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An anonymous NBA executive says his team, and every other team in the league for that matter, will start “circling” around Karl-Anthony Towns after the Minnesota Timberwolves endure a “couple more years of losing.” Towns signed a five-year, $158.25 million extension with the Timberwolves last summer. Minnesota is nowhere near close to contending in the […]

Minnesota Timberwolves forward Andrew Wiggins has yet to have a breakout season in the NBA. Despite being the first overall pick in the 2014 NBA Draft, his first five years in the league have been severely underwhelming. He averages 19.4 points per game in his career, yet he’s not being recognized as a top-10 player […]

When Noah Vonleh entered the league in 2014, many were intrigued about his tantalizing upside. However, five years later, that potential hasn’t quite translated just yet. The Minnesota Timberwolves, looking to incorporate more three-point shooting into their offense this upcoming season, will be Vonleh’s fifth team in six seasons. The former 9th overall pick is […]

Minnesota Timberwolves assistant coach Pablo Prigioni has been impressed with sophomore forward Keita Bates-Diop. Prigioni claimed that Bates-Diop’s mobility and varied skill set could be a serious threat if the Timberwolves decide to use him in a small-ball lineup. “It’s hard to guard a five being that dynamic…He can pop, he can shoot, pump fake, […]

Minnesota Timberwolves president of basketball operations Gersson Rosas wants his team to play a more upbeat tempo style in the upcoming season. Per Kyle Ratke, digital manager of the Timberwolves, Rosas said that the team will play a more upbeat style. As such, head coach Ryan Saunders will likely sub out players quickly to give […]

Minnesota Timberwolves head coach Ryan Saunders appears ready to make rotational changes in the hopes of bouncing back from a disappointing year last season. Saunders revealed that Robert Covington might focus on playing as a power forward instead of getting a lot of minutes at the three spot, per Dane Moore SKOR North. The Wolves […]

Minnesota Timberwolves head coach Ryan Saunders is not ready to give up on Andrew Wiggins. In fact, the 33-year-old coach is determined to help Wiggins improve important aspects of his game. Per Dane Moore of SKOR North, Saunders emphasized Wiggins’ shot selection as an area for improvement. The young Timberwolves tactician also wants Wiggins to […]

Minnesota Timberwolves forward Andrew Wiggins is now sporting an afro, but ex-NBA player Kendrick Perkins does not approve of it. On Twitter, Perkins asked Wiggins to cut his hair and noted that his afro is “not it.” Oh Hell Nah!!! Cut that 🤬 ASAP! Nope that’s not it — Kendrick Perkins (@KendrickPerkins) July 24, 2019 […]

Jordan Bell believes that today’s era of positionless basketball fits him perfectly especially with the Minnesota Timberwolves. Bell shared his thoughts on how seamless his adjustment with the Timberwolves during his introductory press conference on Tuesday. Per the Timberwolves PR: Jordan Bell touches on how the current NBA is positionless and that fits him perfectly […]

Minnesota Timberwolves president of basketball operations Gersson Rosas admits that he and head coach Ryan Saunders “have something to prove” this 2019-20 season. Speaking to the media during the introductory press conference for Jordan Bell, Jake Layman, Noah Vonleh, Treveon Graham and Shabazz Napier, Rosas said that proving themselves is one thing all people within […]

New Minnesota Timberwolves center Jordan Bell picked youth over experience in his offseason free-agency decision to sign with Ryan Saunders and the T-Wolves. The former Golden State Warriors big man joked on Tuesday during his introductory press conference that he’s able to talk about Canadian rapper and actor Drake, also a Toronto Raptors superfan, with […]

Minnesota Timberwolves forward Noah Vonleh had only complimentary things to say about his times spent with the New York Knicks last season. The five-year veteran spent only one season with the Knicks, but he said that it helped him grow significantly. “I put the work in,” Vonleh said, per Kyle Ratke of Timberwolves.com. “When I […]

