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Jimmy Butler had a falling out with the Minnesota Timberwolves before he was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers. While Butler reportedly had a tumultuous relationship with their front office and some players, the superstar guard remains close with some of his former teammates. According to Jon Krawczynski of The Athletic, Timberwolves guard Jeff Teague and […]

It’s no secret that Jimmy Butler didn’t have the best relationships with some of his old teammates on the Minnesota Timberwolves. While much of the drama and speculation involved Karl-Anthony Towns and Andrew Wiggins, big man Gorgui Dieng also had some beef with Butler. The Athletic’s Jon Krawczynski mentioned an incident that went down at […]

Philadelphia 76ers stud Jimmy Butler was greeted with a host of boos on Saturday as he made his return to his former stomping ground. The Minneosta Timberwolves were hosting the Sixers, and the home crowd made sure that Butler knew how they felt about him. However, Wolves head coach Ryan Saunders was pure class as […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves suffered another defeat on Saturday, as they fell to the Philadelphia 76ers 118-109. Following the disappointing loss, Wolves superstar Karl-Anthony Towns admitted that one of the biggest reasons the team has been struggling of late is due to their inability to completely adjust to the mid-season coaching changes that took place within […]

The NBA has released the last two-minute report from the Golden State Warriors-Minnesota Timberwolves matchup on Friday. According to NBC Sports, the NBA deemed that the controversial calls during the last 3o seconds of overtime were correctly made. The Warriors were up in arms after the game, claiming that the officials made several bad calls […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves played “You’re So Vain” by Carly Simon on Saturday when Philadelphia Sixers small forward Jimmy Butler was introduced in the starting lineups. Butler was viciously booed by Timberwolves fans. The four-time All-Star, of course, requested a trade from Minnesota at the beginning of the season and was ultimately dealt to the 76ers […]

After a tumultuous period that led to the parting of ways between Jimmy Butler and the Minnesota Timberwolves, the All-Star swingman made his return to his old stomping ground as a member of the Philadelphia 76ers. It’s been months since Butler was traded to the Eastern Conference powerhouse, but the Minnesota faithful’s old wounds have […]

Jimmy Butler is back in Minnesota on Saturday to take on Karl-Anthony Towns and the Timberwolves. Butler requested a trade from the Timberwolves at the beginning of the season and it is believed his relationship with Towns is one of the main reasons he wanted out of Minnesota. Speaking to reporters after the Philadelphia 76ers […]

Jimmy Butler is poised to receive a villain’s welcome when he returns to Minneapolis on Saturday night for the first time since he forced a trade from the Minnesota Timberwolves. If the Philadelphia 76ers star is to be believed, though, he’ll relish the boos raining down from an angry Target Center crowd. Why? As Butler […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves earned a controversial 131-130 win against the two-time defending champions Golden State Warriors on Friday. However, while a lot of people are focused on what they consider as wrong calls, there was one play that could’ve changed everything. During the 3:24 mark of the overtime, Warriors forward Draymond Green had a wide […]

Once again, the NBA referees are in the hot seat following the controversial finish in the Golden State Warriors’ 131-130 overtime loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves. During the final six seconds of the game, with the score at 130-127 in favor of Minnesota, the referees made two crucial calls that favored the Timberwolves. First was […]

Kevin Durant tried his hardest to avoid criticism of the officiating after the Golden State Warriors’ 131-130 to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday night. When asked by reporters to decide which call was worst among multiple controversial whistles late, he was even initially able to rein himself in, wary of a likely fine from the […]

Steve Kerr has a unique understanding of the mental fortitude it takes to defend a championship. He won three consecutive Larry O’Brien trophies with the Chicago Bulls in the late 1990s, and earned a fourth straight ring as a member of the San Antonio Spurs in 1999 before winning his fifth and final title four […]

In the 2014 NBA offseason, the history of the league was almost irrevocably altered. After the San Antonio Spurs had defeated the Miami Heat in five games in the NBA Finals — which effectively ended the “Big 3” era in Miami — the league was in a state of flux. LeBron James was a free […]

When they met at Oracle Arena on April 5th, 2016, the Minnesota Timberwolves were lottery-bound for a twelfth straight season, while the Golden State Warriors were making history, en route to what seemed like an imminent second consecutive Larry O’Brien Trophy. The early portion of the game made the teams’ wildly disparate circumstances abundantly clear […]

The Los Angeles Lakers reportedly tried to acquire Jimmy Butler from the Minnesota Timberwolves at the beginning of the 2018-19 season, according to Dave McMenamin of ESPN. The Timberwolves ended up trading Butler to the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for Jerryd Bayless, Robert Covington, Dario Saric and a 2022 second-round pick on Nov. 12: A source familiar with the […]

Andrew Bogut is questionable for Friday’s game against the Minnesota Timberwolves with groin soreness, according to Anthony Slater of The Athletic. Besides the big man, the Golden State Warriors should have everyone else healthy and available, hoping to pull away from the second-place Denver Nuggets after their loss to the Houston Rockets on Thursday, Bogut […]

As the 2018-19 postseason nears, the Minnesota Timberwolves are on the outside looking in. There was simply too much firepower up and down the Western Conference throughout the year, leaving a group that fired their head coach midseason in too much disarray to recover in time and snatch up a spot. They, like nearly everyone […]

It seems like too long ago, but five years ago, when the Golden State Warriors were still in the beginning stages of becoming a world-renowned juggernaut, trying to pull off a superstar trade that could have changed the fate of NBA history as it is today. Kevin Love was coming off his most dominant season […]

Sixers small forward Jimmy Butler isn’t like everyone else. He doesn’t care if you hate him because he knows who he is and his friends and family love him. Butler’s reputation around the league has taken a hit. After everything that happened with the Chicago Bulls and Minnesota Timberwolves, people believe Butler is a diva […]

