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Andrew Wiggins and the Minnesota Timberwolves have been one of the most intriguing teams to watch early on this season. That intrigue doesn’t have as much to do with Wiggins as it does his teammate, Jimmy Butler. Throughout the entire offseason, rumors were flying that Butler would be traded before the start of the season. […]

Minnesota Timberwolves wing Andrew Wiggins downplayed the practice blowout that took place two weeks ago as his teammate Jimmy Butler made his official return to the team, calling it merely competitive. “It wasn’t that bad,” said Wiggins, according to TSN’s Josh Lewenberg. “I feel like from the outside looking in it was a lot worse […]

Minnesota Timberwolves forward Andrew Wiggins left Monday’s game against the Indiana Pacers in the first quarter due to a minor quad issue. Though he’s admittedly feeling better now, Josh Lewenberg of TSN Sports is reporting that Wiggins will be a game time decision for Wednesday night’s match-up against the Toronto Raptors. Thibs says Wiggins is […]

Minnesota Timberwolves forward Andrew Wiggins will be listed as questionable for tomorrow night’s road game against the Toronto Raptors. The 6-foot-8 Wiggins only played eight minutes in last night’s win versus the Indiana Pacers before exiting the game due to right quad contusions. Jon Krawczynski of The Athletic tweeted out this development from the Wolves […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves defeated the Indiana Pacers at home Monday night, but lost starting small forward Andrew Wiggins for the game after the former No. 1 overall pick suffered a quad contusion. After the game, Timberwolves head coach/president Tom Thibodeau told reporters Wiggins is day-to-day. Thibs said Andrew Wiggins is day to day. “We’re hopeful […]

Minnesota Timberwolves small forward Jimmy Butler reportedly has issues with big man Karl-Anthony Towns and swingman Andrew Wiggins. Whatever problems Butler has with Towns and Wiggins, however, weren’t on Butler’s mind Friday night when the two youngsters teamed up to make a big play. On the defensive end, Towns blocked Cleveland Cavaliers guard Cedi Osman’s […]

Despite the recent smoke emanating from a rough offseason for the Minnesota Timberwolves, swingman Andrew Wiggins argues he has never had a problem with mercurial star Jimmy Butler during his short tenure with the team. “We’ve never had any major problems. No problems at all,” Wiggins said, according to Jon Krawczynski of The Athletic. “Even […]

On Tuesday, Minnesota Timberwolves small forward Andrew Wiggins announced that he’ll be donating $22 — which represents the number 22 jersey he wears — for every point he scores “towards supporting underprivileged children who face barriers in participating in professional sports.” https://www.instagram.com/p/BpA9y6fhouW/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=spd8hdjuluql Wiggins has never scored fewer than 1,387 points in a season, so his […]

In an interview with the Chicago Tribune‘s K.C. Johnson, Chicago Bulls shooting guard Zach LaVine offered strong support to a couple of his former teammates. With Minnesota Timberwolves young stars Karl Anthony-Towns and Andrew Wiggins facing public and private criticism for what has been perceived as a lack of work ethic, particularly from teammate Jimmy […]

After Jimmy Butler’s tirade that put into question the competitive fire of young Minnesota Timberwolves stars Karl-Anthony Towns and Andrew Wiggins, the spotlight is now firmly on these two players. Towns and Wiggins, who both signed max contract extensions to remain in Minnesota, are slotted in as the organization’s cornerstones for many years to come. […]

Jimmy Butler and Andrew Wiggins may have some type of beef behind the scenes, but Wiggins knows the Minnesota Timberwolves are a better team when Butler is playing. After practice on Sunday, Wiggins told reporters Butler is a player you want on your side when the real games start. A four-time All-Star, Butler is one […]

Minnesota Timberwolves small forward Andrew Wiggins won’t play in Friday’s preseason game against the Milwaukee Bucks. Wiggins is expecting the birth of his first child. Andrew Wiggins is not making the trip to Milwaukee. He's expecting the birth of his first child, Wolves say. — Jon Krawczynski (@JonKrawczynski) October 11, 2018 Friday’s game is the […]

