https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/page/64/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/faklis-an-easier-schedule-doesnt-mean-the-playoffs-have-arrived%E2%80%A6yet-r25739/The worst of it is now behind them. After their win over the Los Angeles Clippers on Tuesday, the Minnesota Timberwolves managed to survive the toughest part of their schedule with a moderate amount of success. They went 3-5 over a three-week stretch with games featuring exclusively playoff and t...25739Fri, 23 Mar 2018 13:51:24 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/moore-the-role-of-derrick-rose-r25736/“We have to battle… We have more than enough to win.” Those were Tom Thibodeau’s closing remarks during his media availability Tuesday afternoon, prior to the Minnesota Timberwolves victory over the Los Angeles Clippers. These words and this belief of the Wolves’ head coach aren’t new. ‘More tha...25736Wed, 21 Mar 2018 11:52:22 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/moore-how-missing-the-playoffs-could-benefit-the-wolves-r25728/So, here’s the deal: If the Wolves miss the playoffs, they get to keep their first-round pick this summer. If they make the playoffs, that pick is headed to Atlanta. While many fans would gladly sacrifice a first-round pick to end the streak, context is important. But first: Adreian Payne https:...25728Wed, 14 Mar 2018 08:16:03 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/faklis-what-does-a-derrick-rose-signing-mean-for-everyone-else-r25725/Three hours before the Timberwolves took on the Boston Celtics on Thursday, before the fans were even allowed in the building, Derrick Rose was on the Target Center floor warming up. This isn’t a unique thing for players to do before a game. It’s a good time to get a feel for the floor before the...25725Fri, 09 Mar 2018 17:54:41 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/two-sides-of-an-unknown-justin-patton-on-%E2%80%9Cfalling-in-love-with-the-game-again%E2%80%9D-r25721/Heading to the bench, Justin Patton was frustrated. He had just fouled out of the game, was 0 for 6 from the field and had picked up a technical foul as the Iowa Wolves headed to their eighth straight loss. While he’s displayed plenty of signs of youth, inexperience and fatigue since joining the...25721Wed, 07 Mar 2018 07:00:23 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/anthony-brown-amile-jefferson-and-the-nature-of-two-way-contracts-r25719/A glance at the Minnesota Timberwolves’ roster is a different experience in 2017-18. Names like Butler, Crawford and Teague are, of course, signifiers of an influx of talent comparatively divergent from years past. But differentiators don’t stop at names on the roster; the roster itself is shorte...25719Tue, 06 Mar 2018 11:15:27 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-iowa-wolves-experience-a-changing-culture-in-minor-league-basketball-r25717/After nearly three weeks on the road, the Iowa Wolves finally get a game back at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines. To most of them, it’s home for now, but not necessarily what they see as their final destination. For the fans, it’s a pro-level basketball experience that has flashes of an NBA game,...25717Mon, 05 Mar 2018 07:00:47 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-adaptability-of-nemanja-bjelica-r25713/With 13 games to go, the Timberwolves’ place in the Western Conference remains up in the air. And while the road ahead is going to be tough for obvious reasons — both the schedule and the lack of Jimmy Butler to blame — there is hope within the organization that they can finish on a good note. B...25713Fri, 16 Mar 2018 12:24:52 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-other-elite-centers-karl-anthony-towns-and-rudy-gobert-r25712/The Best Center In The Game conversation has narrowed. A two-player tier seems to have formed: Anthony Davis and Joel Embiid. Prior to the season, there was more ambiguity. With DeMarcus Cousins in tow, Anthony Davis was trending away from the center position — where he won All-NBA First Team ho...25712Fri, 02 Mar 2018 13:27:31 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/moore-the-role-of-jeff-teague-and-the-fading-glimmer-of-tyus-jones-r25708/I once attended a summer basketball camp run by a wildly successful high school basketball coach. Each morning, before the drills would start, the coach would give a brief lecture of sorts. Topics breached the normal platitudes: Teamwork, effort, etc.. One morning, the topic was scouting. During...25708Wed, 28 Feb 2018 13:16:19 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/medical-breakdown-of-jimmy-butlers-knee-injury-r25704/The Minnesota Timberwolves announced on Saturday evening that All-Star wing Jimmy Butler suffered a meniscal injury in his right knee and that he will be out indefinitely. Shams Charania of Yahoo Sports tweeted that Butler’s injury was a meniscal tear and that he is in the process of determining t...25704Sat, 24 Feb 2018 18:47:52 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/trying-to-figure-out-andrew-wiggins-r25698/The beginning of Andrew Wiggins’ career was expectedly turbulent. Through his first three years in the NBA, Wiggins was relied upon to be the team’s primary and/or secondary scoring option, which led to a mixed bag of results. He came into the league with supreme athleticism, good-looking form o...25698Fri, 23 Feb 2018 13:09:21 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/faklis-how-the-timberwolves-can-finish-the-season-on-a-good-note-r25697/Historically, the All-Star game has served as a good point of