Darko Gets Amnestied
It’s a sad day:Darko Milicic has been waived by the Timberwolves, thus ending the Minnesota time of one of the strangest players the Wolves have ever had. I marked the occasion by writing what will...
View ArticleFive things to know about the Timberwolves’ first preseason game
The Wolves opened up the preseason in Fargo last night, whacking a short-handed Indiana team 84-70. We cannot learn that much from one preseason game, but even so, here’s five things you should know...
View ArticleThe Timberwolves Story So Far
The first week of the Timberwolves season is in the books, and it’s been a good week for the optimists. At the time I wrote about the first week for SBN Minnesota, the Wolves were 3-1 and had impressed...
View ArticleTimberwolves Week 2: Everybody’s hurt
Last Thursday, I looked back at the week that was for the Timberwolves, a week in which everybody got hurt. This was depressing. Since then, the Wolves have lost to Golden State at home, and now it’s...
View ArticleTimberwolves Week 3: The team is what it is
Everybody who was out short-term for the Timberwolves is back in the lineup now. Ricky Rubio is on his way back, but won’t be much of a factor until the new year. As I look back on the third week of...
View ArticleThe Wolves, Week 4: The gang that couldn’t shoot straight
In week four, it became apparent that Minnesota’s biggest struggle is the ability to shoot the ball from more than five feet away from the hoop. A Wolves team that was a shocking 5-2, and had players...
View ArticleTimberwolves Week 5: The new, temporary normal
The Wolves won twice and lost once in the fifth week of their season, right in line with their current level of talent and level of play. It was a calm, normal, average week for the Wolves – but that...
View ArticleWolves week: We need to talk about Kevin
My weekly Timberwolves recap didn’t get too much love from anyone, which I thought was a shame, because I really liked it pretty well. So if you want to read the definitive unliked column about Kevin...
View ArticleTimberwolves Week 7: Two steps forward, two steps back
Boy howdy, but are the Timberwolves up and down. They won four in a row, then lost to Orlando; they got slaughtered by the Heat, then beat the Thunder, in the span of three days. There are no sure...
View ArticleDerrick Williams and “figuring it out”
The Timberwolves have lost 16 of their past 19 games. That’s pretty bad, but after watching the team for the last decade or so, I’m used to it. Another thing I’m used to is being told that one young...
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