https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/page/26/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/whats-going-on-with-the-timberwolves-offense-r25923/Let’s paint a hypothetical picture. Several months after sneaking into the playoffs on the strength of their contrarian offensive scheme, an NBA franchise kicks off its new campaign abetting a disgruntled star. Things run amok in a calamitous fashion; on the floor, viewers are surprised not by a...25923Thu, 13 Dec 2018 11:57:12 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/the-timberwolves-go-as-robert-covington-goes-r25922/Twelve nights ago, before the Timberwolves’ four-game road losing streak, the whiteboard in the team’s locker room was split into two rectangular sectionals. The left-most portion read “D”, the right side “O.” The top-most portion of the left was riddled with doodles, presumably drawn by Tom Thib...25922Tue, 18 Dec 2018 07:30:46 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/timberwolves-warriors-a-potential-playoffs-preview-r25920/For the Minnesota Timberwolves and a handful of the other Western Conference playoff hopefuls, the harsh reality is that “success” could very well bring a spring date in The Bay with a team that is way better than you: The Golden State Warriors. The Warriors are the class of the West this regular...25920Tue, 11 Dec 2018 07:42:17 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/the-timberwolves-are-a-%E2%80%98different-team-with-a-%E2%80%98different-identity-since-houston-last-came-to-town-r25917/Two-hundred and twenty-three days have passed since the Houston Rockets last set foot at Target Center. James Harden and crew were last in town on April 23 delivering a 50-point third quarter gut punch to the Jimmy Butler-led Minnesota Timberwolves. It was a classic Houston thwarting that all but...25917Tue, 04 Dec 2018 07:38:14 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/for-andrew-wiggins-robert-covington-and-tom-thibodeau-can-be-great-influencers-r25916/Led by Jeff Teague, Karl-Anthony Towns and Robert Covington went to WWE Smackdown at Target Center Tuesday night. While at Smackdown, at some point in time, Towns wound up purchasing one of those big ol’ championship belts. He brought it to work on Wednesday, also at Target Center. However, after...25916Thu, 29 Nov 2018 10:16:57 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/if-everything-around-karl-anthony-towns-continues-to-change-kat-can-break-through-his-defensive-glass-ceiling-r25914/There is something inherently numbing when it comes to Karl-Anthony Towns’ massive offensive performances these days. The fifth-year big man has begun to so routinely devastate the interior of opposing defenses that a 35 point, 22 rebound (nine on the offensive glass) and six assist game, like Sat...25914Mon, 26 Nov 2018 10:20:30 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/the-timberwolves-are-rejuvenated-post-butler-but-still-face-an-uphill-battle-in-the-west-r25913/Neither team wanted to think of Wednesday’s game between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Denver Nuggets as a rematch Game 82 last season, and rightfully so. The rosters are different, and the stakes are significantly lower. But Minnesota’s 103-101 loss to Denver on a night when Paul Millsap got hu...25913Thu, 22 Nov 2018 10:02:26 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/what-you-see-is-what-youre-going-to-get-with-the-post-butler-timberwolves-r25911/It’s hard not to notice the difference in the way the Minnesota Timberwolves are playing since Jimmy Butler was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers. They’re sharing the ball, they’re playing defense and, most importantly, they won the first three games since his departure. “Those guys came over with...25911Sat, 17 Nov 2018 15:28:12 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/without-butler-%E2%80%98switching-is-the-talk-of-the-town-in-timberwolves-world-r25909/Believe it or not, Tom Thibodeau and his 2018-19 Minnesota Timberwolves have answered questions this season other than, “So what’s the deal with this Jimmy guy?” Yes, that’s been a prevailing narrative and led to questions about “The Butler cloud” and largely futile attempts at quantifying “distra...25909Thu, 15 Nov 2018 08:10:04 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/derrick-rose-is-ascending-but-still-learning-r25906/“I mean, it was a shitty game,” was how Derrick Rose described the Minnesota Timberwolves victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Monday night. It was the team’s first game action without Jimmy Butler on the roster, and there was definitely a hangover. To the innocent bystander, the game encapsulated th...25906Tue, 13 Nov 2018 08:06:39 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/finally-freedom-from-the-jimmy-butler-holding-pattern-r25905/Where to start? Assessment for NBA trades fall on a gradient; there aren’t simply “good trades,” and it’s hard to say any deal is unilaterally “bad.” Benefits and shortcomings hide behind the future’s veil of ambiguity. That said, we do know a few things that come with Jimmy Butler and Justin Pat...25905Sat, 10 Nov 2018 16:10:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/the-naivety-of-the-jimmy-butler-holding-pattern-r25903/When you survey the Minnesota Timberwolves locker room in an attempt to gain perspective as to what degree the Jimmy Butler saga is distracting those in the locker room, to a man the response will be some iteration of “Nah, man. No, it isn’t.