https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/page/16/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/two-nba-analysts-offer-a-candid-assessment-of-the-timberwolves-r26673/Bill Simmons had Ringer staffer Rob Mahoney on his latest podcast, and they did a deep dive into the Western Conference playoff picture. The Minnesota Timberwolves came up following a debate over which team will finish first and second in the West. According to Simmons, the perk of getting the 2-...26673Thu, 03 Mar 2022 11:07:48 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/lack-of-focus-is-dooming-the-wolves-on-back-to-backs-r26668/Some things in this world cannot be conquered. The notion of the Minnesota Timberwolves winning the second leg of a back-to-back in which they’ve won the first game seems to be nothing more than a pipe dream at this point. No amount of help, save for that of divine intervention, appears to be on t...26668Mon, 28 Feb 2022 10:30:29 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/kat-explains-strange-interaction-with-michael-jordan-r26666/On Feb. 20, the Twitter account Eurohoops (@Eurohoopsnet) released a tweet captioned LUKA IS THE CHOSEN #NBA75. Underneath is a video of Michael Jordan side-hugging Luka Doncic and dapping up the Dallas Mavericks superstar. https://twitter.com/Eurohoopsnet/status/1495595832070094852 It’s pretty...26666Fri, 25 Feb 2022 14:27:37 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/karl-anthony-towns-is-back-to-his-superstar-self-r26663/Karl-Anthony Towns is in the middle of a career resurgence. Fresh off of a busy All-Star week where he captured the three-point shoutout crown, scored nine points off the bench for Team Durant, and even got f-bombed by Michael Jordan himself, Towns’ stock as an NBA superstar is pointing up for the...26663Fri, 25 Feb 2022 14:00:25 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/where-does-2022-all-star-weekend-rank-in-wolves-history-r26661/Last weekend, the Minnesota Timberwolves had a strong presence throughout NBA All-Star weekend in Cleveland. The Wolves were represented by Karl-Anthony Towns, Anthony Edwards, and Jaden McDaniels, with Towns leading the way by taking home the 3-Point Contest crown and playing in his third All-Sta...26661Thu, 24 Feb 2022 14:00:59 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/top-nba-analyst-sees-timberwolves-snagging-the-6-seed-r26660/Bill Simmons had old friend Haralabos Voulgaris on his Feb. 18 podcast to discuss the NBA landscape, and they decided to do a deep dive on the Western Conference playoff picture. Voulgaris is a professional gambler and was the Director of Quantitative Research and Development for the Dallas Maveri...26660Tue, 22 Feb 2022 19:22:14 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/the-2021-22-timberwolves-a-love-story-r26654/Only two Minnesota Timberwolves players have ever given out a telephone number during a live press conference. Jimmy Butler famously broadcast his digits during his introductory presser at the Mall of America. Asked about accusations of being an abrasive leader in Chicago, Butler said, “Everybody...26654Fri, 18 Feb 2022 14:00:48 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/what-if-the-wolves-had-kept-lavine-and-wiggins-r26650/Historically, the teams in the All-Star game were split by conference, East vs. West. However, the teams have been created through a draft system for the last five years. Two of the best players in the league are selected to be team captains, LeBron James and whoever the best player in the opposin...26650Tue, 15 Feb 2022 14:00:23 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/two-top-analysts-endorse-minnesotas-decision-to-stand-pat-at-the-deadline-r26648/Sachin Gupta and the Minnesota Timberwolves decided to let the NBA Trade Deadline on Feb. 10 come and go without making any trades. On one hand, the Wolves have great team chemistry and have a good thing going, so why shake things up? On the other, Minnesota is within striking distance of the sixt...26648Mon, 14 Feb 2022 14:35:42 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/its-not-time-to-panic-about-minnesotas-defense-yet-r26643/We’ve seen the signs start to creep in over the last month. Some old bad habits here, missed rotations there, and a lot of familiar bad defense everywhere. While the Minnesota Timberwolves have enjoyed the best offense in the NBA since the calendar flipped to 2022, their once top-10 defense has sl...26643Fri, 11 Feb 2022 10:30:23 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/4-timberwolves-trade-possibilities-at-the-deadline-r26642/For the first time since 2017-18 — the same season where Jimmy Butler famously banned Ricky Rubio from entering the Minnesota Timberwolves locker room on opening night — the Minnesota Timberwolves are firmly entrenched in the Western Conference playoff picture. https://twitter.com/Ballislife/stat...26642Thu, 10 Feb 2022 11:10:12 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/are-recent-trades-putting-pressure-on-sachin-gupta-and-the-wolves-r26641/With ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski dropping one Woj Bomb after another, NBA Twitter’s beginning to look like a war zone. And with so many league-altering trades occurring over the last few days, it’s a bit shocking to see Sachin Gupta and the Minnesota Timberwolves still standing idle. Teams are look...26641Wed, 09 Feb 2022 14:00:14 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/its-okay-that-the-wolves-are-winning-ugly-r26640/Winning ugly is an art. The ability to still compete even on an off night and come out with a victory is vital