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Just as the dust was settling from the 2026 NBA Draft, the Minnesota Timberwolves went out on Thursday morning and made a shocking trade that saw the Wolves send out Naz Reid, their 2033 unprotected first-round pick, three first-round pick swaps, and three second-round picks in exchange for LaMelo Ball and Josh Green. The upside […]
A lot has happened in the past couple of days for the Minnesota Timberwolves. It started on Monday night when they traded away Julius Randle to the Brooklyn Nets in what was essentially a salary dump. Shortly thereafter, they re-signed Ayo Dosunmu to a five-year, $112 million contract. The deal will keep him under contract […]
Do you, fair reader, miss the 90s? Do you miss slinkies, hackysacks, and DVRs? Do you long for hand checking and forwards who can only rebound? Well, do I have the draft pick for you! Trey Kaufman-Renn is many things, but he is not a modern archetype. Despite having an incredibly successful career at Purdue, […]
The Minnesota Timberwolves were on the clock with the No. 33 overall pick in the 2026 NBA draft after making a trade with the Brooklyn Nets earlier in the week. In the deal, the Nets moved up to No. 28, which they used to select Iowa State forward Joshua Jefferson. The Wolves completed the trade […]
In case you missed it, the NBA draft has been turned into a two-day affair since 2024. After a relatively tame day one yesterday, teams are now on the clock for the second round today. Draft Info What: 2026 NBA Draft Round 2When: Wednesday, June 24, 2026 @ 7:00 pm CTWhere: Barclays Center (Brooklyn, NY)TV: […]
Every deadline, every accursed trade-mas eve, I come back to the column that opened up so many things for me and I write thousands of words about basketball. Last year, while my laptop overheated and eventually died, I wrote about Nolan Traore and Ryan Kalkbrenner while celebrating that I could once again do this. We […]
It’s been 40 days since the Minnesota Timberwolves season ended. The rest of the league wrapped things up just over a week ago, so it’s time we officially turn the page on the 2025-2026 NBA season. Nothing signals the start of a new season like the NBA draft. That was my initial thought before Monday […]
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The Minnesota Timberwolves are saying goodbye to Julius Randle after sending him to the Brooklyn Nets in a three-team trade with the Chicago Bulls. They are also opening the door for point guard Ayo Dosunmu to make himself a long-term piece of the puzzle with the Wolves. According to ESPN insider Shams Charania, Dosunmu is […]
One of the first trade dominos dropped Monday evening, but it wasn’t what everyone was waiting for. Well, everyone outside of Minnesota at least. ESPN‘s Shams Charania announced that the Timberwolves are salary dumping Julius Randle to the Brooklyn Nets, attaching pick number 28 in tomorrow’s draft in order to do so. The loss of […]
A jam-packed week of games ended on a sour note for the Minnesota Lynx, finishing 3-1 on the week. Minnesota also barely missed out on another Commissioner’s Cup finals to the Las Vegas Aces, which would have been their third in three consecutive years. Week in Review The Lynx started the week extremely strong with […]
Most of the time when we run these SB Nation Reacts polls at Canis Hoopus, I have a pretty good idea where the results are headed before the votes even start rolling in. It is a product of spending time in the comments section, and understanding the mood of Wolves Nation. There are certain questions […]
So much has already been said about how vital of an offseason this is for the Minnesota Timberwolves. It is being framed as the last chance to reset for a title window around Anthony Edwards to become an actual reality and not just something that podcast hosts bring up when discussing “dark horses.” That is […]
With the New York Knicks crowned champions and parading down Broadway, the other 29 teams can now focus on what’s next. With the 2026 offseason set to begin with the NBA Draft on Tuesday and Wednesday, let’s take a look at which teams project to have the best and the worst futures. The general idea […]
The New York Knicks are the 2026 NBA champions, which is a sentence that still feels a little strange to type, even after watching the confetti fall and Karl-Anthony Towns finally get his hands on the Larry O’Brien Trophy. After 53 years of waiting, after decades of false starts, front-office chaos, tabloid drama, and Madison […]
This piece started as a comparison between Olivia Miles and Ricky Rubio. While I know that often we compare players across the MWNBA and WNBA without good reason, it felt like a good comparison. Joy is tantamount to fans. As much as winning sells fandoms to newcomers, joy keeps old fans warm through the winter […]
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This isn’t just another puff piece by a Minnesota Timberwolves fan celebrating Karl-Anthony Towns. As much as I would love to flood the internet with more positivity and reveling in Towns’ most recent accomplishment, I’ve actually been thinking about why I’ve been rooting for Towns to win the championship this postseason. When watching an NBA […]
Before the Minnesota Lynx dropped a close barnburner to the Las Vegas Aces on Saturday, they had pummeled the Dallas Wings on Tuesday. They have another light week incoming as they work through Commissioner’s Cup action. Week in Review The Lynx had just two games last week, one at home against the Dallas Wings, which […]
As Jamal Murray’s shot clanked off the rim and the final seconds on the clock expired, the ball fell to Karl-Anthony Towns, who looked down at his own hand in amazement at what he and his Minnesota Timberwolves team had just done. For the first time in exactly 20 years, the Timberwolves were headed to […]
The Minnesota Timberwolves could make a big splash in the trade market this offseason as they look to try and return to the Western Conference Finals. Bleacher Report contributor Grant Hughes suggests a trade that would send Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo, Joan Barringer, and the No. 28 overall pick to the Washington Wizards for Anthony […]
After the New York Knicks completed the largest comeback in NBA Finals history, Karl-Anthony Towns now stands one win away from basketball immortality. Let that sentence breathe for a second. The largest comeback in NBA Finals history. Madison Square Garden shaking like it was trying to detach itself from Manhattan. The Knicks down 29 points […]
For most NBA teams, a uniform unveiling is a relatively simple affair. The team releases a few photos. Social media argues for 48 hours. Some people love them. Some people hate them. A few months later everyone has moved on and the jerseys just become part of the routine. For the Minnesota Timberwolves, this past […]
On today’s episode, Andrew Dukowitz of Zone Coverage joins the show to discuss a wild New York Knicks win in Game 4 of the NBA Finals and the 10-2 start of the season for the Lynx: — The Knicks erased an NBA Finals record 29-point deficit to win Game 4 to take a 3-1 series lead. […]
They say it’s not a series until the home team loses. Well, if that’s the case, the 2026 NBA Finals might be trying to become the greatest series of all time. Through three games, home court has meant absolutely nothing. The New York Knicks walked into San Antonio, stole Games 1 and 2 from Victor […]