reflection. The Timberwolves needed a chance for that. The game hasn’t been the true halfway point of the regular season in years – the Wolves have already played 61 games this year and generally play well over 50 games before a break-...25697Thu, 22 Feb 2018 07:45:27 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/zone-coverage-roundtable-coming-out-of-the-all-star-break-with-the-wolves-r25696/Hi friends. We’re back for another Zone Coverage roundtable. I’m Brandon Warne and as always will be the moderator. The Minnesota Timberwolves have already exceeded last year’s win total and appear primed to get back into the postseason for the first time since the first Kevin Garnett era. Let’s...25696Tue, 20 Feb 2018 14:49:40 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-two-paths-of-jimmy-butlers-next-maximum-contract-r25695/Forty-three players in the NBA are making more than the $19.3 million that 28-year-old Jimmy Butler will be paid this season. His deal increases by 6 percent next season, but even at a tick above $20 million, Butler will only be paid as a good player. Butler is not a good player; he is one of the...25695Wed, 21 Feb 2018 10:41:53 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/gorgui-dieng-the-overpaid-undervalued-backup-center-r25691/Gorgui Dieng is a backup center. For the 2017-18 season, the Wolves’ fifth-year big man is averaging 17.5 minutes per game. Two hundred eighty-two of those minutes have come alongside Karl-Anthony Towns, but largely Dieng’s role is reserved to playing when Towns doesn’t. This is a massive change...25691Mon, 19 Feb 2018 08:00:07 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/timberwolves-have-a-tough-test-after-the-all-star-break-r25690/When considering the entire season’s body of work, it’s hard not to feel good about the Timberwolves heading into All-Star break. They’ve already passed their win total from last season, are tied for third in the Western Conference and are on pace to win 48 games at season’s end. They have two pa...25690Fri, 16 Feb 2018 15:47:31 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/derrick-rose-through-rose-colored-glasses-r25687/If Derrick Rose is going to remain in the NBA, his next destination is most likely Minneapolis. Marc Stein of the New York Times has reported Minnesota is not only a “natural landing spot” for Rose but that the Wolves “have great interest” and “will try to sign” him sometime before March 1. The...25687Wed, 14 Feb 2018 08:00:01 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-zone-coverage-timberwolves-trade-deadline-primer-r25671/The buzz surrounding the Minnesota Timberwolves this trade deadline has been relatively non-existent. The line of thinking around the team is that this is the group Tom Thibodeau wants to roll with. If there is to be an adjustment, it is one that will likely come on the margins — perhaps a vetera...25671Wed, 07 Feb 2018 08:22:01 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/thibodeau-on-belichick-hes-the-one-of-the-greatest-coaches-%E2%80%9Cever-in-any-sport%E2%80%9D-r25667/Tom Thibodeau will be rooting for the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl this Sunday.  “Most people tend to root for the teams in the area they grew up in,” says Thibodeau, who was born and raised in New Britain, Conn. and attended Salem State University — which is about 15 miles north of Bos...25667Fri, 02 Feb 2018 15:29:25 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/five-timberwolves-trade-ideas-that-probably-wont-happen-r25665/It’s possible the Timberwolves won’t make a trade by next Wednesday’s deadline. Probable, even. The Wolves are without many desirable trade assets, have a fairly set-in-stone rotation and are mostly succeeding with that rotation in place. Their most tradeable pieces, in theory, are either on und...25665Fri, 02 Feb 2018 12:10:16 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/inside-the-numbers-examining-the-timberwolves-shooting-rates-r25660/Wolves fans are lucky to have a phenomenal broadcast team both on the radio and the television. Whether it’s Al Horton on WCCO 830 or Dave Benz and Jim Petersen on FOX Sports North, Minnesota has a broadcast team that knows the game of basketball. Specifically, Petersen can break down the X’s an...25660Wed, 31 Jan 2018 10:55:21 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/zone-coverage-roundtable-a-look-at-the-timberwolves-r25654/Hey friends — Brandon Warne here to moderate another Zone Coverage roundtable discussion. Last week we broke down who should be the quarterback next season for the Minnesota Vikings, and this week I’ve cobbled together our Wolves experts to answer a few questions. We’ll do these weekly as long as...25654Mon, 29 Jan 2018 12:04:18 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/faklis-the-timberwolves-bench-and-its-search-for-an-identity-r25652/During Jimmy Butler’s absence, Nemanja Bjelica has started at small forward and played pretty well. In the four-game stretch, Bjelica played a brand of basketball more familiar to those that knew him as the dynamic point forward at Fenerbahçe Ülker of the Turkish Basketball League. In the Eurole...25652Fri, 26 Jan 2018 12:36:23 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/inside-the-numbers-wiggins-surges-without-butler-r25650/There have been five games in the 2017-2018 season where Jimmy Butler has not suited up for the Minnesota Timberwolves. In those five games, the Wolves are 2-3 including two recent and impressive wins against the Raptors – second in the East – and Clippers (6-1 in their previous 7 entering the g...25650Thu, 25 Jan 2018 12:41:19 +0000