to being a winning team. It separates gritty and passionate teams with playoff aspirations from the pretenders that can squeeze their way to 35 wins. That’s what the Minnesota Timberwolv...26640Thu, 10 Feb 2022 10:30:40 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/minnesota-got-help-from-the-western-conference-then-buried-the-kings-r26639/Tuesday was an active day as the NBA Trade Deadline draws closer. Many teams are making the approach they will be taking for the rest of the year evident. However, the Minnesota Timberwolves took care of their own business on Tuesday evening against the Sacramento Kings, and they picked up a coupl...26639Wed, 09 Feb 2022 10:30:50 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/what-can-minnesota-do-to-keep-patrick-beverley-healthy-down-the-stretch-r26634/Patrick Beverley has become a fan favorite. With his veteran leadership and his level of play, it’s evident that Pat Bev plays a vital role on the Minnesota Timberwolves. Beverley, 33, is the oldest player on the roster, but he plays some of the most minutes on the team (25.7). Although he drives...26634Fri, 04 Feb 2022 14:00:09 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/ant-needs-to-grab-more-boards-to-become-a-bona-fide-mvp-candidate-r26621/Since returning to relative health from the league’s recent COVID-19 spike, the Minnesota Timberwolves are looking like the team we all hoped they’d be. Having won seven of their last 10 games, the team is continuing to prove that they have a legitimate chance of finishing the regular season as a...26621Thu, 27 Jan 2022 14:00:21 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/dangelo-russell-deserves-more-all-star-recognition-r26613/With the fan voting for the 2022 NBA All-Star Game coming to a close on Saturday, the discussions of which players should be nominated have become highlighted. For fans of the Minnesota Timberwolves, it was a pleasant surprise to see not one but two of the team’s players in Karl-Anthony Towns and...26613Fri, 21 Jan 2022 14:00:59 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/minnesotas-next-step-be-better-in-the-clutch-r26612/Clutch is not a word you regularly associate with Minnesota sports teams. It’s been mostly pain for Minnesota sports fans outside of Kirby Puckett’s game-winning home run in Game 6 of the 1991 World Series and Jack Morris’ subsequent masterful shutout in Game 7. You don’t need me to rehash all of...26612Fri, 21 Jan 2022 10:30:14 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/should-the-wolves-season-already-be-considered-a-success-r26610/Midway through the season, the Minnesota Timberwolves find themselves in a situation they haven’t been in for 17 of the last 18 seasons and for the first time since 2017-18. A year after firing Ryan Saunders and finishing 23-49, Minnesota is currently in the Western Conference playoff picture. Th...26610Thu, 20 Jan 2022 14:00:47 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/the-wolves-are-finally-winning-the-games-they-should-win-r26593/After yet another convincing win over the Houston Rockets, the Minnesota Timberwolves are 20-20 and .500 on the season. All that talk about Patrick Beverley bringing a winning culture was true. It manifested itself in the preseason, and the results have been seen simply due to Beverley’s presence...26593Mon, 10 Jan 2022 10:30:19 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/justin-jefferson-wants-to-recreate-iconic-minnesota-moment-r26592/In professional sports there are stars and then there are superstars. Minnesota has had its fair share of stars over the past three decades but it hasn’t seen a true superstar since the days of Randy Moss and Kevin Garnett. That is until possibly right now. Justin Jefferson and Anthony Edwards...26592Fri, 07 Jan 2022 21:29:03 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/should-the-wolves-commit-to-greg-monroe-for-the-rest-of-the-year-r26579/If you told any Minnesota Timberwolves fan at the beginning of the season that Greg Monroe would be putting on a Wolves jersey in late December, they’d look at you like you were crazy. If you told them he’d be playing 25 minutes a night, they would have immediately blocked you on every social medi...26579Sat, 01 Jan 2022 10:30:02 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/should-chris-finch-be-in-the-conversation-for-coach-of-the-year-r26566/During the 2020-21 season, the Minnesota Timberwolves surprised everyone with the abrupt firing of Ryan Saunders and immediate hiring of Chris Finch to take over as head coach. The way the Wolves handled that whole situation is still questionable, but that’s an entirely different story. Regardles...26566Thu, 23 Dec 2021 14:00:55 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/jaylen-nowell-is-seizing-his-opportunity-with-anthony-edwards-out-r26565/The Minnesota Timberwolves “Big 3” have been scoring at an impressive rate this season. Karl-Anthony Towns averages 24.4 points per game, Anthony Edwards averages 22.1, and D’Angelo Russell averages 18.9. Those scoring totals put them at 12th, 18th, and 34th in the league, respectively. However,...26565Tue, 21 Dec 2021 14:00:13 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/derek-fisher-took-a-weird-shot-at-the-timberwolves-r26563/The season of streaky play continues for the Minnesota Timberwolves. A seven-game winning streak gave way to a six-game losing streak. Now it’s turned into a little four-game run after the Wolves beat the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday night. While it’s been nerve-wracking at times, the Timberwolves h...26563Mon, 20 Dec 2021 10:30:39 +0000