Category: Timberwolves

Game #66, Road Game #34, Phoenix 108, Minnesota 90 1. The Last To Know Do the Minnesota Timberwolves have any idea how silly they are appearing to fans who have watched them play this entire season? Right now this team has a choice: Give the young group of players you have been touting for the…

Game #65, Road Game #33, Lakers 109, Minnesota 102 1. Point Guard Roulette Mike James was the best Timberwolves point guard tonight and it wasn’t even close. James had his best game in a Wolves uniform in at least 6 weeks, going off for 18 points (6-14 FG) and 11 assists versus one turnover and…

Game #64, Road Game #32, Golden State 106, Minnesota 86 1. Postponing the Obvious So, did you catch that playoff fever? Heading into last night’s Golden State game, the Wolves only had to defeat the Warriors and have the Clips lose on the road in Charlotte to sneak into that 8th playoff seed with just…

Game 6, Home Game 32: Minnesota 86, Indiana 81 1. Nothing To Lose But A Reputation For Stupidity The Timberwolves story in Tuesday’s Star Tribune, entitled “Wittman still seeks right answer,” went into some detail about how the coach of this franchise had tried everything– “tweaked and re-tweaked the lineup, shuffled the rotation…called the team…

Game #61, Road Game #30, Miami 105, Minnesota 91 1. No Center, No Point Guard, No Chance The Minnesota Timberwolves do not have a center who can adequately defend the paint. They do not have anyone capable of fulfilling the point guard duties at both ends of the court at even a mediocre level. These…

Game #60, Home Game #31, Minnesota 117, Lakers 107 (2 OT) 1. So Pretty No Timberwolves player has been ripped as royally by myself and those responding to my treys this season as “Pretty Ricky” Davis, who has been dubbed either directly or by inference as a cancer, a coach killer, a corroder of chemistry,…