Timberwolves

What do they say about hindsight again? Oh, right: It sucks. Okay, fine, they actually say hindsight is 20/20, but sometimes, having 20/20 vision sucks. Shabazz Muhammad knows what we’re talking about—oh boy, does he know. According to the Star Tribune‘s Jerry Zgoda, Muhammad turned down a $40 million extension from the Minnesota Timberwolves last season, [...]

In case you were unaware, Kevin Garnett doesn’t have the best relationship with Minnesota Timberwolves Owner Glen Taylor and the organization these days. Garnett has a rift with Taylor because when he was traded back to the T’Wolves in 2015 he was promised a role with Flip Saunders in the front office upon his retirement [...]

As the Los Angeles Clippers’ season continues to slip away, so, too, does the hope that they’ll finish the year with DeAndre Jordan on the roster. Perhaps that isn’t the prevailing sentiment within the organization, but rival squads definitely smell blood in the water, and they’re coming for the 29-year-old shot-blocker and rim-runner—four to be [...]

Gorgui Dieng is struggling to find his place with the Minnesota Timberwolves. Head coach and president Tom Thibodeau moved him to the bench in favor of free-agent acquisition Taj Gibson, and the returns have not been great. Dieng is still shooting a ridiculously high percentage on long twos, even though his three-point clip dropped, according [...]

People often stack up Jimmy Butler’s tenacious approach to defense alongside Tom Thibodeau’s maniacal approach to coaching. And where some players might try to separate themselves from such a comparison, Butler is leaning into it as a member of the Minnesota Timberwolves. As he told The Vertical’s Shams Charania: “These young guys do listen, but it’s [...]

The No.1 pick of the 2014 NBA Draft is now the 3rd player in his class to sign an over $100 million extension in the past week, joining Joel Embiid and Gary Harris. Andrew Wiggins has reportedly agreed to a five-year, $146.5 million max extension with the T’Wolves. [tweet https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/918199708488753158?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] It’s interesting that the deal [...]

Tom Thibodeau is done waiting on the Minnesota Timberwolves. Sure, they wrapped 2016-17 as the NBA’s youngest team. And yes, their two most important players, Karl-Anthony Towns and Andrew Wiggins, still get carded when buying scratch-off lotto tickets. And no, preseason letdowns aren’t supposed to send head coaches into a tizzy. But Thibs is mad [...]

So about Andrew Wiggins’ five-year, $148 million extension with the Minnesota Timberwolves…We’ve yet to hear confirmation that he’s actually signed it, which is weird. The question is: Might this be a sign of something more sinister at play? Timberwolves coach-president Tom Thibodeau doesn’t think so, per Jerry Zgoda of the Star Tribune: [tweet https://twitter.com/JerryZgoda/status/913187813142577152] As someone [...]

The Timberwolves and Shabazz Muhammad essentially went in one big circle this summer and ended up at the same place. After renouncing his rights during free agency in order to sign Taj Gibson, the T’Wolves have decided to bring back 24-year-old swing man Shabazz Muhammad on a one-year deal for the minimum. [tweet https://twitter.com/ShabazzMuhammad/status/907713503045279746] Muhammad [...]

The Minnesota Timberwolves have a completely new look and feel as a franchise, and with the acquisition of Jimmy Butler this off-season they are projected to make their first postseason since Kevin Garnett left town in 2004. Stocking their roster with veterans and winners to surround their young duo of Karl Anthony Towns and Andrew [...]