https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/page/30/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/faklis-how-the-butler-lavine-trade-can-become-a-win-win-deal-r25679/When Jimmy Butler was traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves on draft night, the common assumption was that the Wolves won that trade by miles. The Timberwolves gave up Zach LaVine, an athletic juggernaut with both a beautiful jumper and a defensive reputation that is anything but, who also tore hi...25679Fri, 09 Feb 2018 15:40:48 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/report-following-trade-derrick-rose-likely-to-sign-with-timberwolves-r25677/In a whirlwind of Cleveland Cavaliers moves prior to Thursday’s trade deadline, Derrick Rose was sent to the Utah Jazz and promptly released. Marc Stein reports that Rose is headed to Minnesota if he clears waivers (a likely proposition). Rose’s relationship with Tom Thibodeau — dating back to th...25677Thu, 08 Feb 2018 13:22:53 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/27-recap-lebron-james-beats-timberwolves-at-buzzer-in-high-scoring-overtime-thriller-r25676/In a few ways, Wednesday’s game in Cleveland was very characteristic of both teams. They both played like the bottom-seven defensive teams they are, both played like the top-five offensive teams they are, both saw major games from their team’s superstar and both looked very beatable down the stre...25676Wed, 07 Feb 2018 23:05:30 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/tom-thibodeau-on-trade-deadline-%E2%80%9Cwell-see%E2%80%9D-r25675/While plenty of options are available for the Minnesota Timberwolves, the odds of them making a deal by Thursday afternoon’s NBA trade deadline don’t seem high. Still, head coach and President of Basketball Operations Tom Thibodeau didn’t dismiss the idea when talking to the media at Wednesday mo...25675Wed, 07 Feb 2018 13:26:06 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/moore-dysfunction-starts-with-d-in-minnesota-r25674/The Minnesota Timberwolves defense, again, appears broken. Over the past 15 games, the Wolves have a better defense than only two teams in the NBA: The Phoenix Suns and the Cleveland Cavaliers. That is bad because, well, the Suns are actively trying to lose and because this is what defense looks...25674Sun, 11 Feb 2018 08:00:18 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/23-recap-timberwolves-win-12th-straight-at-home-beating-pelicans-118-107-r25670/The Minnesota Timberwolves continued their dominance at Target Center in front of celebrity fans in for the Super Bowl with a 118-107 win over the New Orleans Pelicans. They ambushed the Pels, who were coming off a back-to-back, early and never relinquished their lead. “They were coming off the b...25670Sun, 04 Feb 2018 00:13:57 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/reports-shabazz-muhammad-seeking-trade-or-release-from-timberwolves-r25669/According to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, Shabazz Muhammad wants to make a final exit from Minnesota. The report, published on ESPN.com Saturday afternoon, states Muhammad is seeking a release or a trade from the Timberwolves by the time Thursday’s trade deadline hits. Muhammad’s representatives...25669Sat, 03 Feb 2018 16:32:09 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/revisiting-the-kevin-love-andrew-wiggins-trade-r25668/Trading for Andrew Wiggins, in many ways, was the first step. By the end of 2014, Kevin Love had established himself as a premier 3-point shooting big man, an elite rebounder and was widely regarded as the best power forward in the league. He was also, reportedly, not satisfied with the state of...25668Tue, 06 Feb 2018 20:11:09 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/21-recap-impressive-timberwolves-defense-on-display-in-dominant-win-over-bucks-r25666/The Wolves, and their defense, refused to lose three games in a row. Even despite being fresh off a pair of losses on road-road back-to-backs, the Timberwolves returned to Target Center on Thursday and appeared to re-discover the energy that got them the top-four spot in the first place. Their 1...25666Thu, 01 Feb 2018 22:20:31 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/the-divergent-health-of-andrew-wiggins-and-jabari-parker-r25663/Since the Minnesota Timberwolves traded for Andrew Wiggins, the No. 1 pick in the 2014 NBA draft, the Wolves have played exactly 300 games — 299 with Wiggins in the starting lineup. When he receives his 300th start of his career Thursday night against the Milwaukee Bucks, Wiggins may be tallying...25663Thu, 01 Feb 2018 10:52:46 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/130-recap-raptors-surge-in-second-half-to-defeat-timberwolves-r25662/When the Minnesota Timberwolves’ 2017-18 NBA schedule came out in the fall, the stretch of six games culminating in Tuesday night’s game in Toronto was easy to pick out some likely losses. This is their last nine games laid out: Six games in a nine-day stretch. Five of which came on the road t...25662Tue, 30 Jan 2018 21:44:38 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/comparing-the-seasons-of-jimmy-butler-and-demar-derozan-r25661/Jimmy Butler and DeMar DeRozan have both played like MVPs this season. To start the year, guys like Giannis Antetokounmpo and LeBron James were considered by some as the leaders of that particular chase. As the season has pressed on, the race’s leaders have re-populated with more of the usual sus...25661Tue, 30 Jan 2018 07:39:54 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/129-recap-timberwolves-struggle-late-in-loss-to-hawks-r25659/As the Minnesota Timberwolves have experienced far too often this season, playing a lesser opponent