Thursday, May 2nd, 2013
On Thursday night, Flip Saunders confirmed that he has signed a long-term contract to become the president of basketball operations for the Minnesota Timberwolves. Saunders will also hold a minority ownership stake in the team.
Saunders spent 10 seasons as the head coach of the Timberwolves from 1995-2004. He led Minnesota ...
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Thursday, January 10th, 2013
Ricky Rubio has only played in seven games so far this season after tearing the ACL in his left knee in March of last year. But the 22-year-old point guard is slowly working his way back into the lineup for the Minnesota Timberwolves. On Wednesday night, the Timberwolves fell to ...
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Saturday, January 5th, 2013
So yeah, anyone who wasn't sure if the Minnesota Timberwolves were cursed when Ricky Rubio decided to stay in Spain, injured his knee last season when leading something of an offensive revival for a fiesty T-wolves squad, or when lynchpin forward Kevin Love fractured his shooting hand in October which put him ...
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Thursday, July 14th, 2011
As we've mentioned before, Minnesota Timberwolves general manager David Kahn is a bit of a buffoon. On Tuesday he yet again gave credence to that opinion of him.
During his press conference to announce the firing of Kurt Rambis, Kahn mentioned the names Ricky Rubio and Brad Miller. Normally that wouldn't ...
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Monday, June 27th, 2011
David Kahn's Minnesota Timberwolves have done it again. The T'wolves had what may have been the most baffling draft night since...well, since their last draft night. Minnesota drafted Derrick Williams with the No. 2 pick, then proceeded to make five separate, equally puzzling trades.
Let's recap them here:
-Acquired Brad Miller, the ...
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Wednesday, June 15th, 2011
As we all know by now, Spanish point guard Ricky Rubio has finally agreed to join the Minnesota Timberwolves next season. So now the question becomes, what will the 20-year-old actually give Minnesota?
Judging by his numbers with FC Barcelona, not much.
Rubio has been hyped ever since he turned pro at ...
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Thursday, April 7th, 2011
After nearly two years of "will he or won't he" speculation we may finally be able to see Spanish sensation Ricky Rubio in the NBA. Rubio, who was drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves with the No. 5 pick in the 2009 NBA Draft, has been playing for FC Barcelona for ...
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