Minnesota Timberwolves

No one can replace Kevin Love, but the Minnesota Timberwolves are going to have to try. At least for now. Which means David Kahn, owner Glen Taylor and company will have to take to the free agent ranks to find a versatile forward who can at least provide a capable body until Love returns from [...]

Kevin Love is arguably more important to his team’s offensive success than any other player in the league. Which is why the Minnesota Timberwolves are screwed. According to Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports, Love suffered a broken right hand and will be out 4-6 weeks: Minnesota Timberwolves star Kevin Love has suffered a broken right [...]

The Minnesota Timberwolves were treated Wednesday night to some good signs. In a preseason game against the Indiana Pacers, the T’Wolves saw early indications of what this largely new team could do. Andrei Kirilenko was back to his old tricks, making an impact up and down the court without registering noticeably on the scoreboard. A healthy J.J. Barea looked [...]

September 25, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors The Minnesota Timberwolves continue to solidify their suddenly potent roster. The T-wolves are set to sign center/ forward Lou Amundson to a one-year contract. Amundson contributed his averages of 3.5 ppg and 3.6 rpg in 60 games last year with the Indiana Pacers. Though he didn’t start a [...]

August 23, 2012 – Mohamed Abdihakim I have an abashedly biased appreciation for stats guys. There are multiple possible reasons for this. Maybe it’s because I’m a numbers guy and operate with the same sophistication. Or, and infinitely more likely, i’m constantly amazed by how the work that statisticians do often bewilders me and makes [...]

July 24, 2012 – Rob De France After moving 2-time MVP and 8-time All-Star Steve Nash, the Phoenix Suns have reloaded quickly. The Suns will have their ups and downs in the regular season, but this is a team others will try to avoid come playoff time. Letting go of Nash was challenging for the [...]

July 24, 2012 – Allen Moll It’s been nearly 15 months since we last saw former 3 time NBA All Star Brandon Roy on the NBA hardwood, after the Trailblazers’ former franchise player retired all too early [...]

July 6, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors We told you about Brandon Roy announcing that he felt healthy for the first time in a couple years and wanted to make an NBA comeback. Only a few short weeks later it appears, according to multiple sources, that Roy has reached a verbal agreement on a two [...]

June 26, 2012 – Griffin Gotta When Brandon Roy retired after the 2011 season, it was a sad ending for what was a magnificent run of basketball — when he was right — with the Portland Trail Blazers. It was also woefully short, even as magnificent runs go. The belief that Roy, who had to [...]

March 27, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors We’ve been treated to a few amazing NBA games this week. Sunday night for one, we got a quadruple OT thriller between the Jazz and Hawks. But by far the best game this past week was the Double OT slugfest between the Thunder and Timberwolves. [...]