https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/page/56/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/rosas-has-created-a-blueprint-for-nathan-knight-and-mckinley-wright-to-follow-r26415/Summer League is in full swing, team workouts are on the horizon, and regular-season basketball will be here before you know it. The big free agents were nearly all off the board on Day 1, and teams with roster flexibility were quick to make trades. However, the Wolves mostly stood pat after an in...26415Thu, 12 Aug 2021 10:30:39 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/roll-out-the-red-carpet-for-nathan-knight-r26414/Oh, it’s only been one NBA Summer League game? Who gives a damn. Let’s fully invest in Nathan Knight. This was supposed to be the Summer League spotlight for Jaden McDaniels, and, to be honest, he showed moments of brilliance in Game 1 for the Minnesota Timberwolves in Las Vegas too. But this Nat...26414Wed, 11 Aug 2021 10:30:42 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/what-kind-of-executive-does-gersson-rosas-want-to-be-r26411/In today’s NBA, two types of executives survive: Those who trade away their stars and hoard draft picks and those who empty their coffers to reel in big stars and make a swing at a one-to-three-year championship window. Unfortunately for the Minnesota Timberwolves, president of basketball operati...26411Fri, 06 Aug 2021 10:30:29 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/how-will-the-wolves-fill-their-backup-point-guard-role-r26410/The Minnesota Timberwolves sparked a lot of debate about who will be the backup guard when they traded away Ricky Rubio after his lone reunion year. Likely, they are going to be looking for a player who can be a secondary ball-handler late in games. In today’s NBA, many successful coaches impleme...26410Thu, 05 Aug 2021 10:30:15 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-wolves-chose-the-right-offseason-not-to-have-cap-space-r26409/Who else has taken notice of the Los Angeles Lakers signing every free agent available on the market? What about some of the top names on the market, like Chris Paul and Mike Conley Jr. going back to the Phoenix Suns and Utah Jazz? Given how free agency has gone so far, this was the right offseaso...26409Wed, 04 Aug 2021 10:30:30 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/ricky-rubio-always-reflected-but-never-defined-the-wolves-r26408/In every era of a team, good, bad, or great, there are players that come to define them. One person comes to mind when you think of a certain team at a certain time. This is commonplace. Then there is what Ricky Rubio has meant to the Timberwolves in his two stints at the Target Center spanning t...26408Tue, 03 Aug 2021 10:30:38 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/farewell-ricky-last-seasons-enemy-minnesotas-beloved-friend-r26406/The first Minnesota Timberwolves game I ever went to was in 2003 when I was in the third grade. I barely paid attention in the years afterward until my senior year in 2011 when an offshoot fantasy basketball league nurtured my love for the NBA. I’m a big homer, so I figured I’d try to snag some Ti...26406Mon, 02 Aug 2021 10:30:45 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/could-anthony-edwards-make-the-2024-olympic-team-r26404/If the International Olympic Committee was to ever allow one person to compete in every Olympic event, that person should be Anthony Edwards. Basketball, baseball, football, ping pong, tennis, swimming, trashcan ball (please let this be an Olympic sport), whatever you need him to do, he’s apparent...26404Fri, 30 Jul 2021 14:30:45 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/what-the-wolves-can-learn-from-the-last-3-nba-champions-r26403/Every NBA team, whether they are rebuilding or looking to add the finishing pieces that will turn them into a contender, has one ultimate goal: win the Larry O’Brien Trophy. But in a league where one transcendent talent can turn any franchise into a contender overnight, the teams that are trying t...26403Thu, 29 Jul 2021 10:30:25 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/why-my-wolves-passion-still-burns-from-8600-miles-away-r26400/One thousand, seven hundred and sixty-eight Australian dollars. That’s how much it would cost for me to fly to Minneapolis tomorrow. And if the Wolves were playing the NBA Finals, I would do it in a heartbeat. I was going to write some slightly mindless — and, if I’m lucky, mildly insightful — of...26400Tue, 27 Jul 2021 10:30:11 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/a-rod-can-turn-anthony-edwards-into-a-global-superstar-r26397/It’s weird for us normal people living our normal lives to remember that many of our heroes used to be like us. While LeBron James is the most famous basketball player in the world and currently on the big screen alongside every Warner Brothers film and TV character ever created in Space Jam: A Ne...26397Fri, 23 Jul 2021 10:30:36 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/3-players-the-wolves-should-trade-into-the-first-round-for-r26396/Although the Minnesota Timberwolves enter this draft with no picks, crazy things can always happen on draft night. Last season we saw the Wolves go into the draft with two first-round selections and come out with three and old friend Ricky Rubio. Mock drafts are usually busted after the first five...26396Thu, 22 Jul 2021 10:30:54 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/3-viable-trade-options-to-solidify-minnesotas-guard-rotations-r26393/The Minnesota Timberwolves have several needs to address this offseason. That much is