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KAT gets a break: Wolves’ Karl-Anthony Towns left off NBA All-Star roster
Karl-Anthony Towns won’t be returning to the NBA All-Star Game after being selected the past two seasons. The Timberwolves center wasn’t among the reserves named to the Western Conference team on Thursday. Towns’ absence from the…
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Zulgad: Timberwolves’ historic loss to Kings is “as low as you can get”
MINNEAPOLIS — The Timberwolves’ 17-point lead with 2 minutes, 49 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter Monday night against Sacramento at Target Center meant their nine-game losing streak was going to end. How could one…
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Zulgad: Nothing is business as usual as Timberwolves mourn loss of Kobe Bryant
MINNEAPOLIS — On the schedule, the Wolves-Kings game Monday night at Target Center looked like an ordinary matchup of two teams working their way through disappointing seasons. Only on Monday nothing in the NBA felt…
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Zulgad: False positive: Karl-Anthony Towns continues to express hope despite Wolves’ free fall
MINNEAPOLIS — It wasn’t clear if Karl-Anthony Towns was trying to convince the media members who surrounded him, or himself, that the 2019-20 Timberwolves still have hope, but that’s exactly what he was doing following…
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Staying put: Wolves top exec calls Karl-Anthony Towns ‘untouchable as they come’
Could Karl-Anthony Towns be headed out of Minnesota? Even though the Timberwolves star is in the first season of a five-year, $158 million max contract, there have been recent reports of teams keeping a close…
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Last Shots: Triple-double for Wiggins, career night for Culver, and a loss to the champs
MINNEAPOLIS – Twenty quick thoughts from Minnesota’s 122-112 loss to the Toronto Raptors on Saturday night at Target Center. 1. After missing the longest stretch of games in his career, Karl-Anthony Towns returned to Target…
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Trade Analysis: Wolves swap Teague and Graham for Crabbe
On Thursday morning, Minnesota Timberwolves President of Basketball Operations Gersson Rosas pulled the trigger on his first in-season trade since assuming power last May. This deal sent guard Jeff Teague and wing Treveon Graham to…
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Wolves make deal with Atlanta Hawks
The Minnesota Timberwolves might look a little bit different by the time the season ends in terms of how the roster is constructed, and Thursday morning was one step in that direction. The team has…
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Last Shots: There are positives and negatives to look at, it’s all about the outlook
MINNEAPOLIS – Twenty-four quick thoughts from Minnesota’s 104-99 loss to the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday night at Target Center. 1. As Karl-Anthony Towns’ absence from the floor due to a knee injury and an illness…
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Last Shots: An untucked jersey, a missing defense, and a singular bright spot
MINNEAPOLIS – Nineteen quick thoughts from Minnesota’s 117-104 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday night at Target Center. 1. The last time these two teams met, the Wolves were mere seconds away from…
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Don’t look now, but the Wolves are winning with defense
MINNEAPOLIS – What a difference two weeks can make in the NBA world. Two weeks ago, the Timberwolves were searching for like in what quickly became what felt like a lost season. The team had…
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Last Shots: A high energy level and the Iowa shuttle
MINNEAPOLIS – Thirteen quick thoughts from Minnesota’s 99-84 win over the Golden State Warriors on Thursday night at Target Center. 1. Prior to Thursday night’s game, Golden State head coach Steve Kerr was concerned that…
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Last Shots: Hanging tough against one of the NBA’s best and Culver’s poster creation
MILWAUKEE – Thirty-one quick thoughts for the 31 minutes played by Shabazz Napier in Minnesota’s 106-104 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks on Wedneday night at Fiserv Forum. 1. This was a game that was not…
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Last Shots: Guys stepping up, a late arrival, and carrying the effort forward
MINNEAPOLIS – Twenty-one quick thoughts for Jarrett Culver’s career-high 21 points in Minnesota’s 122-115 overtime win over Brooklyn on Monday night at Target Center. 1. One of the good things about a team in rebuild…
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In the month of December the Wolves have been two different teams, but the results have been the same
MINNEAPOLIS – Winning in the NBA is difficult, in any capacity. It’s difficult to win championships, it’s difficult to win a playoff series, and it’s difficult to win on a Saturday night in December. There…
2 months ago