https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/page/4/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-timberwolves-must-embrace-chaos-to-close-out-the-series-r28289/Terrence Shannon Jr. studies the scouting report and relays details he sees to his teammates throughout the game. He stays ready, knowing the Minnesota Timberwolves could call him into action at any time. That’s the life of a second-year bench player in the NBA. Still, nothing could have prepared...28289Sun, 26 Apr 2026 16:00:47 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/ayo-dosunmu-became-minnesotas-mvp-in-game-4-r28288/A hush fell over Target Center seconds after it was deafeningly loud. Less than two minutes into Game 4 between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Denver Nuggets, Donte DiVincenzo collapsed out of nowhere. Jaden McDaniels tried to help him up. DiVincenzo told him not to and waved over Minnesota’s med...28288Sun, 26 Apr 2026 06:15:48 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-timberwolves-may-have-figured-denver-out-r28287/After a 113-96 shellacking at the hands of the Minnesota Timberwolves, the Denver Nuggets found themselves down 2-1 in the first round of a playoff series they were 4-1 favorites to win. To make matters worse, Jaden McDaniels publicly called out the entire Nuggets team, labeling them as “bad defe...28287Sat, 25 Apr 2026 14:00:45 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-timberwolves-are-here-to-light-to-world-on-fire-r28286/On a lazy Tuesday in early December, the Minnesota Timberwolves made hard work out of a win in the Big Easy. The New Orleans Pelicans didn’t have Zion Williamson or Jordan Poole available. Still, they took the Wolves to overtime on Dec. 2. Minnesota came back from down 15 to win 149-142, but they...28286Fri, 24 Apr 2026 16:00:24 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/rudy-gobert-continues-to-thrive-in-the-%E2%80%9Clunch-pail%E2%80%9D-role-r28285/Rudy Gobert has long been one of the NBA’s most selfless players. Whether it is on offense or defense, Gobert’s raw box-score numbers never tell the complete story of his impact. The first three games of the Minnesota Timberwolves’ first-round series against the Denver Nuggets have been no differe...28285Fri, 24 Apr 2026 14:30:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-timberwolves-amplified-mcdaniels-statement-in-game-3-r28284/Jaden McDaniels wasn’t worried about ramifications. “Go at [Nikola] Jokić, [Jamal] Murray, all the bad defenders,” he said after the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Denver Nuggets 119-114 in Game 2 of the first round Monday. “Tim Hardaway, Cam Johnson, Aaron Gordon. Their whole team.” “Yeah, the...28284Fri, 24 Apr 2026 06:15:54 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/why-are-the-wolves-and-nuggets-the-perfect-foils-for-one-another-r28283/In case you didn’t notice, the Minnesota Timberwolves and Denver Nuggets are locked in an eternal struggle for the heart and soul of the middle class of the Western Conference title contenders. They entered Friday’s game, which the Wolves won 113-96, tied 1-1 in their first-round series after Min...28283Fri, 24 Apr 2026 06:00:33 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-timberwolves-are-in-the-getaway-car-r28282/Sometimes it’s hard to tell if Jaden McDaniels intends to be funny. He’s a mysterious man on a perplexing team. Regardless, he matter-of-factly stated that the Minnesota Timberwolves would win Game 2 after letting Game 1 slip, and they delivered on Monday night. “Every game you go into, it’s tryi...28282Wed, 22 Apr 2026 06:00:07 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/donte-divincenzo-is-the-wolves-identity-r28281/After the Minnesota Timberwolves’ 119-114 Game 2 victory in Denver, a reporter asked Anthony Edwards about Donte DiVincenzo. “I love Donte,” he said. “I told him after the game, he got gorilla nuts. He’s willing to take any kind of shot at any moment in the game, no matter how far it is, and you...28281Tue, 21 Apr 2026 06:00:48 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/jaden-mcdaniels-is-the-way-out-of-this-series-r28279/Jaden McDaniels sounded a little like Anthony Edwards after the Minnesota Timberwolves let Game 1 slip in Denver. “I know what we’re going to do,” he said when a reporter asked about Game 2 on Monday. “We’re going to come out and win. There ain’t no choice besides to win.” McDaniels has expresse...28279Sun, 19 Apr 2026 12:30:02 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-wolves-need-to-hunt-like-an-animal-r28278/At best, team names and the playstyle match perfectly for a memorable season. However, the Minnesota Timberwolves are playing too much like Wolves right now. The Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens in 2000 and 2012 fit this mold. Ravens can be solitary creatures, living their lives without a mat...28278Sun, 19 Apr 2026 06:00:01 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-timberwolves-let-perfect-be-the-enemy-of-the-good-in-game-1-r28277/Jaden McDaniels knows what the Minnesota Timberwolves must do to upset their first-round opponent and advance in the playoffs for the third straight season. He entered Saturday’s Game 1 against the Denver Nuggets with 31 playoff games started and fresh off the best regular season of his career. M...28277Sat, 18 Apr 2026 21:00:23 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/which-timberwolves-are-on-the-hot-seat-r28276/The Minnesota Timberwolves are under the NBA playoff microscope for the fifth consecutive season. After back-to-back