Tag: Timberwolves
Naz Reid was named the 2023-24 NBA Sixth Man of the Year on Wednesday night, becoming the first Minnesota Timberwolves player to win the award. He is the third center to receive it, joining Bill Walton (1986) and Montrezl Harrell (2020). Reid, 24, appeared in 81 games and made 14 starts in the regular season. […]
Three NBA teams are tied record-wise for the No. 1 seed in their respective conference after 81 games for the first time in league history — Oklahoma City Thunder, Minnesota Timberwolves, and Denver Nuggets. All three title contenders are 56-25. With Denver’s 121-120 loss to the San Antonio Spurs on Friday night, along with wins by Oklahoma City and Minnesota, […]
Minnesota Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns (knee) was upgraded to questionable on the injury report ahead of Friday night’s matchup with the Atlanta Hawks. Towns, 28, was cleared for full-contact, five-on-five basketball activities on Tuesday. The four-time All-Star has been out since March 4 and underwent surgery for a meniscus tear in his left knee four weeks […]
Minnesota Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns is slated to return to the lineup for Sunday’s regular-season finale this weekend against the Phoenix Suns, according to ESPN NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski. Wojnarowski said that Towns “isn’t planning to play” against the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday, “but a return on the weekend against Atlanta or Phoenix looms possible.” […]
Anthony Edwards scored a career-high 51 points on 17-of-29 (58.6%) shooting from the floor, 6-of-13 (46.2%) from 3-point range, and a perfect 11-of-11 (100%) at the free throw line — in the Minnesota Timberwolves’ 130-121 victory over the Washington Wizards on Tuesday night. Not to mention, it was the Timberwolves’ eighth 50-point game in franchise […]
Minnesota Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor is no longer selling his controlling stake in the franchise to minority owners Marc Lore and Alex Rodriguez, he announced Thursday. In 2021, Taylor agreed to sell the Timberwolves and WNBA’s Minnesota Lynx for $1.5 billion. A gradual transfer of power over a number of years was the agreed structure, […]
The Minnesota Timberwolves are signing forward T.J. Warren for the remainder of the 2023-24 season, per Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium. Warren, 30, recently finished two back-to-back 10-day deals with the club. Through seven games off the bench this season with the Timberwolves, the 6-foot-8 wing is averaging 4.1 points, 2.3 rebounds, 1.0 […]
Former Minnesota Timberwolves staff member Somak Sarkar has been fired, arrested, and charged with felony third-degree burglary for allegedly stealing thousands of internal files, including “strategic NBA information,” from a team executive, according to a criminal complaint filed Wednesday. Per Paul Walsh of the Star Tribune, Sarkar was accused of stealing strategic information from the hard drive of […]
Ex-MLB star Alex Rodriquez and his partner, Marc Lore, have lost the financial backing of the Carlyle Group with one payment left to claim majority ownership of the Minnesota Timberwolves, according to team owner Glen Taylor. In April 2021, Rodriquez and Lore agreed to purchase the Wolves in installments. Their final payment would have closed the […]
Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards has met the 65-game criteria to become eligible for awards and honors, including All-NBA. This new rule was implemented in last year’s collective bargaining agreement. Edwards, 22, also signed a five-year, $204 million rookie extension last July that was initially worth as much as $260 million. The contract will increase […]
