https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/page/69/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/minnesota-coach-tom-thibodeau-has-been-blunt-about-his-young-timberwolves-r25169/The third quarter was a problem. A big problem. — Tom Thibodeau after a 106-103 loss to the Kings in their second game of the year It’s early in the season, but to anyone who is paying attention to the 3-6 Minnesota Timberwolves, this much is clear: Tom Thibodeau says it as it is. When his team...25169Tue, 15 Nov 2016 08:51:23 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/gorgui-dieng-on-flip-saunders-death-%E2%80%9Cit-took-me-two-months-to-get-back-to-normal%E2%80%9D-r25147/Everybody has his turn. It’s gonna come sooner than later, so you might as well prepare and believe in God. — Wolves Forward Gorgui Dieng, reflecting on Saunders’ passing on Thursday Flip Saunders passed away on Oct. 25 of last season, a somber reminder of the fragility of life. He was diagnose...25147Thu, 20 Oct 2016 20:53:20 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/kevin-garnetts-return-woke-the-minnesota-timberwolves-up-r25138/I’m just happy to be here, and I figure if LeBron can go home why can’t I? — Kevin Garnett at the press conference announcing his return, 2/24/15 As it stands right now, it is safe to assume that Tom Thibodeau has a goal for the Minnesota Timberwolves. Odds are he also has a plan to get them the...25138Mon, 26 Sep 2016 08:50:05 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-minnesota-timberwolves-have-drafted-kris-dunn-but-the-drama-is-far-from-over-r25113/On a night where there was calm before the storm, in many ways it is a good things for basketball fans in Minnesota that the Timberwolves were part of the madness. In truth, there were no right answers Thursday night, but make no mistake, there are decisions to be made. As of this posting, the Wo...25113Fri, 24 Jun 2016 08:35:11 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/tom-thibodeau-is-ready-to-turn-the-minnesota-timberwolves-fortunes-around-r25090/This is about alignment. It’s not about power. — Timberwolves president and head coach Tom Thibodeau at his introductory press conference Much was made about how the Minnesota Timberwolves got the guy that they wanted. Tom Thibodeau won instantly in Chicago, taking the Bulls from a 41-41 team th...25090Wed, 27 Apr 2016 10:25:07 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-minnesota-timberwolves-need-to-keep-their-young-big-3-together-r25088/It’s easy for Minnesota Timberwolves fans to get swept up in the rush of Tom Thibodeau’s hiring and lose perspective a bit. After all, the Wolves got the guy they wanted, a man who won 62 games in his first year in Chicago, and reached 100 wins faster than any coach in NBA history. The reality of...25088Mon, 25 Apr 2016 09:09:27 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/at-long-last-the-minnesota-timberwolves-have-a-good-thing-going-r25082/I think we can have something pretty special here in Minnesota. — Former interim coach Sam Mitchell at practice before the team’s final game this year The Minnesota Timberwolves have an opportunity to become what the Oklahoma City Thunder could have been. OKC reached the 2012 NBA Finals with Kev...25082Mon, 18 Apr 2016 08:22:23 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-minnesota-timberwolves-are-ready-for-the-limelight-r25062/I think one of the reasons we’ve played as well as we have on the road is because most of the time we go on the road it’s loud, the crowd is into it, and you feed off of that. — Sam Mitchell after a win versus Sacramento, following a near win over Golden State (3/23/16) Asked if his players play...25062Mon, 28 Mar 2016 08:55:33 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/woj-on-sam-mitchells-future-r25049/In a feature published over at The Vertical yesterday, NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski, commonly known as Woj, responds to a few questions that were posed to him by way of social media. Embedded below is the first question Wojnarowski answers in the video, titled, The Woj Report. Here’s the video...25049Sat, 19 Mar 2016 11:50:08 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-minnesota-timberwolves-are-solidifying-their-core-r25046/This is the nucleus team of our team, years from now — we hope — and these guys gotta prove it. We hope Tyus is gonna be one of those guys, Shabazz, Gorgui, Zach, Andrew, Karl: we hope those six, seven guys … because you gotta have a core group of guys. — Sam Mitchell before Minnesota’s first pre...25046Tue, 15 Mar 2016 11:27:01 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/espn-report-adds-new-wrinkle-to-timberwolves-ownership-saga-r25043/For years, Minnesota Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor has been searching for an investor willing to purchase a minority share of the team and eventually take over as the majority stakeholder — one or two or however many years down the road, as Jon Krawczynski of the Associated Press reported back in...25043Tue, 15 Mar 2016 10:47:28 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/sam-mitchell-strikes-back-r25040/Where are all the people that was criticizing us early about not playing Karl-Anthony Towns enough minutes? — Sam Mitchell before the Washington Wizards game on March 2 It’s easy to second-guess Minnesota Timberwolves interim head coach Sam Mitchell. His rotations are sometimes befuddling. His o...25040Wed, 09 Mar 2016 09:17:45 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/sam-mitchell-is-trying-to-instill-a-championship-mentality-during-losing-season-r25028/If you don’t prepare and play like you’re playing for a championship, you’re never gonna play for one. — Sam Mitchell at a Jan. 24 practice In many ways it’s unusual that the Minnesota Timberwolves are playing some of their best basketball right now. At 8-8 the team and fans alike could fancy th...25028Tue, 02 Feb 2016 02:17:40 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/what-is-tyus-jones-doing-in-the-d-league-r25019/Conspiracy theorists would argue that the Minnesota Timberwolves traded two second rounders in exchange for Tyus Jones, the Minnesota native turned Duke University star, in an effort to boost ticket sales. Others in the wake of the NBA Draft may have thought that within the first few months of his...25019Thu, 10 Dec 2015 00:00:31 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-minnesota-timberwolves-should-start-solidifying-their-core-now-r25018/Andrew Wiggins and Karl-Anthony Towns are the future of the Minnesota Timberwolves. That much has been established in the first quarter of the season. Both are No. 1 overall picks. Both have the potential to become franchise players. Both need a team around them to have any success here in Minnes...25018Tue, 22 Dec 2015 00:00:37 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/wolves-need-as-much-as-they-can-get-out-of-nikola-pekovic-r25017/Before Wednesday night’s game against the Denver Nuggets, in which Nikola Pekovic scored 12 points in 16 minutes off the bench, the last time the 30-year-old Montenegrin played was March 11 of last year. “It’s been almost nine [months],” he speculated at practice over the weekend. “No, even more....25017Fri, 08 Jan 2016 00:00:11 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/halfway-through-the-season-the-minnesota-timberwolves-are-in-a-familiar-unfortunate-position-r25016/In order to explain what is happening with his young, talented team, Minnesota Timberwolves head coach Sam Mitchell offers an anecdote about his friend, a professional golfer. “He hits the ball so much farther [than anyone Mitchell knows],” he says, noting that his friend is small in stature, but...25016Tue, 19 Jan 2016 00:00:39 +0000