trips to the Western Conference Finals, the pressure has ratcheted up for the Wolves to break through to the finals with dire consequences ahead for anything less. In 2022, the Tim...28276Fri, 17 Apr 2026 10:30:03 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/minnesotas-%E2%80%98twin-turbos-have-the-most-to-prove-this-playoffs-r28275/The NBA playoffs are a different beast. Roles change, defensive coverages tighten up, and possession-to-possession intensity spikes. Most of all, production wavers. Every year, rotational players who have had productive regular seasons struggle in the playoffs. Teams naturally put the ball into...28275Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:00:23 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-timberwolves-are-a-different-kind-of-underdog-this-year-r28274/A shirtless Anthony Edwards sat in his hotel room at the Ritz-Carlton in downtown Los Angeles after the Minnesota Timberwolves advanced past the Los Angeles Lakers with a 103-96 Game 5 win. Edwards finished the game shooting 5 of 19 from the floor and 0 of 11 from deep — a performance that symbol...28274Wed, 15 Apr 2026 11:00:18 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-timberwolves-dug-themselves-out-of-darkness-r28273/Last week, the Minnesota Timberwolves were in darkness, and not the good kind. They didn’t willingly retreat into a dark cave, as Aaron Rodgers and Rudy Gobert did, for self-reflective meditation. Instead, injuries exiled the Timberwolves to a sunken place. On Apr. 5, the Charlotte Hornets banis...28273Mon, 13 Apr 2026 14:30:07 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/will-this-offseason-be-the-summer-of-joan-beringer-r28271/If you catch him at the right moment, Joan Beringer looks like “a problem,” as Bill Simmons and Zach Lowe recently discussed on Simmons’ Monday podcast. https://twitter.com/wolvesclips/status/2041688367054668215?s=46 The phrase relates to what people 20 or 30 years from now will say when they fi...28271Thu, 09 Apr 2026 06:15:46 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/ayo-dosunmu-is-the-answer-for-a-team-on-the-brink-r28270/Ayo Dosunmu has played in five (rather meaningless) playoff games. He has never been on a team with championship aspirations. Still, when Dosunmu speaks, he sounds like a 10-year vet who was a key part of an NBA Finals run. The Minnesota Timberwolves brought Ayo Dosunmu in to provide a jolt of sc...28270Mon, 06 Apr 2026 14:30:20 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/which-naz-reid-are-the-wolves-getting-in-the-playoffs-r28269/Naz Reid is easy to root for. He built himself from an undrafted, undersized, yet overweight prospect out of LSU into consistently one of the best bench players in the NBA. With seven games remaining in his seventh regular season in Minnesota, Reid again has himself in the conversation for his se...28269Fri, 03 Apr 2026 14:30:23 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/will-the-timberwolves-tendency-to-%E2%80%9Cplay-up%E2%80%9D-help-them-in-the-playoffs-r28268/Sustaining success and consistency throughout the entire NBA season is extremely difficult. Even the reigning champions, the Oklahoma City Thunder, have had to deal with fluctuations in team play, in addition to their injuries. The Minnesota Timberwolves are no different. The Wolves have remained...28268Fri, 03 Apr 2026 06:00:04 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-wolves-should-prioritize-health-over-seeding-r28267/On Monday morning, the Minnesota Timberwolves dropped some important injury updates. Anthony Edwards, who had missed six games due to injury, was upgraded to questionable for the night’s game against the Dallas Mavericks, and Ayo Dosunmu was also upgraded to questionable. Both players returned in...28267Thu, 02 Apr 2026 06:00:54 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-wolves-are-facing-a-late-season-sophies-choice-r28266/People had been anticipating Anthony Edwards’ return in Dallas. The Minnesota Timberwolves star had been out six games, dating back to their March 15 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder. Here was an opportunity for him to return and beat the living daylights out of the Dallas Mavericks, who the Wolv...28266Wed, 01 Apr 2026 06:00:05 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/ants-absence-helped-the-timberwolves-rediscover-their-identity-r28265/There is never a good time for the Minnesota Timberwolves to lose their best player. But late in the season is the worst time to lose them. When the NBA calendar flips to April, and each game carries playoff implications, winning teams hope and pray that their best players stay healthy as the reg...28265Mon, 30 Mar 2026 11:30:19 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/rudy-gobert-has-become-an-exceptional-isolation-defender-r28264/After a 110-108 overtime thriller in which the Minnesota Timberwolves mounted the largest overtime comeback in league history to beat the Houston Rockets, I asked Rudy Gobert about a pivotal defensive possession in which he was isolated on Kevin Durant. https://twitter.com/wolvesclips/status/2037...28264Sat, 28 Mar 2026 12:00:33 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/what-happens-if-the-timberwolves-move-east-r28263/Adam Silver’s poker face could use a polish. The NBA keeps hedging on eventual league expansion. But make no mistake, the NBA will expand to 32 teams before the end of the decade. On Wednesday, the 30 owners that make up the NBA Board of Governors voted unanimously to explore adding two new franch...28263Fri, 27 Mar 2026 10:30:39 +0000