For the first time since being traded to the Philadelphia 76ers, Jimmy Butler will return to Minneapolis to face his former team, the Minnesota Timberwolves. The former All-Star heavily criticized his teammates, particularly Karl Anthony-Towns and Andrew Wiggins, during his time with the Wolves. Butler was then shipped to Philly in November. When asked by […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves have made the playoffs once since the start of the 2004-05 season. That one came last year before a succinct first-round exit at the hands of the Houston Rockets. Entering the year, there was optimism about a return to the postseason, but that quickly dissipated with the team just hoping for a […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves are reportedly leaning towards keeping Ryan Saunders as the head coach next season, according to Marc Stein of the New York Times. Saunders replaced Tom Thibodeau on January 6 after the Timberwolves fired Thibodeau. Minnesota has gone 14-19 under Saunders and will miss the playoffs this season after making it in 2017-18. Saunders has […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves released a pair of injury updates ahead of Tuesday night’s match-up against the Clippers. Among the players on Minnesota’s report are Taj Gibson, who is listed as doubtful with a calf ailment, and Luol Deng, who will remain out due to a sore Achilles. According to Dane Moore of ESPN1500, Deng has […]

Minnesota Timberwolves head coach Ryan Saunders has been encouraged by Karl-Anthony Towns swift improvement in pick-and-roll scenarios, making him an even deadlier big man to defend out in the perimeter. “I think last game he was very good in the pick-and-roll,” said Saunders of Towns’ recent game against the Memphis Grizzlies. “He knew that Memphis […]

Karl Anthony-Towns strode past the lumbering Steven Adams, dribbled once, and gathered from outside the painted area. He vaulted into the air. When Jerami Grant finally rotated to helpside, Towns was already climbing the last imaginary step. Grant was too late; no one was stopping Towns. On his descent, KAT hammered-down the ball and yanked […]

Minnesota Timberwolves head coach Ryan Saunders says point guard Derrick Rose won’t require a long-term recovery after undergoing right elbow surgery on Saturday. Rose had surgery to remove bone chips from his right elbow. Bone chips in the elbow are small pieces of bone or cartilage that have come loose and float around in the elbow […]

The NBA’s basement is an all-too-familiar dwelling place for the Minnesota Timberwolves. They’ve had just one winning season in the past 14 years. Many have argued they wasted away the All-Star talents of Kevin Love before trading him to the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2014. And they’re currently in danger of doing the same with the […]

Minnesota Timberwolves point guard Derrick Rose underwent surgery to remove bone chips from his right elbow and is sidelined indefinitely. The Timberwolves announced earlier this week they shut down Rose for the rest of the season. The former MVP is an unrestricted free agent this summer. Minnesota Timberwolves guard Derrick Rose underwent surgery to remove bone […]

Veteran forward Nicolas Batum of the Charlotte Hornets turned back the clock by spiking one over Karl-Anthony Towns of the Minnesota Timberwolves. In the clip below posted by NBA on Twitter, the Frenchman caught everyone by surprise by driving to the hoop and unleashing a slam over Towns. The 23-year-old probably thought that he could […]

Minnesota Timberwolves star big man Karl-Anthony Towns has passed Kevin Love on Minnesota’s all-time scoring list. Love was fourth on the list entering Thursday. The former Timberwolves star scored 6,989 points with Minnesota. The franchise traded Love to the Cleveland Cavaliers in the summer of 2014. Towns entered Thursday with 6,980 points. He passed Love against the […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves received awful news today, as Derrick Rose, Robert Covington and Jeff Teague were all declared out for the season, according to Seth Kaplan of Fox Sports. Covington had a setback in his recovery from a knee injury while Derrick Rose has a chip fracture in his right elbow, forcing both out for […]

While his debut season has been somewhat overshadowed by what Luka Doncic and Trae Young have been doing for their respective teams, it is undeniable that Phoenix Suns rookie Deandre Ayton has proven to be one of the most promising big men in the league today. As a matter of fact, last June’s first overall […]

Any time one of the game’s best players steps aside for you, you know you’re doing something right, and that’s exactly what happened to Minnesota Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns on Tuesday night. A great player in his own right, Towns pulled off a slam so ridiculous that Golden State Warriors superstar Kevin Durant just stood […]

In the first half of a road back-to-back, the Golden State Warriors lost to the San Antonio Spurs on Monday, 111-105. Draymond Green was upset by something else. While the Warriors still lick their wounds from their loss to the Spurs, they have no choice but to travel north to take on the Minnesota Timberwolves […]

Minnesota Timberwolves point guard Derrick Rose says he is “grateful” for all the fan support he gets. Rose was almost voted in as an All-Star starter this season through the fan votes. His comeback story this campaign has captivated fans everywhere and the former MVP says he and his family appreciate all the support and […]

Golden State Warriors big man DeMarcus Cousins is expected to miss his team’s game against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday night as a result of a sore foot, according to Anthony Slater of The Athletic. Cousins, who underwent an MRI on his foot on Monday, will also miss the Warriors’ matchup with the San Antonio […]

Houston Rockets superstar James Harden played through a strained neck on Sunday night in a win against the Minnesota Timberwolves, and he did appear a bit worse for wear. The reigning Most Valuable Player winner was not his usual self in this one, and the fact that he failed to get to the free-throw line […]

Minnesota Timberwolves point guard Jeff Teague has left the team to get his left foot evaluated. The Timberwolves are in Houston preparing for their Sunday matchup against James Harden and the Houston Rockets. At practice today, Ryan Saunders said Jeff Teague went back to Minnesota for further evaluation on his left foot injury. Derrick Rose […]