https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/page/70/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/nba-draft-profile-jonathan-isaac-r25284/With the 2017 NBA Draft just over two weeks away, it’s time to look at prospects who could find themselves wearing a Minnesota Timberwolves uniform in the 2017-18 season. The first prospect nearly everyone in Minnesota seems to gravitate toward is Florida State forward Jonathan Isaac. The 6-foot-...25284Tue, 06 Jun 2017 15:23:38 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/schreier-the-minnesota-timberwolves-had-a-disappointing-season-but-have-a-foundation-to-build-on-r25276/When you look at it, like in every season, there is going to be some good things, some things that you didn’t do as well as you would have liked. And then you want to formulate your plan going forward. — Timberwolves coach and president Tom Thibodeau at his season-end press conference The Minnes...25276Wed, 19 Apr 2017 08:55:20 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/trying-to-justify-tom-thibodeaus-minute-distribution-r25268/It has been a hot topic during most of Minnesota Timberwolves head coach Tom Thibodeau’s career, and it is resurfacing as his first season with the Wolves winds down. The issue, of course, is his minute distribution and his tendency to play his best players extremely heavy minutes. It was always...25268Wed, 12 Apr 2017 07:00:22 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/tom-thibodeau-on-timberwolves-missing-the-playoffs-%E2%80%9Cyou-just-deal-with-reality%E2%80%9D-r25266/You have to run through the finish line. — Wolves president and coach Tom Thibodeau at Sunday’s practice Saturday’s loss to the Sacramento Kings made it official: the Minnesota Timberwolves will not make the playoffs for the 13th straight season. Vegas had set the Wolves’ win total over-under at...25266Mon, 03 Apr 2017 08:41:44 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/just-how-good-has-ricky-rubio-been-lately-r25263/Since the All-Star break, and probably more notably not being traded to the New York Knicks for Derrick Rose, Minnesota Timberwolves point guard Ricky Rubio has been on a completely different level. A level that makes the idea of trading him for Rose, or even in general, completely laughable. Whi...25263Wed, 05 Apr 2017 08:11:19 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-minnesota-timberwolves-have-had-tangible-but-sporadic-improvement-this-year-r25262/All three games on the road were winnable. Five minutes to go in each one of those games, we had a chance to win them. — Tom Thibodeau after a loss to San Antonio, referring to road games against Boston, Miami and New Orleans The Minnesota Timberwolves went 29-53 last year, so as of this writin...25262Tue, 28 Mar 2017 08:14:32 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/what-to-watch-for-in-the-timberwolves-final-two-weeks-r25258/As the 2016-17 NBA season winds down, 16 teams will turn the page to the postseason, while a handful of others have been focused on the offseason for the better part of the last month. Meanwhile, the Minnesota Timberwolves have plenty to learn over their last nine games. These last two weeks of th...25258Wed, 29 Mar 2017 07:00:05 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/no-the-minnesota-timberwolves-should-not-tank-r25254/After watching the Minnesota Timberwolves go winless during a three-game road trip to all but end its hopes of playing in the playoffs, many followers are now suggesting the team “tank” in order to improve its odds of adding yet another talented, young player to its core. The Wolves entered Bosto...25254Wed, 22 Mar 2017 09:26:52 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-minnesota-timberwolves-have-turned-a-corner-r25251/It’s a good measuring stick for us. — Tom Thibodeau after Minnesota beat Golden State 103-102 It still seems odd that Minnesota Timberwolves coach and president of basketball operations Tom Thibodeau was a part of a game that ended with a score of 142-130. Known as a defensive specialist who wo...25251Tue, 14 Mar 2017 08:36:59 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/karl-anthony-towns-how-the-monster-on-the-offensive-glass-is-improving-r25241/Minnesota Timberwolves big man Karl-Anthony Towns took the league by storm last season as he coasted to win the NBA Rookie of the Year award. After watching him average 18.5 points and 10.3 rebounds per game before his 21st birthday, it was hard to even imagine what kind of growth would come as he...25241Wed, 08 Mar 2017 08:09:12 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/can-playing-two-point-guards-work-for-the-wolves-r25240/After Zach LaVine went down with a season-ending torn ACL injury last month, the Minnesota Timberwolves found themselves trying to replace 37.2 minutes and 15.1 shot attempts per game. Karl-Anthony Towns and Andrew Wiggins have both stepped up in the scoring department, as each has scored at leas...25240Wed, 01 Mar 2017 12:31:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-minnesota-timberwolves-need-to-find-a-way-for-kevin-garnett-tom-thibodeau-to-coexist-r25235/It’s just sad to see that everybody in that organization didn’t see the same vision. — Kevin Garnett to Kevin McHale in an NBA TV interview It’s hard to forget the glow that radiated from Kevin Garnett the day he came back to Minnesota. Former coach and president of basketball operations Flip Sa...25235Wed, 22 Feb 2017 09:36:30 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/tom-thibodeau-on-timberwolves-defense-%E2%80%9Cif-you-cant-play-with-intensity-you-wont-win%E2%80%9D-r25230/When the Minnesota Timberwolves hired Tom Thibodeau as head coach and president of basketball operations last summer, it was obvious the organization wanted to be serious about improving its defense. It was a defense that allowed 106 points per game (ranked 23rd in the NBA) and had a defensive rat...25230Wed, 15 Feb 2017 10:36:51 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/minnesota-timberwolves-should-continue-to-make-playoff-push-without-zach-lavine-r25223/You don’t replace a player like Zach individually; we do it collectively. It’s our group. We feel that we have more than enough to win with. — Thibodeau hours after learning of LaVine’s season-ending injury It’s easy to make an argument for why the Minnesota Timberwolves should tank it after the...25223Mon, 06 Feb 2017 08:16:10 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/the-two-weeks-before-the-all-star-break-are-critical-for-minnesota-timberwolves-r25218/Coming into the 2016-17 season, it would have been easy to project the Minnesota Timberwolves would start the season on a good note due to what appeared to be an “easy” schedule early on. From then, the hope would be the team would grow and, maybe, hold its own against a tougher part of the schedu...25218Wed, 01 Feb 2017 08:23:18 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/halfway-through-the-season-minnesota-timberwolves-are-a-sisyphean-task-away-from-the-playoffs-r25205/For a crime against the gods…he was condemned to an eternity at hard labor. And frustrating labor at that. For his assignment was to roll a great boulder to the top of a hill. Only every time Sisyphus, by the greatest of exertion and toil, attained the summit, the darn thing rolled back down again...25205Mon, 16 Jan 2017 12:57:54 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-features/tom-thibodeau-knew-what-he-was-getting-into-with-the-minnesota-timberwolves-r25187/When you come in, you come into a new situation and you evaluate. And I studied before I took the job, so I knew what I was getting into. — Thibodeau after losing to Golden State 116-108 on Sunday night If the Minnesota Timberwolves (6-18) are off to a slower start than Tom Thibodeau expected, h...25187Tue, 13 Dec 2016 08:35:57 +0000https://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 +0000