2018-2019 Minnesota Timberwolves In-Season Thread

[Sportsfan24]

Wiggins still has the potential. But he needs the right coach and the right system. In my opinion, he has to do too much dribbling. He needs to be put in positions that are closer to the basket.

Agreed. I’m not against trading him but I also don’t believe he has been coached well since Flip passed.

Ryan? I’m on record as saying he didn’t earn the position and as result I don’t think he will be successful but it’s far to soon to determine if I’m right. I think we’ll have a better idea by the end of the season.


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So Wiggins shouldn’t feel that way or he shouldn’t have responded?


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He's a complete tool who said he will try real hard next year.

[Sportsfan24]

He's a complete tool who said he will try real hard next year.

My understanding was that making the All Star Team will be s goal next year for him. Which I find nothing wrong with.

[Gopherguy0723]

Wiggins sucks.

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My understanding was that making the All Star Team will be s goal next year for him. Which I find nothing wrong with.

He made it pretty clear that he will wait till next off-season to really try to make the All Start team. The idea of him making an all-star team is laughable first off but the real kicker is his dismissal of this season and the past.

[BleedGopher]

STrib: Saunders shakes up starting five; Timberwolves respond with needed win

Wolves coach Ryan Saunders had a few players back, but another out sick. He felt it was time to make a change in the starting lineup, but he was forced to make two.

On a snowy Monday, in as much of a must-win game as a team can find this time of year, the Wolves mixed and matched and managed to hold on for a win.

So much happened in Minnesota’s 130-120 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers, comeback specialists who had roared back from 20-plus down in three of their past five games. But the important thing: a win.

“Obviously we’re not satisfied with one, but it’s hard to win in this league,’’ said Saunders, whose team was back home after an 0-3 road trip. “We had to scratch out a win. Sometimes you have to dig down.’’

Dig they did. Jeff Teague was available, as was Derrick Rose. Saunders had already decided to make a change in the starting lineup, putting Dario Saric in for Taj Gibson, hoping Saric’s shooting would space the floor, giving Karl-Anthony Towns more room inside.

But, with Andrew Wiggins out sick, Saric and Luol Deng started.

Somehow, it worked.

Deng played a team-high 37:50 and was a game-best plus-28. He scored 12 points with nine rebounds and two steals. Saric shook off early foul trouble to score 19 with eight rebounds. Teague had a 19-point, 10-assist double-double, and Towns had 24 points and 10 boards. Rose had 22 off the bench.

http://www.startribune.com/timberwol...ive/505701602/

Howl Wolves!!

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STrib: Saunders shakes up starting five; Timberwolves respond with needed win

Wolves coach Ryan Saunders had a few players back, but another out sick. He felt it was time to make a change in the starting lineup, but he was forced to make two.

On a snowy Monday, in as much of a must-win game as a team can find this time of year, the Wolves mixed and matched and managed to hold on for a win.

So much happened in Minnesota’s 130-120 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers, comeback specialists who had roared back from 20-plus down in three of their past five games. But the important thing: a win.

“Obviously we’re not satisfied with one, but it’s hard to win in this league,’’ said Saunders, whose team was back home after an 0-3 road trip. “We had to scratch out a win. Sometimes you have to dig down.’’

Dig they did. Jeff Teague was available, as was Derrick Rose. Saunders had already decided to make a change in the starting lineup, putting Dario Saric in for Taj Gibson, hoping Saric’s shooting would space the floor, giving Karl-Anthony Towns more room inside.

But, with Andrew Wiggins out sick, Saric and Luol Deng started.

Somehow, it worked.

Deng played a team-high 37:50 and was a game-best plus-28. He scored 12 points with nine rebounds and two steals. Saric shook off early foul trouble to score 19 with eight rebounds. Teague had a 19-point, 10-assist double-double, and Towns had 24 points and 10 boards. Rose had 22 off the bench.

http://www.startribune.com/timberwol...ive/505701602/

Howl Wolves!!

Fun game last night. As much as I can't stand Rose the person, he made some amazing shots and stopped the Clippers run in the 2nd half.

[Sportsfan24]

Fun game last night. As much as I can't stand Rose the person, he made some amazing shots and stopped the Clippers run in the 2nd half.

You know him personally?


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You know him personally?


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I know a whole lot about his rape charge. Did you bother reading about it?

[BleedGopher]

Souhan: Wolves' victory over Rockets provides a one-game glimpse into their future

Wednesday night at Target Center, the NBA was what the NBA is supposed to be.

All-Stars of almost unfathomable skill dueled, the Wolves wore purple to honor Prince, manic coaches traded strategic jabs, the crowd rose and ebbed all night, Jevetta Steele performed a stirring anthem and Sheila E. rocked the halftime, earning a standing ovation of her own.

It was ideal downtown Minneapolis entertainment on a night when refuge from the cold, dark winter was appreciated.

The Timberwolves took down Houston 121-111, with Josh Okogie and Karl-Anthony Towns starring before flying to Charlotte, Jeff Teague showing what this team can do with a quality point guard, and Luol Deng turning back the clock.

Long after the game, the Wolves’ coach — his birth name appears to be, let’s see here, “32-year-old interim coach Ryan Saunders” — entered the locker room and handed a wristband to Towns. Towns put it on as the two laughed.

“He’s our captain,” Towns said later of Saunders.

This was a good night to embrace “small sample sizes.”

Analysts use that phrase as an insult. But where would Minnesota sports be without small sample sizes?

Kirby Puckett’s Game 6 was a small sample size. So were Jack Morris’ Game 7 and the Minneapolis Miracle.

Perhaps major decisions shouldn’t be made based on SSSes, but sometimes small windows offer focused views.

http://www.startribune.com/wolves-vi...ure/505870482/

Howl Wolves!!

[BleedGopher]

per Shooter:

It wouldn’t surprise me if Fred Hoiberg within a month is named Timberwolves general manager with ex-Wolves coach Randy Wittman joining the front office, and if interim head coach Ryan Saunders is given the head coaching job with a $4.5 million, three-year contract.

The Wolves owe fired coach Tom Thibodeau $20 million for the remaining two years of his contract.

https://www.twincities.com/2019/02/1...resident-says/

Howl Wolves!!