of the season strong to ensure they are in the playoffs come April. However, the All-Star break also could be used as a t...27158Wed, 15 Feb 2023 17:30:59 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/when-will-we-see-connellys-vision-fully-realized-r27156/Karl-Anthony Towns had something to say after the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Brooklyn Nets 127-126 in overtime to kick off the 2019 season. Kyrie Irving dropped 50 points in his Nets debut, and Caris LeVert had 20. But the Wolves limited Taurean Prince and Jarrett Allen to 15 and six points,...27156Tue, 14 Feb 2023 10:30:40 +0000