Minnesota Timberwolves News and Rumors
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VOTW – Twolves Rising StarsMay 11
John, timberpups.com While this week’s “Video of the Week” may get your blood boiling if you think back to this era for too long, it should also be a fond memory of some of the few good ole days in the Pups history. Ahmad Rashad hosted ‘Rising Stars’ and in this edi… |
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Eric Freeman, yahoo.com Sometimes a player exits the NBA on terms that in no way reflect his talent. As reported by Yahoo!'s own Adrian Wojnarowski on Friday, the Minnesota Timberwolves are formalizing the release of shooting guard Brandon Roy, effectively ending his career. A… |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com The Minnesota Timberwolves have waived guard Brandon Roy, likely bringing an end to an All-Star career that was shortened by knee problems. |
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Jonah Steinmeyer, howlintwolf.com Chad Ford released the second version of his infamous NBA Mock Drafts (ESPN Insider article). Here’s what he’s got coming for the Wolves: Not bad. But I gotta admit, seeing CJ McCollum, the high-volume shooting guard from Lehigh, who sat more than hal… |
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Flip Saunders has started the restructuring expected when he took over as Minnesota Timberwolves president last week. |
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Minnesota Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor sat before a throng of media, swallowed hard and said what many in and around the organization had been thinking for about nine years. |
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Big Al, timberpups.com Following a tumultuous four seasons for David Kahn as president of basketball operations for the Minnesota Timberwolves, owner Glen Taylor has decided against exercising Kahn’s team option for the 2013-14 season thus ending his tenure with the organizat… |
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John, timberpups.com I cannot tell a lie; while I have been a fan of the Timberwolves since their inception, the drafting of Christian Laettner put my fandom over the edge and drove me to diehard status. Yes, that is a true story and please, do not judge me. This week’s VOT… |
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Dime Magazine, dimemag.com Sometimes in the NBA Playoffs, two squads will matchup and eventually it’ll become so obvious who the better team is that even the players just have to give in. The Knicks and Celtics have reached that point, and they got there in the early moments of t… |
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Dime Magazine, dimemag.com Sometimes in the NBA Playoffs, two squads will matchup and eventually it’ll become so obvious who the better team is that even the players just have to give in. The Knicks and Celtics have reached that point, and they got there in the early moments of t… |
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With speculation on his job status reaching a fever pitch, Minnesota Timberwolves president of basketball operations David Kahn said Friday night that he has not met with owner Glen Taylor to discuss the team option on his contract for next season. |
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ESPN.com news services, ESPN.com ESPN NBA analyst Flip Saunders would not confirm a report that he was expected to return to the Minnesota Timberwolves as the club's next president of basketball operations. |
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David Kahn is out as Timberwolves boss, according to a report, with Flip Saunders set to take overApr 26
Kelly Dwyer, yahoo.com David Kahn, to put it very mildly, has had more downs than ups in his time running the Minnesota Timberwolves. Since taking over the team in 2009, the ex-NBA journalist and former NBC sports teaboy has presided over four losing seasons, while working wi… |
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Jonah Steinmeyer, howlintwolf.com Per ESPN 1500: According to NBA.com, Minnesota Timberwolves president of basketball operations David Kahn has been fired. But here’s the twist… Flip Saunders will likely replace him. Woah, woah, woah. Hold the phone. You’re telling me that the man w… |
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Tom Ley, deadspin.com Steve Aschburner of the NBA's Hangtime blog is reporting that Minnesota Timberwolves general manager David Kahn is on the cusp of being relieved of his duties. His likely replacement will be former T-Wolves coach Flip Saunders.Read more... |
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John, timberpups.com Game Summary The Pups had a chance to close the season on a winning note Wednesday night in San Antonio after losing their last home game at Target Center to Utah on Monday. The Spurs came into Wednesday’s game a little banged up and it shouldn’t have… |
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Pups Playoffs PredictionsApr 18
John, timberpups.com Well, the NBA regular season has come to a close and the Timberwolves will not be participating in the six month process known as the NBA playoffs. No fear, here are our Pups playoffs predictions anyway. For each series I’ll provide a little bit of rati… |
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Tom Westerholm, howlintwolf.com Otto Porter, Georgetown University Positives: There are a lot of teams for whom Otto Porter would be a heck of a draft pick. For instance: Any team that needs a very large body who can play well out of a pick-and-pop would be well served with Porter. An… |
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Derek James, howlintwolf.com This is the closest you’ll get to seeing T-Mac in a Spurs uniform. (Photo from DimeMag) I know you were thinking it, because I was too. After finally winning 30 games again and getting win number 1,000 for Rick Adelman, there wasn’t much incentive lef… |
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Big Al, timberpups.com Game Summary: The Timberwolves returned home on Monday night to take on the Utah Jazz for the second time in four days. Coming off a career-high 40 points against the Pups on Friday night, Al Jefferson looked to will his team to another victory with the… |
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Brandon Jefferson, dimemag.com With the NBA Playoffs less than a week away, the fans of 16 teams are prepping themselves for the excitement of the second season, each team just 16 wins away from calling themselves world champions. However, there are 14 other teams that will not be ab… |
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Dime Magazine, dimemag.com On a day that will forever be linked with sadness, death and despair, a backup point guard turned in the most heartwarming story on the NBA schedule. It was of little importance within the grand scheme of life, especially after spending hours trained to… |