“ Those who share that locker room with Butler, and occa...25903Thu, 08 Nov 2018 08:00:28 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/derrick-roses-story-is-mysterious-and-unfinished-r25900/So, Derrick Rose has this big green ball. He carries it with him everywhere. If Rose isn’t holding a basketball at the Minnesota Timberwolves facilities — or taking a shower, I guess — he has this ball in his hands. Always. The ball itself appears to have once been a forest green medicine ball. Y...25900Thu, 01 Nov 2018 08:04:14 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/gorgui-dieng-has-found-chemistry-early-success-with-timberwolves-second-unit-r25896/Much to his dismay, Gorgui Dieng’s name seems to always be in people’s mouths when they’re discussing the Jimmy Butler trade rumors surrounding the Minnesota Timberwolves. While the four-year, $64 million contract he signed in late October two years ago was standard at the time, it has started t...25896Sat, 27 Oct 2018 16:59:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/the-timberwolves-are-faltering-in-the-wake-of-latest-jimmy-butler-trade-rumors-r25895/For more than a month, the Twitter feed of ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski has been sending tremors through the Minnesota Timberwolves’ fanbase. The explosive nature of the reports pry open typically double-knotted curtains at the Timberwolves’ practice facilities, sealed by Tom Thibodeau himself. And...25895Sat, 27 Oct 2018 08:08:36 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/%E2%80%98the-new-nba-finally-tom-thibodeau-and-the-theory-of-defensive-evolution-r25892/For the 2018-19 Minnesota Timberwolves, the most easily discernable departure from the identity of last season’s 47-win team is found in this new group’s willingness to play with pace. In Monday evening’s 101-91 victory over the Indiana Pacers, the Wolves tallied 26 fast-break points. After havin...25892Tue, 23 Oct 2018 08:17:38 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/as-jimmy-butler-embraces-%E2%80%9Cvillain%E2%80%9D-role-derrick-rose-becomes-a-leader-r25890/On a night that seemed to have everything to do with Jimmy Butler, the play that sealed the Minnesota Timberwolves 131-123 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers had nothing to do with Butler. As Karl-Anthony Towns screamed and flexed after rejecting Kevin Love’s shot with 20 seconds remaining in regula...25890Sat, 20 Oct 2018 09:18:31 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/timberwolves-season-opener-school-is-in-session-r25889/SAN ANTONIO — The 2018-19 Minnesota Timberwolves are the arc of one’s senior year in high school. Stick with the metaphor here. Remember those nine months of life when you were told everything in life was about to change? But then once the year started you realized that nine months is actually a r...25889Thu, 18 Oct 2018 10:39:22 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/will-minnesota-timberwolves-fans-watch-r25888/My anticipated answer to this rhetorical title is “probably not.” Yes, I believe Wednesday evening’s season opener will probably draw well because all Jimmy Butler-related entertainment has drawn the past month. That intrigue will also likely spill over into the home opener on Friday evening, whe...25888Wed, 17 Oct 2018 09:03:21 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/breaking-down-the-wolves-schedule-and-season-opener-r25886/Through five preseason contests, Tom Thibodeau’s Timberwolves did little to inspire hope for a successful regular season to come. Not only did Jimmy Butler’s devious antics humiliate the franchise, but a band of dejected teammates also performed woefully in his absence. The Wolves finished their...25886Tue, 16 Oct 2018 08:00:16 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/after-%E2%80%9Cchoppy%E2%80%9D-preseason-timberwolves-enter-regular-season-with-lingering-uncertainty-around-butler-r25885/Jimmy Butler was back at practice on Sunday, but he has not committed to playing Wednesday against the San Antonio Spurs. “Man, to be honest I don’t even know if I’ll be breathing tomorrow,” he said, avoiding the question. He is focused on getting in shape, reconnecting with teammates and, well, w...25885Sun, 14 Oct 2018 15:45:04 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/the-jimmy-butler-cloud-blinds-all-logic-in-timberwolves-locker-room-r25884/The preseason is over and to say the Minnesota Timberwolves have had their ups and down would, of course, be an understatement. Most of the chaos surrounding the Wolves is occurring off the court, but there are vacillating levels of intensity also happening on the floor. Even with the Butler circ...25884Sat, 13 Oct 2018 07:24:47 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/tom-thibodeau-%E2%80%98ok-with-jimmy-butlers-confrontation-while-karl-anthony-towns-avoids-all-butler-commentary-r25883/At 9:45 am on Friday morning there was some sort of power malfunction at the Milwaukee Bucks stadium Fiserv Forum. The electrical issues at the brand new arena caused the hallway outside of the visitor’s locker room to go dark moments before post-shootaround interviews were to begin. As television...25883Fri, 12 Oct 2018 14:09:01 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/jimmy-butler-practices-with-timberwolves-wednesday-afternoon-updated-r25881/For Wednesday’s practice at Mayo Clinic Square, exactly seven days before the Minnesota Timberwolves season begins in San Antonio, Jimmy Butler returned to practice with the team. This development comes exactly 22 days after requesting a trade out of the Twin Cities. While no local media had acce...25881Wed, 10 Oct 2018 15:26:28 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/paging-andrew-wiggins-r25880/Last Friday evening was the Minnesota Timberwolves’ preseason home opener. This meant two things: It was the fanbase’s first look at the 2018-19 squad, while also being Andrew Wiggins’ first game at Target Center playing on his maximum contract that kicks in this season. Had Wiggins gone off and...25880Wed, 10 Oct 2018 08:00:29 +0000