Ricky Rubio has been off to a very nice start for the Minnesota Timberwolves, after initially being a pain in the ass to get out of Spain. He’s averaging just over 10 points and eight assists and has shown some of the flash that we saw in Europe. But, the fine times might have to [...]
You may or may not have heard about the little incident involving Minnesota Timberwolves big man Kevin Love. On Saturday, Love took umbrage with Luis Scola of the Houston Rockets being on the floor. So, he decided to stomp on him as they ran back up the floor and the NBA certainly took notice. Love [...]
It’s tough to consider any athlete a bust before he even plays a minute for his professional team, but that’s kind of what’s happening to Minnesota Timberwolves point guard Ricky Rubio. His nondescript play in the Eurobasket tournament has people wondering if this kid will have any sort of impact early in his NBA career. [...]
In case you didn’t notice, and judging by the ratings you didn’t, the NBA draft lottery was met with some controversy on Tuesday night after the Cleveland Cavaliers miraculously ended up with the No. 1- and No. 4-overall picks in this year’s draft. Some have chirped that the lottery is fixed, but most of those [...]
Denver Nuggets second-year point guard Ty Lawson basically told everyone last night that they should know. They should know that this dude is not playing around. In a win over the visiting Minnesota Timberwolves, Lawson set an NBA record and then gave away a couple more. He set the record by making his first 10 [...]
Just days after O.J. Mayo was benched for being late to a shootaround, it looks like his benching could be a little more permanent. A Twitter feed for the Memphis Commercial Appeal reports that Xavier Henry will now be the starting shooting guard, with Mayo coming in off the bench. “Griz coach Lionel Hollins says [...]
The Minnesota Timberwolves have acquired Delonte West, Sebastian Telfair, a 9mm Beretta pistol, a 357 Magnum, a Remington 870, a loaded .45 caliber handgun, and a guitar case from the Cleveland Cavaliers for Ramon Sessions, Ryan Hollins, and an unspecified draft pick. PHOTO CAPTION: The Timberwolves are also looking to land Gilbert Arenas and an [...]
UPDATE: The deal is done, Cleveland will send Delonte West and Sebastian Telfair to Minnesota for Ramon Sessions, Ryan Hollins, and an unspecified draft pick. The Cleveland Cavaliers are in “advanced talks” with the Minnesota Timberwolves involving a trade for Ramon Sessions, Brian Windhorst tweets. League sources consider this a ‘strong move’ for the Cavaliers. [...]
Multiple sources tell ESPN’s Chad Ford that the Minnesota Timberwolves have been working the phones pretty hard in an effort to make a trade. Ford says he’s heard everything from trying to move up to No. 2 to get Evan Turner to trying to swing a deal with Memphis to get Zach Randolph (although his [...]
Ricky Rubio, the Spanish superstar who the Minnesota Timberwolves took with the fifth-overall pick in the 2009 NBA Draft, says that he won’t leave Barcelona until his NBA opt-out clause comes up after next season. Not only did he say he isn’t leaving his Spanish club any time soon, but he also said that it’s [...]
The Minnesota Timberwolves have suspended forward/center Al Jefferson for two games following his early Sunday morning arrest on suspicion of driving under the influence.
The Minnesota Timberwolves, who were hoping to contend for the Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy this year, are going to be without second-year forward/center Kevin Love for 6-8 weeks with a hand injury. PHOTO CAPTION: Smile Kevins Love has a broken fourth metacarpal bone in his left hand and is scheduled to see a hand specialist [...]
Spanish media outlet Marca is reporting that Minnesota Timberwolves first-round pick Ricky Rubio is set to sign a six-year deal in Spain with Regal Barcelona. The deal will include a buyout clause that could bring him to the T-Wolves in 2011. Gee….that’s right around the corner. “Based on the information I have attained today, no [...]
Ricky Rubio was drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves this past June but there is a major snag. The 18-year old can’t come play in the NBA until someone buys out his Spanish contract for $6.6 million. But now it seems that the T-Wolves will be able to negotiate that down to about $3.3 million, and [...]
Minnesota Timberwolves president of basketball operations, David Kahn, has written an open letter to Wolves fans, explaining their draft-night decisions, as well as what’s happening with the team moving forward: Dear Timberwolves Fans and Supporters: It’s been five weeks since I arrived in Minneapolis and I hope you can feel what I feel: change. I [...]
An NBA sources tells the Boston Globe that the deal of Minnesota forward Al Jefferson and the sixth-overall pick for Amare Stoudemire ain’t happenin’. Another source said that the deal was definitely discussed, but that the Suns were quickly turned down. It’s well known that the cost-cutting Suns are looking to dump Stoudemire and his [...]
The Minnesota Timberwolves have decided that Kevin McHale can do anything he wants in the whole world, as long as anything he wants doesn’t include coaching the Timberwolves. “This is going to be a transition period,” said president of basketball operations David Kahn. “And with the changes that have occurred, and with the changes that [...]