Jimmy Butler’s recent outburst after rejoining his teammates during Wednesday’s practice at the Mayo Clinic Square facility is much more than meets the eye, going beyond an angry All-Star and his desire to seek payback and embarrass his younger teammates after beating them in a high-octane scrimmage with the help of the third-stringers. It’s a […]

During the heated scrimmages at practice Wednesday, Minnesota Timberwolves small forward Jimmy Butler went out of his way to challenge big man Karl-Anthony Towns and swingman Andrew Wiggins, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. Wiggins and Towns are the two players Butler has an issue with. The four-time All-Star reportedly doesn’t respect Wiggins’ work ethic and […]

Only seven players have played and started in all 82 games last season, one of them was notably LeBron James, who did so for the first time of his career at age 33, Surprisingly, three Minnesota Timberwolves were on that list (h/t Alex Kennedy of HoopsHype — newly-extended center Karl-Anthony Towns, Andrew Wiggins and Taj […]

The highly-publicized spat between Minnesota Timberwolves star Andrew Wiggins and retired NBA champion Stephen Jackson does not appear to be coming to peaceful ending anytime soon. Nonetheless, Jackson, who started this whole fiasco in the first place, does seem willing to hash it out with the Wolves stud — eventually. Former NBA superstar Jerry Stackhouse […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves are banking on Karl-Anthony Towns and Andrew Wiggins to lead the team to the promised land. After signing Towns to a five-year, $190 million extension Saturday evening, the Timberwolves now have $337 million committed to him and Wiggins. Only the Oklahoma City Thunder have more money committed to two players (Russell Westbrook, Paul […]

There have been some reports that Andrew Wiggins’ lack of heart was one of the main reasons why Jimmy Butler requested a trade away from the Minnesota Timberwolves. A new advanced statistic has recently been unearthed that appears to support this theory about the young Wolves forward. Zach Lowe of ESPN pointed out a very specific piece […]

Jimmy Butler wants to win a championship and realizes to accomplish that feat, he has to take down the juggernaut known as the Golden State Warriors. One of the main reasons Butler has reportedly requested a trade from the Minnesota Timberwolves is he doesn’t feel he can make an impact in the rugged Western Conference playing […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves are reportedly just as concerned about Andrew Wiggins’ lack of heart and disposition to rise to the NBA’s elite, much like former league journeyman Stephen Jackson brought up in a video response to Wiggins and his brother Nick. Michael Grange of SportsNet, who covered the Canadian international through the years, gave a […]

As an impending social media duel was about to go down between Minnesota Timberwolves guard Andrew Wiggins and ESPN analyst Stephen Jackson, Memphis Grizzlies assistant coach Jerry Stackhouse stepped in. Via Instagram, Jackson revealed that Stackhouse called him in the middle of his impending social media scuffle with Wiggins. Jackson thanked him for his effort […]

Minnesota Timberwolves star Jimmy Butler doesn’t have too much respect for Andrew Wiggins and believes the Canadian swingman plays for the money instead of the love of the game, ESPN insider Stephen A. Smith said on Thursday’s edition of “First Take.” Butler, who has reportedly requested a trade from the Timberwolves, has issues with Wiggins’ […]

For those thinking the beef between former NBA journeyman Stephen Jackson and the Wiggins brothers would soon come to an end … think again. Minnesota Timberwolves star Jimmy Butler’s agent, Bernie Lee, tweeted a jersey of the BIG3 player in light of his recent comments defending his client and verbally assassinating Andrew Wiggins for his lack […]

Stephen Jackson put a wrap on his beef with Minnesota Timberwolves guard Andrew Wiggins and his brother Nick, after the former NBA player defended Jimmy Butler and took veiled shots at the Wiggins brothers for taking Butler’s trade request lightly. The NBA journeyman went live on Instagram and said he won’t apologize to Wiggins after […]

Stephen Jackson took no prisoners after seeing a since-deleted tweet by Andrew Wiggins’ brother Nick, which read a prompt “Hallelujah” after All-Star forward Jimmy Butler had requested a trade. Andrew had liked his brother’s post, which set of the fumes for Jackson, a former 14-year veteran of the league. Stephen Jackson reenacts how Andrew Wiggins […]