clear for a team that, once again, missed the playoffs. General manager Gersson Rosas is still working with a rather dire cap situation, which was left in the wake of former head coach and general manager Tom Th...26393Mon, 19 Jul 2021 10:30:37 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/are-the-wolves-going-to-bring-back-vanderbilt-and-j-mac-r26392/October 19, 2021. That is the day that Minnesota Timberwolves basketball returns. It seems like just yesterday I was lamenting over the doldrums of Wolves ball. The team was playing better, but to what end? The late-season push, albeit exciting, ended up losing the team their first-round pick thi...26392Thu, 15 Jul 2021 10:30:21 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/3-players-rosas-should-trade-back-into-the-second-round-for-r26391/The Minnesota Timberwolves do not have a pick going into this year’s draft. Lost in the hubbub over whether or not the Wolves would retain their top-three protected pick this year is that Minnesota also sent their second-round pick to the Golden State Warriors in the D’Angelo Russell–Andrew Wiggin...26391Thu, 15 Jul 2021 14:30:54 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-actual-trade-value-of-dangelo-russell-r26390/As the NBA Finals rage on, rumors are swirling off the court surrounding some of the biggest names in the league. Damian Lillard’s future with the Portland Trail Blazers seems murky. Ben Simmons has likely played his last game in a Philadelphia 76ers uniform. And Chris Paul and Kawhi Leonard are s...26390Fri, 16 Jul 2021 10:30:54 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/last-years-draft-has-been-rosas-crowning-achievment-so-far-r26387/If the 2019 draft — or at least the top half of it — was the lowlight of Gersson Rosas’ time in the Twin Cities so far, last year’s draft was the highlight. Because the Minnesota Timberwolves had the No. 1-overall pick, it’s easy to think that it was a cushy gig, that Rosas made the decision he ha...26387Tue, 13 Jul 2021 10:30:04 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/on-rachel-nichols-and-the-national-medias-unique-relationship-with-wolves-fans-r26386/It has been over a week since the New York Times leaked the Rachel Nichols “hot mic” phone call. If you missed some of the hottest extracurricular NBA news last week, take 10-15 minutes to read the NYT piece. Soak it in. Recognize that this mindset expressed by Nichols is not an isolated incident....26386Mon, 12 Jul 2021 10:30:05 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/what-the-wolves-can-glean-from-phoenix-and-milwaukees-success-r26385/What do you think of first when somebody mentions the NBA Finals? Maybe Marv Albert’s voice (and his toupee that hasn’t fooled anyone for 40 years), definitely Michael Jordan, and probably the handful of marquee franchises like the Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Lakers, Golden State Warriors, Chicago...26385Fri, 09 Jul 2021 10:30:57 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/gersson-rosas-strength-is-building-around-the-fringes-of-the-roster-r26382/Just like every house needs a strong foundation, every basketball team needs key role players. We have seen teams like the Denver Nuggets and Phoenix Suns build their rotations with players who make an impact with their individual, focused skillsets. These teams are excellent examples of how havin...26382Tue, 06 Jul 2021 10:30:54 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/how-attractive-would-minnesotas-options-have-been-at-no-7-r26378/The Minnesota Timberwolves season was lost almost as soon as it began. Therefore, many fans shifted their attention to the protected first-round pick Minnesota had. As everyone knows now, it would convey to the Golden State Warriors if it landed outside the top three. Early in the season, it seem...26378Wed, 30 Jun 2021 10:30:34 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/ben-simmons-would-be-a-perfect-fit-on-the-wolves-r26376/There is rampant speculation about where Ben Simmons will play next season after he struggled in the playoffs. As a max player, his struggles at the free-throw line and lack of aggressiveness shooting the ball have limited the Philadelphia 76ers in the playoffs. But with a change of scenery, he co...26376Mon, 28 Jun 2021 10:30:47 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/minnesotas-history-of-missing-out-on-a-first-round-pick-r26375/First-round picks are priceless in the NBA. Like the Heart of the Ocean Diamond in Titanic, everyone wants to get their hands on one by any means necessary. But if Oklahoma City’s GM Sam Presti is the Billy Zane of the NBA, doing everything in his power to own every single pick in every draft for...26375Fri, 25 Jun 2021 10:30:47 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-wolves-were-wise-to-grab-chris-finch-when-they-did-r26373/The way the Minnesota Timberwolves handled the midseason dismissal of Ryan Saunders last year was widely panned. Firing the son of the most successful coach in Wolves history and replacing him with Toronto Raptors assistant Chris Finch was unconventional, to say the least. Hiring a coach from anot...26373Thu, 24 Jun 2021 10:30:28 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/would-gersson-rosas-do-the-dlo-trade-again-r26371/Welcome to revisionist history with Julius Dennis. I would like to begin by apologizing to the following players: Jeff Teague Treveon Graham Allen Crabbe I regret to inform you that, despite being a part of a trade in the Gersson Rosas era, the transaction that occurred on Jan. 16, 2020, bet...26371Tue, 22 Jun 2021 10:30:12 +0000