This is the season we find out how whether the Wolves are going to lean into or turn away from Tom Thibodeau's madness, if they can see the reward in the struggle. Read more »
Minnesota Timberwolves Analysis
Thirty Futures: Minnesota Timberwolves
2017 Summer League Notes On All 30 NBA Teams
Notes and observations on all 30 NBA teams from how they evaluated their offseason moves and what they saw from their Summer League prospects. Read more »
Tom Thibodeau's Shot At Getting The Exec-Coach Hybrid Right
The executive-coach hybrid experiment has yet to work out in the modern NBA, but the Wolves are on the right track so far with a roster good enough to win-now and also pursue grander ambitions down the road. Read more »
Grading The Deal: Wolves Sign Jeff Teague To Three-Year, $57M Deal
Jeff Teague is basically your league average point guard in 2017 but he conceptually fits what the Wolves need at point guard. Read more »
Grading The Deal: Jazz Trade For Ricky Rubio As Wolves Make Way For New Point Guard
While the Jazz now have insurance against George Hill leaving, the Wolves can target a free agent point guard that fits their roster composition. Read more »
Grading The Deal: Wolves Acquire Jimmy Butler From Bulls In Lopsided Trade
The Wolves pair Karl-Anthony Towns and Andrew Wiggins with a true superstar in his prime without giving up anything at all of consequence. Read more »
2017 NBA Offseason Preview: Minnesota Timberwolves
The Wolves enter the offseason with a lottery pick and a ton of cap space to help build around their core of Karl-Anthony Towns and Andrew Wiggins. Read more »
Ten-Year Net Rating Rankings (Infographics For All 30 Teams)
Beyond strictly looking at wins and losses, net rating gives a clear picture of team performance. The following infographics show the trajectory of every team in the NBA in terms of how they rank in the category. Read more »
The Maximum Available 2017 Cap Space For All 30 NBA Teams, Version 4.0
With the NBA Trade Deadline behind us and rosters locked in for the most part, it is time for an updated look at what all 30 teams cap space picture looks likes for the summer of 2017. Read more »
Western Conference Buyers & Sellers At The Trade Deadline
There are a number of teams on the fringes of the playoff picture such as the Kings, Nuggets, Blazers and Mavericks, which makes predicting their deadline goals difficult. Read more »
2016 Year-End NBA Team Portfolio Rankings
The Warriors and Cavaliers remain atop our year-end rankings but there's considerable change behind them, most notably the Raptors, Bucks and 76ers. Read more »
The Wolves' Startlingly Bad Defense
As a group, the Wolves don't hustle back, constantly lose track of their halfcourt assignments, foul a bunch, and have poor individual defenders up and down their roster. Read more »
Kevin Garnett And The Deconstruction Of The Severe Basketball Self On Area 21
On Area 21, Kevin Garnett is reinforcing what we know about the wantonness of his words, but also revealing a broad, warm, and relentlessly frank sensibility. Read more »
How The Cavs & Clippers Are Improving Their Old Familiar Selves
In the Cavs and the Clippers, we're watching two squads who know they're good but also know they're going to have to be even better this season if they want to challenge the Warriors. All signs are positive so far and perhaps it's due to their continuity. Read more »
Five Question Season Preview: Northwest Division
How Tom Thibodeau will use Karl-Anthony Towns on offense, finding a backcourt partner for Russell Westbrook, Evan Turner's fit with Portland, Quin Snyder's false ation offense and whether one of Denver's young guards will emerge as a foundational piece. Read more »
Thirty Futures: Minnesota Timberwolves
The Wolves' rise from an intriguing young collective into one with teeth will be unsteady and hard and painful. Tom Thibodeau is apt to appreciate this, he has always been more obsessed with the grind of his craft than its capacity for glory. Read more »
Tom Thibodeau's Restraint And Foresight In His First Minnesota Offseason
If Tom Thibodeau and Scott Layden's first offseason is any indication of how they'll operate over the next few years - tempered, shrewd and logical - the Timberwolves will eventually do what everyone expects: Devour. Read more »
Revisiting The Top-5 Of The 2015 NBA Draft
A lot has changed for Karl-Anthony Towns, D'Angelo Russell, Jahlil Okafor, Kristaps Porzingis and Mario Hezonja since they were drafted just over a year ago. Read more »
2016 NBA Offseason Review: Northwest Division
As the Wolves, Jazz and Nuggets look to end their playoff droughts with young rosters, the Blazers and Thunder focused on remaining playoff contenders amid major potential change. Read more »
The Trade Value Of Russell Westbrook
What could the Thunder trade Russell Westbrook for in the final year of his contract if Kevin Durant signs elsewhere? We look at the seven teams who need a point guard and have an attractive package to offer. Read more »
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