When news broke this afternoon that Jimmy Butler has requested a trade from the Minnesota Timberwolves, Andrew Wiggins’ brother, Nick, nonchalantly tweeted “Hallelujah.” Well, to no one’s surprise, it didn’t take long for Butler to respond. The All-Star shooting guard, while working out in Los Angeles, posted a video to his Instagram page with the […]

Jimmy Butler has requested a trade from the Minnesota Timberwolves and Andrew Wiggins’ brother, Nick Wiggins, didn’t take long to express his joy about the news. Butler is reportedly uncertain about playing with Wiggins and had issues with Wiggins’ work ethic and approach on defense last season. Needless to say, Nick Wiggins isn’t going to […]

The acquisition of Jimmy Butler helped head coach and president of basketball operations Tom Thibodeau guide the Minnesota Timberwolves to the playoffs for the first time since 2004. His continued presence might rip the fragile young team apart. Butler will reportedly meet with Thibodeau and general manager Scott Laydon on Monday to discuss the discord […]

Needless to say, there’s plenty of “kick me” post-it notes attached to the backs of many Minnesota Timberwolves’ front office executives that were in favor of inking 2014-2015 Rookie of the Year Andrew Wiggins to his five-year/$146.5 million dollar extension last year. As Wiggins sat with his parents and close advisers to negotiate the new […]

Minnesota Timberwolves swingman Jimmy Butler is reportedly set to meet with head coach Tom Thibodeau and general manager Scott Layden on Monday to see where both sides’ relationship with each other currently stands. There have been plenty of rumors surrounding the shaky rapport between Butler and some of his younger Minnesota teammates, which purportedly concerns […]

Most franchises have been busy stockpiling their teams with talent and assets, although the NBA arms race will near a brief end as teams try to already finalize their roster spots for training camp. Most franchises have been busy stockpiling their teams with talent and assets, although the NBA arms race will near a brief […]

Jimmy Butler appears to be taking shots at his Minnesota Timberwolves teammates via social media. https://www.instagram.com/p/BmbPAfmBHSb/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=embed_loading_state_control Although this seems to be a shot at his teammates, there’s nothing definitive about the caption that would point to them. But he took to the comment section to spar with a fan and then it became clear. 😬 […]

On November 6, 2015, the Call of Duty franchise duly released Black Ops III, the 12th Call of Duty game and the third installment in the Black Ops series. Games like COD: Ghosts and COD: Infinite Warfare have been released since then, but a fourth Black Ops game was rumored for a while. It’s been […]

Trade rumors are always interesting, even if they never materialize. According to Marc Stein of the New York Times, the Minnesota Timberwolves and Toronto Raptors discussed a deal involving DeMar DeRozan and Andrew Wiggins. “The Raptors, I’m told, held exploratory discussions in the summer of 2017 with Minnesota on a deal that would have been […]

Minnesota Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor isn’t ready to give up on Andrew Wiggins just yet. Taylor went on The Scoop podcast with Darren Wolfson on ESPN and they talked about the 23-year-old star. Taylor told Wolfson: “I just think you want to take a person and not give up on them when they’re that young, […]

Andrew Wiggins has had enough of fans talking trash to him on social media. He replied to one of his haters — going on full savage mode. As per Barstool Sports, below is a screenshot of Wiggins’ encounter with a fan via Instagram: https://twitter.com/barstoolsports/status/1014900157769506819 Since Jimmy Butler joined the Minnesota Timberwolves last season, he immediately […]

News broke back in May that superstar power forward/center Karl-Anthony Towns and the Minnesota Timberwolves are “not in a good place internally.” This was reported by ESPN’s Zach Lowe on The Lowe Post. His colleague Brian Windhorst asked Lowe to share his thoughts on Towns and the Timberwolves. Here is what Lowe said via Hoops Hype’s […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves have wrapped up their most successful season in quite some time with their first playoff appearance in 1_ years. Much of this push significant push forward came from the major offseason splash trade for All-Star forward Jimmy Butler during last year’s draft. However, there appear some internal issues arising over the last few […]

The last time the Minnesota Timberwolves made the playoffs prior to this season was in 2004. For reference, Kevin Garnett was flanked by Wally Szczerbiak, Sam Cassell, and Latrell Sprewell, the Los Angeles Lakers’ Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal were teammates, and Facebook was only a couple of months old. So, yeah, it had been a […]