Tag: Minnesota Timberwolves
With July rapidly approaching, several teams will have significant spending power for the 2018-19 season but on a smaller scale than the past two summers. The NBA’s current salary cap projection for the coming year is $101 million with luxury tax threshold of $123 million. The exact figures should be released late on June 30, […]
The Minnesota Timberwolves selected Georgia Tech’s Josh Okogie with the 20th overall pick of the 2018 NBA Draft. At the NBA level, Okogie probably projects as a shooting guard. Despite being 6-foot-4, Okogie has the physical tools and the ability to guard taller shooting guards. He was a pretty good defensive player in college and […]
[Tom] Thibodeau and [Karl-Anthony] Towns have spoken on the phone this offseason, league sources told The Athletic, and there is expected to be more substantive dialogue in the coming weeks when Towns returns from his travels. According to several people familiar with the situation, there has not been an impasse between the two. Towns has not […]
Minnesota Timberwolves guard Jamal Crawford has declined his $4.5 million player option for next season and will become a free agent, league sources told Yahoo Sports. Crawford, a three-time Sixth Man of the Year, will become one of the top reserve scorers on the open market after facing Monday’s deadline to decide on his option. […]
The player who has been most stonewalled by [Tom] Thibodeau’s preference for veterans — to the frustration of Wolves fans — has been backup point guard Tyus Jones, who is just 21 years old and played all 82 games last year. But his minutes fluctuated, his playing time sapped by the presence of Jamal Crawford […]
Sources familiar with the situation told Sporting News that [Jimmy]Butler is uncertain about playing with Wiggins — Butler had problems last season with Wiggins, his work ethic and his approach on the defensive end of the floor. Thibodeau has had similar problems with Wiggins in the past, too, and he had some hope that bringing […]
Tomorrow is Grayson Allen day at Mayo Clinic Square. He has already worked out for the 76ers, Celtics, Lakers, Jazz, etc. He performed very well at the Combine and at his Pro Day in front of every team in L.A. a couple weeks back. #Twolves #AllEyesNorth Tomorrow is Grayson Allen day at Mayo Clinic Square. […]
With so many NBA teams getting bounced in the playoffs, it would be easy to overreact, there are some situations to watch and Steve Kyler digs in to several of them.
Minnesota Timberwolves guard Jamal Crawford will decline his 2018-19 player option to become an unrestricted free agent this summer, league sources told ESPN. Crawford, one of the league’s elite reserves, will be opting out of a guaranteed salary of $4.5 million to test free agency. Source: Chris Haynes of ESPN
Tom Thibodeau and Karl-Anthony Towns look back on a successful season and gaining meaningful experience in the postseason.