Jordan Bell is entering a new phase in his NBA career after signing with the Minnesota Timberwolves, but he is not forgetting his time with the Golden State Warriors. In Bell’s introductory press conference with the Timberwolves, the 6-foot-9 center acknowledged his time with the Warriors and even credited Draymond Green for showing him the […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves are reportedly “in talks” with New Orleans Pelicans assistant coach Kevin Hanson to join head coach Ryan Saunders’ coaching staff, Chris Hine of the Star Tribune reports. The Timberwolves are close to making an addition to Ryan Saunders’ staff for the upcoming season, as the team is in talks to bring in […]

All-Star big man Karl-Anthony Towns believes the Minnesota Timberwolves will “have a really good team” in 2019-20. Towns says the Timberwolves can’t rush anything and have to take it day by day if they want to make the playoffs in the rugged Western Conference. “We all can’t rush in and think we’re going to win […]

Minnesota Timberwolves second-year shooting guard Josh Okogie announces that he’ll be competing for the Nigerian men’s national team in the 2019 FIBA World Cup. It is with great pride that I want to announce that I will be representing my country, Nigeria, in the World Cup this year in China! pic.twitter.com/etn45OE5m1 — Josh Okogie (@CallMe_NonStop) […]

The general consensus is that because Minnesota is a small market, NBA stars do not want to play there because they won’t have as many opportunities as far as endorsements and things of that nature. But Timberwolves star Karl-Anthony Towns, who originally believed that notion, says it’s completely false: “I thought when you were in […]

Minnesota is not typically a city in which NBA players love playing, which is what makes the fact that Kevin Garnett actually enjoyed spending his first 12 seasons there and actually went back to end his career there all the more unique. But perhaps Karl-Anthony Towns will follow in Garnett’s footsteps. In spite of making just […]

Karl-Anthony Towns seems perfectly happy to be a member of the Minnesota Timberwolves, but that does not mean he approves of the way he has been utilized up until this point. As a matter of fact, Towns feels he has been compromised quite a bit and thinks Ryan Saunders could be the man to change […]

There have been a handful of coaching changes during this NBA offseason, but just because a coach wasn’t fired recently doesn’t mean his job is safe for the next campaign. Here are five coaches whose seats could be feeling a bit warmer for 2019-2020. 5. Mike Budenholzer, Milwaukee Bucks In his first season with the […]

There are very few people still left on Andrew Wiggins Island. Nearly everyone who believed in the former No. 1 overall pick has just about left the bandwagon after Year 5 of the Andrew Wiggins Experience showed little to no improvement in his game. The Minnesota Timberwolves swingman entered the NBA in 2014 with lofty […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday announced the signing of guard Jordan McLaughlin to a two-way contract. McLaughlin played with the Timberwolves at Las Vegas Summer League, averaging 9.9 points, 3.9 rebounds, and 5.0 assists while starting all seven games. He shot 36.9 percent from the field and 31.9 percent from three-point range. The 23-year-old went […]

Minnesota Timberwolves president of basketball operations Gersson Rosas claimed that they had to ‘fight off other teams’ to acquire forward Naz Reid to their Summer League roster. Per Jace Frederick of TwinCities.com, Rosas claims that getting the 6-foot-10 Reid was like having another pick in the draft. “We were very fortunate,” Rosas said. “We had […]

Minnesota Timberwolves star center Karl-Anthony Towns has no hard feelings toward good friend D’Angelo Russell for choosing the Golden State Warriors instead of joining forces with him. D’Angelo Russell entered the summer as one of the top free agents on the market. The Timberwolves were one of the teams favored to get him. Karl-Anthony Towns […]

Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns is the only true star left on his team. Jimmy Butler left unceremoniously last season, and Andrew Wiggins has not developed into the player he was expected to become when he was drafted first overall in 2014. The team’s pursuit of D’Angelo Russell ended with the guard being sent to Golden […]