on the road has been a struggle. That was the case once again Monday night against the Atlanta Hawks, who entered the game with the NBA’s worst record. The Wolves struggled late against the Hawks...25659Mon, 29 Jan 2018 22:03:29 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/a-look-back-at-jeff-teagues-success-with-the-hawks-r25658/It hasn’t been an easy start for Jeff Teague as a member of the Minnesota Timberwolves. He suffered a pair of injuries and is putting up a career low in true shooting percentage all amidst a season where he’s replacing a fan favorite and starting over another. On Monday, the Wolves will go up ag...25658Mon, 29 Jan 2018 11:48:47 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/127-recap-timberwolves-display-long-term-consistency-in-victory-over-nets-r25656/It’s been a rugged couple weeks for the Minnesota Timberwolves. First came the losses to Orlando and Houston, then came injuries to Jimmy Butler and Jamal Crawford. After that came a 2-2 split, but all of that was without Butler and Crawford. But through all that, and even before, the Wolves hav...25656Sat, 27 Jan 2018 23:46:08 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/125-recap-even-in-loss-timberwolves-show-signs-of-improvement-against-warriors-r25653/Even after this loss, the Timberwolves deserve some credit. On the latter end of a back-to-back, without their best player, on the road, all against one of the best teams in the history of the sport and they never let the game completely slip away. The Golden State Warriors, the basketball embod...25653Fri, 26 Jan 2018 00:45:14 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/moore-the-brooklyn-nets-and-minnesota-timberwolves-are-on-very-different-rebuilding-paths-r25651/In the 2013-14 season, the Brooklyn Nets and Minnesota Timberwolves were cross-conference peers. Minnesota was led by Kevin Love, Ricky Rubio and Nikola Pekovic and mirrored — in quality — by Brooklyn who had Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, Joe Johnson and Deron Williams. The Nets rode the soft Easte...25651Sat, 27 Jan 2018 08:00:58 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/124-recap-lillard-the-stronger-all-star-as-wolves-fall-in-portland-r25649/The first game after the announcement of the complete NBA All-Star Game rosters can be a pivotal statement game for star players across the league, whether to remind questioners just how great they are or to shout their anger at not being selected. Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard has...25649Wed, 24 Jan 2018 23:29:02 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/1222-recap-wiggins-and-teague-shine-in-second-straight-butler-less-win-r25647/For a Wolves team that was without Jimmy Butler and Jamal Crawford, without typical production from the healthy Karl-Anthony Towns, a Monday loss to the surging Los Angeles Clippers wouldn’t have been all that surprising. And when considering the Clippers kept up the surge going on the offensive...25647Tue, 23 Jan 2018 01:32:25 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/the-blazers-present-a-blueprint-for-playing-tyus-jones-more-r25646/“I thought winning would be easy,” said no one who has ever won anything. For 13 years, following the Minnesota Timberwolves required a skillset: The ability to articulate what is going wrong. If there weren’t debates about Ricky Rubio’s true effectiveness, Kevin Love’s leadership ability, or An...25646Wed, 24 Jan 2018 09:00:29 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/jimmy-butler-and-karl-anthony-towns-selected-as-reserves-in-2018-nba-all-star-game-r25645/For the first time since 2014, the Minnesota Timberwolves have a participant in the NBA All-Star Game. More impressively, they’ll send two to the event for the first time since 2004. As reported by the reliable Chris Haynes of ESPN, and confirmed to Zone Coverage by a source, Jimmy Butler and Ka...25645Tue, 23 Jan 2018 17:36:42 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/what-karl-anthony-towns-can-learn-from-blake-griffin-r25644/It’s clear that Karl-Anthony Towns is a star player, and on Tuesday, it’ll be up to the coaches to decide whether that stardom will get him to Los Angeles to compete in his first All-Star game. The odds are good that Blake Griffin, a prolific five-time All-Star and former slam dunk champion, will...25644Mon, 22 Jan 2018 13:04:55 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/120-recap-timberwolves-clip-raptors-115-109-without-butler-r25643/Tom Thibodeau wasn’t specific about when he knew Jimmy Butler would miss Saturday night’s game against the Toronto Raptors. But Andrew Wiggins stepped up in the first half, Karl-Anthony Towns carried them in the second half and the rest of the team pitched in to beat the Toronto Raptors, 115-109....25643Sun, 21 Jan 2018 00:27:34 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/are-the-timberwolves-the-new-raptors-r25642/Close your eyes, turn on your imagination — and while you’re turning — turn the other cheek so as to allow yourself to be punched in the face by Aaron Afflalo’s haymaker. With that type of velocity, a knuckle-sandwich to the temple should do the trick of erasing the memory of Minnesota’s embarr...25642Sat, 20 Jan 2018 10:00:41 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/timberwolves-news/1218-recap-timberwolves-play-into-rockets-style-of-play-lose-convincingly-r25641/Imagine a seven-game series against them. While the Timberwolves have only played against the Golden State Warriors – and now the Houston Rockets, after their 116-98 loss on Thursday – once this season, it’s quite clear that the Wolves are not yet on that level. Yes, the Timberwolves have played...25641Thu, 18 Jan 2018 23:28:30 +0000