https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/page/27/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/five-things-to-know-from-the-wolves-preseason-loss-to-milwaukee-in-iowa-r25878/The Minnesota Timberwolves lost their third straight preseason outing to the Milwaukee Bucks, 125-107. The game was not aired on TV anywhere, but provided some new points of data for a Timberwolves squad that continues to develop on its own, even with the spectre of Jimmy Butler trade rumors hangi...25878Sun, 07 Oct 2018 23:18:08 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/josh-okogie-the-lone-positive-as-thibodeau-attempts-to-%E2%80%98circle-the-wagons-r25877/With the Target Center approximately one-sixth as populated as it was for the last Minnesota Timberwolves home game, the lights dimming for pregame introductions paired with relatively faint clapping almost perfectly encapsulated the recent arc of this franchise. It was only five-and-a-half month...25877Sat, 06 Oct 2018 07:56:19 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/derrick-rose-starts-as-wolves-search-for-new-identity-r25873/Derrick Rose is a starter. It’s what he has done for the entirety of his career, for better and often for worse. Prior to the 2017-18 season, Rose had started in 469 of the 470 games he had played in his NBA career. The Minnesota Timberwolves’ 114-110 victory Saturday evening over the Golden Stat...25873Sun, 30 Sep 2018 08:00:45 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/gorgui-dieng-potentially-out-the-door-with-jimmy-butler-r25872/Drafted 21st overall and acquired in a trade by Flip Saunders on Draft Night 2013, Gorgui Dieng is the longest-tenured player on the 2018-19 Minnesota Timberwolves roster. He is also the most likely player on the roster not named Jimmy Butler to be traded in the coming days, according to league so...25872Fri, 28 Sep 2018 08:29:25 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/adapting-on-the-court-without-jimmy-butler-r25871/Five hundred and six days ago — draft night 2017 — Timberwolves coach and president Tom Thibodeau executed a landmark trade to acquire Jimmy Butler, his star pupil from the duo’s time together in Chicago. The transaction was bold; it placed a smattering of the organization’s assets on the tabl...25871Sat, 10 Nov 2018 20:09:38 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/avoiding-tom-thibodeau-jimmy-butler-and-destruction-r25870/The first real signal of potentially destructive behavior from Tom Thibodeau came 10 months ago. Long before any public disgruntlement of Jimmy Butler was a Dec. 12 game coached by Thibodeau, of course, against the Philadelphia 76ers. A game that is emblazoned on the fanbase’s memory not due to i...25870Wed, 26 Sep 2018 08:00:47 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/tom-thibodeau-on-the-jimmy-butler-situation-%E2%80%9Cconflict-in-the-nba-is-not-unusual%E2%80%9D-r25869/We’ve seen a few different sides of Tom Thibodeau in his short tenure with the Minnesota Timberwolves. We saw that signature smirk and radiant confidence in his introductory press conference. We saw him screaming and waving his hands as he navigated the sidelines for two seasons. We saw unch...25869Tue, 25 Sep 2018 09:17:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/the-190-million-bet-that-karl-anthony-towns-can-be-more-than-jimmy-butler-r25867/There is an old allegory of a scorpion who needs to cross a river and a turtle that presents a means of transportation across the water that the poor swimming scorpion cannot cross on his own. The story begins at the edge of the shore with the scorpion hailing the turtle, requesting a trip. “Are...25867Mon, 24 Sep 2018 08:24:27 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/moore-the-pros-and-cons-of-trading-jimmy-butler-r25865/For a Minnesota Timberwolves front office heavily in the now, the news of Jimmy Butler demanding a trade less than six days before training camp makes today a sad day. For those in the greater Wolves fanbase, those invested in the long-term prosperity of the franchise, today’s news should bring mi...25865Wed, 19 Sep 2018 20:50:47 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/moore-if-butler-actually-wants-out-this-is-awful-timing-%E2%80%94-for-both-sides-r25862/A Monday afternoon meeting between Tom Thibodeau and Jimmy Butler marked a “last-ditch” effort to salvage the relationship of Butler and the Minnesota Timberwolves franchise, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic. In Charania’s reporting, he consistently used the term “last-ditch” to descri...25862Mon, 17 Sep 2018 14:17:51 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/moore-luol-deng-and-tom-thibodeaus-courage-of-conviction-r25856/Ever since Tom Thibodeau was hired by the Minnesota Timberwolves, he has been a man with faith in his convictions. The latest example: The signing of old friend Luol Deng. The 33-year-old marks the seventh former Bull to be signed by the Timberwolves in the Thibodeau era — if you count John Lucas...25856Tue, 11 Sep 2018 08:00:33 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/minnesota-timberwolves-sit-patiently-as-they-wait-for-free-agency-fallout-r25833/Tom Thibodeau knows that he may end up re-signing Derrick Rose and Nemanja Bjelica. He also knows that there are other players that would be a fit with the Minnesota Timberwolves — Avery Bradley, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Joe Harris, etc. — who could be available. Maybe there’s an Andrew Wiggins t...25833Thu, 28 Jun 2018 14:02:32 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/the-timberwolves-feel-okogie-and-bates-diop-are-a-fit-but-are-they-ready-for-the-nba-r25831/Versatility, wingspan and 3-point shooting. All three qualities have been emphasized ad nauseam by Minnesota