Minnesota Timberwolves star Karl-Anthony Towns had some negative things to say about former coach Tom Thibodeau’s development style on Thursday. The big man claimed that Thibodeau actually held back the development of young players, both on and off the court: “And that’s a disrespect and a slap in the face to their development, you know, […]

Minnesota Timberwolves president of basketball operations Gersson Rosas says being in Minnesota is “very important” to small forward Andrew Wiggins. Wiggins’ name has come up in trade rumors this summer. The former No. 1 overall pick has arguably one of the worst contracts in the league and hasn’t lived up to the hype with the […]

Minnesota Timberwolves All-Star big man Karl-Anthony Towns is looking forward to having a full year of Ryan Saunders as his head coach. Saunders took over for Tom Thibodeau on Jan. 6. The Timberwolves went 17-25 under Saunders and missed the playoffs after making it in 2017-18. Towns is excited for the 2019-20 season. He believes […]

Minnesota Timberwolves rookie Jarrett Culver has already turned heads in the organization for his tireless work ethic. Timberwolves president Gersson Rosas got to work at 6:30 a.m. on Thursday morning, and his lottery pick was already walking out of the gym after finishing his morning workout: Rosas said he came into the office at 630 […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves have signed forward Naz Reid to a four-year, $6.1 million rookie deal, according to Jon Krawczynski and Shams Charania of The Athletic. Reid’s first year is the only one guaranteed in the deal. Reid went undrafted in the recent 2019 NBA Draft but wasn’t discouraged, soon signing up to play with the […]

Minnesota Timberwolves new president of basketball operations Gersson Rosas wasted no time in aiding his cause to keep Karl-Anthony Towns upon taking the helm of the front office. In his four seasons, Towns has gone through three coaches and a very public tiff with Jimmy Butler. Rosas is working to repair any damage and to […]

The NBA free agency frenzy has ended. With the regular season two months away, this is a great time to determine where players rank among their respective positions. Center is an intriguing position to rank in today’s NBA. Despite the league featuring plenty of small-ball lineups, centers remain the backbone of most teams’ defenses. The […]

Minnesota Timberwolves guard Andrew Wiggins will not play for the Canadian national team in the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup in China next month. Wiggins was not named to the initial pool of Canada for the World Cup. According to Erick Koreen of The Athletic, Canada head coach Nick Nurse said that Wiggins felt that […]

Earlier Tuesday, news broke that Minnesota Timberwolves forward Andrew Wiggins would not be playing for the Canadian national team in the 2019 Basketball World Cup. However, the Timberwolves do have at least one player interested in playing in the FIBA tournament. Josh Okogie has expressed his interest in playing for the Nigerian team this summer, […]

Right now, the chances of Minnesota Timberwolves swingman Andrew Wiggins suiting up for the Canadian national team appears to be slim. Being one of his nation’s most prominent stars, this recent development will certainly serve as a significant blow for the team’s chances in the upcoming FIBA World Cup: “I’m here to tell you Andrew […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves are coming off a 2018-19 campaign in which they won just 36 games and missed the playoffs, one year after it looked like things were finally turning around. Of course, the Jimmy Butler situation took center stage for the Timberwolves early in the season, with Butler demanding a trade and then going […]

When the Minnesota Timberwolves signed unrestricted free agent center Jordan Bell to a one-year contract worth the league minimum $1.6 million, the move was relatively low on the radar for those following the NBA’s frantic offseason. Despite not being a flashy name, Bell definitely helps improve a team needing assistance on defense while not financially […]

The NBA offseason is always filled with major shakeups, but this year’s has been one of the most active in recent memory, with many different stars changing teams by way of trade or free agency. Nearly two weeks after the new league year, teams may not be done just yet. Here are five stars who […]

This offseason, plenty of teams were successful in signing or trading for a new All-Star. The Los Angeles Lakers, LA Clippers, Brooklyn Nets, Miami Heat, and Golden State Warriors all accomplished the feat. Unfortunately for Minnesota Timberwolves president Gersson Rosas, his team was not able to land a big fish. Rosas spoke on the team’s […]