Timberwolves head coach and president of basketball operations Phillip "Flip" Saunders has reportedly passed away at the age of 60. Saunders was battling Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Kentucky big man Karl-Anthony Towns tells The Associated Press he has "no promise at all" from the Minnesota Timberwolves, who hold the No. 1 overall pick in the NBA draft on Thursday.
UNDATED (AP) — Andrei Kirilenko took a $7 million pay cut when he opted out of a deal with the Timberwolves to play for the Brooklyn Nets and Russian owner Mikhail Prokhorov.
Stop, collaborate, and listen! Ice may be off many Minnesota lakes, but it will be on the court at Target Center Friday night during halftime for the game against the visiting Boston Celtics. The Timberwolves announced (with what seemed like sincere excitement) that 80's and 90's hip hop star Vanilla Ice would be taking to the court to provide a halftime show for what is sure to be a sold out game
Ricky Rubio has been fantastic so far in his young NBA career, but I think if he came over when he was 19-years-old he would have weltered under the NBA pressure. Two years ago the Minnesota Timberwolves could not put together a decent team if their life depended on it, but now after many years of being a doormat for the Western Conference, they are on their way up.
Last night I went to my first Timberwolves game since the Kevin Garnett era. One thing that caught me off guard was that Target Canter was almost sold-out given the fact we were playing one of the best teams in the league the Chicago Bulls, but Even the upper deck was full. Another thing is Rubio mania was in full swing last night. Most of the fans were either wearing a Rubio shirt or jersey.
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This week I am taking a different route then normal. I decided that the past few weeks of bashing Minnesota teams was getting old, so this week it will be all about the good things in Minnesota. Today might be the first time you have heard the name Timberwolves and the word buzz in the same sentence since the day Kevin Garnett left, but today I am starting the buzz.
Every Wednesday I usually write a top ten list, from top ten players from Minnesota, to not top ten Timberwolves draft picks. Instead of compiling stats, and players to produce a list, lets put on the "what if hat" and think about what if things went different in these ten moments in Minnesota sports history...