Timberwolves president of basketball operations Tom Thibodeau and general manager Scott Layden since they drafted Josh Okogie No. 20 overall and Keita Bates-Diop at No. 48. The Wolves nee...25831Tue, 26 Jun 2018 15:59:49 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/a-year-after-dealing-for-butler-thibodeau-adds-youth-versatility-in-draft-r25828/The Minnesota Timberwolves stole the show at last year’s draft when they traded for Jimmy Butler. This year it was Adrian Wojnarowski, ESPN’s well-connected insider, who dug deep into the thesaurus to work around a pact between reporters at ESPN, Yahoo! and Turner Sports that embargoed tipping pic...25828Fri, 22 Jun 2018 13:18:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/timberwolves-weighing-%E2%80%9Caction-on-the-20th-pick%E2%80%9D-in-advance-of-draft-night-r25826/When the Minnesota Timberwolves walked off the floor for the final time of the 2017-18 — or in the case of Jimmy Butler, limped off with a knee wrapped in ice packs — it was clear that this team just didn’t have enough to compete in the Western Conference. Whether it was the image of Cole Aldrich’...25826Wed, 20 Jun 2018 15:31:08 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/lets-calm-down-karl-anthony-towns-isnt-going-anywhere-r25811/On Friday afternoon, ESPN‘s Zach Lowe and Brian Windhorst — two of the best NBA reporters in the business — sat down to do a podcast to discuss various topics surrounding the NBA playoffs and the offseason. One of their topics — albeit for no more than 45 seconds — was Karl-Anthony Towns, mainly...25811Fri, 18 May 2018 23:02:34 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/report-amidst-allegations-of-%E2%80%9Cimproper-interactions%E2%80%9D-assistant-coach-rick-brunson-resigns-from-timberwolves-r25805/The Minnesota Timberwolves announced Tuesday the resignation of Rick Brunson, who had served as assistant coach through the past two seasons. This news came a day after Monday’s announcement of three staffing changes — those moves, however, were made by the Timberwolves front office rather than t...25805Tue, 08 May 2018 14:47:55 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/reports-jamal-crawford-to-decline-player-option-become-free-agent-r25799/According to Chris Haynes of ESPN, Jamal Crawford will decline his 2018-19 player option for $4.5 million and become a free agent this summer. Crawford, who turned 38 in March, has a storied history of success as a reserve. He has three Sixth Man of the Year awards to his credit, but this year he...25799Wed, 02 May 2018 19:21:36 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/how-the-timberwolves-can-take-five-game-series-loss-to-rockets-in-stride-r25793/Between the photo finish in Game 1, the double-digit win in Game 3 and the big first halves in Games 4 and 5, the Timberwolves gave fans a dose of what productive playoff basketball from their team can look like. They got an opening three games of productive basketball from Andrew Wiggins, a clos...25793Thu, 26 Apr 2018 00:50:01 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/breaking-down-houstons-50-point-quarter-how-the-timberwolves-fell-into-a-3-1-series-hole-r25790/There was always a chance of this happening. As well as the Timberwolves played in Game 3, there was always a chance that the Rockets would have their own “stars aligned” game. The Rockets had a top-two offense, and had a 50-point third quarter. They have a top-six defense, and kept the top-five...25790Mon, 23 Apr 2018 23:00:47 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/on-the-hot-seat-tom-thibodeau-responds-in-game-3-r25788/In 1975, Glen Taylor bought a wedding service business for $2 million that transitioned into a company called Taylor Corporation. This little company that could has grown into a conglomerate that owns many different entities including the state of Minnesota’s most successful newspaper (the Minnea...25788Sun, 22 Apr 2018 00:45:08 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/jimmy-butler-revitalized-timberwolves-come-to-life-in-game-3-win-over-rockets-r25787/With just over three minutes to go in the third quarter, the Timberwolves were up seven, but James Harden had Taj Gibson on an isolation near the Timberwolves bench. As the sellout crowd began to recognize what was happening, it got louder. And then it got louder. Perfect non-fouling defense pro...25787Sat, 21 Apr 2018 23:02:20 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/wolves-offense-sleeps-rockets-shooters-wake-up-as-wolves-fall-in-game-2-r25784/The atmosphere at the Toyota Center was as electric in Game 2 as it was in Game 1. Between the flashy intro that included both fireworks and literal fire displays, celebrities seated courtside and an eruption of noise when the national anthem singer would get to “and the ROCKETS’ red glare”, the p...25784Thu, 19 Apr 2018 01:12:23 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/following-towns-%E2%80%9Cstraight-downhill%E2%80%9D-observations-from-game-2-r25783/DC Comic’s The Green Lantern character began flashing on the jumbotron after Gerald Green rolled down the floor and stepped into a pull-up 3 five minutes into the second quarter. As the comic book character’s outline flashed on the screen with Gerald Green’s mean-mug photoshopped in place of Ryan...25783Thu, 19 Apr 2018 01:41:26 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/timberwolves-keep-it-close-but-fall-late-to-harden-rockets-in-game-1-r25778/On Sunday night, in the Timberwolves first playoff game in over a decade, several things went right. Andrew Wiggins got off to a strong start, Derrick Rose brought a spark off the bench and Jeff Teague made some clutch buckets down the stretch. On top of all that, the Wolves held the No. 1 seed H...25778Mon, 16 Apr 2018 00:39:41 +0000