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The Official Doggelgangers of the 2026-27 Minnesota Timberwolves
We are 17 days away from the Wolves finally lacing up and hitting the court for real, so I thought what better way to put a tidy bow on an especially eventful offseason this year than by presenting you my official Wolves doggelgangers list! I must say, it took me an incredible amount of restraint […]
Minnesota Timberwolves: Starter Report Card Preview
Grades are an imperfect metric, but they are a widely shared cultural reference point. As a former teacher, the A-F grading system is baked into my brain. A few years ago, I created a grading system for the Minnesota Timberwolves because I thought it would be fun to try and channel each player’s contribution to […]
Let’s mess up the ‘96 Draft!
CONTINUATION OF THE “WHAT IF” WOLVES SERIES. IN THIS SERIES, I PLAY THE ROLE OF TIMBERWOLVES OVERLORD AND GO BACK IN TIME AND RIGHT SOME OF THE WRONGS OF OUR FAVORITE FRANCHISE. SINCE THIS IS THE TIMBERWOLVES, THERE ARE A LOT OF WRONGS. THIS SERIES MAY GO ON FOREVER. “What If” Wolves Volume Three: We […]
A Tale of Two Trades: LaMelo, KAT, and Aggression in the Star Market
To many modern fans, the Karl-Anthony Towns trade was a pivot point of their fandom. I can speak to this myself as well. It’s hard for me to move on from a player who defined the era of Minnesota Timberwolves basketball to which I felt the most connected. I watched KAT battle with the reputation […]
A Wolves Fan Guide to the Northwest Division
Ah, the historic Northwest Division. Home of storied rivalries, hallowed tradition, and elaborate fight songs. Why the first thing I think of when I hear the word “Northwest” are the jagged peaks of the Cascade mountain range and the … dust bowl environs of Oklahoma City suburbs…that are about a 33 hour drive away from […]
The 2026 Minnesota Lynx: The Good, Bad and … Now What?
Coming into 2026 with not as high of expectations as the few years prior due to a new-look roster, the Minnesota Lynx surprised all of us with an impressive performance over the course of the regular season. Minnesota was the best team in the WNBA all season long, and for the third straight year finished […]
Timberwolves Player Previews: The Bigs
In this final part of my season season preview series, we take a look at the big men of the Minnesota Timberwolves and how huge they could be for the progression of this team in the ‘26-’27 season. If you’re interested in reading the first two parts of this series, check them out below: Rudy […]
An Early Argument for Coach of the Year: Chris Finch
Editor’s Note: We are extremely excited to announce another new addition to the Canis family, Troy Asseln! You may recognize his name with his work in other Wolves spheres, but we are blessed to have him here as well. Give him a follow on BlueSky as well @bigmeatyclaws! “There are certainly things that we can […]
Liberty 87, Lynx 71: Swept by New York in Dominating Fashion
Editor’s Note: What a game to have to make his debut on. Woof. Shout-out to our new contributor, Austin Duke Schindler, who stepped up to recap this game. Some of you may already know him from his journalistic work, but if not, give him a follow @dukeschindlertv! In an absolute shocker, the number one-seed Minnesota […]
Secondhand Champs
Minnesota sports fandom is not for the faint of heart. To be a Minnesota fan is a constant wade through the lingering vape-waste left by departed stars who found greater success in another city. Both sides of the Mississippi clutch their heads, reeling from second-hand champ syndrome. Everyone sees it. In my day job as […]
WNBA Playoffs: Liberty at Lynx Game 2 Thread
There are platitudes aplenty for the situation the Minnesota Lynx find themselves in. They were run off their own homecourt as the number one seed, falling to the eighth seeded New York Liberty by a final score of 91-75. The fairy dust that had kept them soaring through the regular season looks to be all […]
Lynx Claim Multiple Awards for Excellent Season (That is Still Worth Celebrating)
The WNBA announced this afternoon that the Minnesota Lynx have not one, but two award winners. Olivia Miles was unanimously voted as the WNBA Rookie of the Year, claiming every single one of the first-place votes in a feat that fails to highlight just how excellent Miles was as a rookie. MVP is the only […]
Jonathan Kuminga: From Goma to Minneapolis
Editor’s Note: I am thrilled to introduce someone that many of you already know, eshold! Erik is one of our long-time commenters who will be dropping in from time-to-time to grace us with his thoughts. You can find him on social media here @eshold as well! As a lifelong Wolves fan, my previous perspective on […]
New York Liberty 91, Minnesota Lynx 75: New York Steals Game 1
With the WNBA regular season officially in the books, the best time of the year is upon us: playoff basketball. The top-seeded Minnesota Lynx and the eighth-seeded New York Liberty opened up the four-game slate of first-round matchups on Sunday afternoon at Target Center, the start of a best-of-three series between two teams who are […]
Liberty 91, Lynx 75: New York Steals Game 1
With the WNBA regular season officially in the books, the best time of the year is upon us: playoff basketball. The top-seeded Minnesota Lynx and the eighth-seeded New York Liberty opened up the four-game slate of first-round matchups on Sunday afternoon at Target Center, the start of a best-of-three series between two teams who are […]
WNBA Playoffs: Liberty at Lynx Game 1 Thread
Oh, boy. If you haven’t heard by now, there is a history between the Minnesota Lynx and New York Liberty. That history includes the stolen 2024 WNBA title. Two years later, the Lynx and their fans haven’t forgotten. It’s time to serve some revenge. Game Info What to Watch For Playoff Spectacle Olivia Miles is […]
They Forgot About Trey
I have a confession to make. In 2024, a time that feels like a lifetime ago, the Minnesota Timberwolves were in Sacramento for Game 2 of the new season. With 3:29 left in the first quarter, Keegan Murray was subbed out for Trey Lyles, a player I mostly remembered from his one year in college […]
Feel Good Friday: WNBA Playoff Basketball
You hear that sound? That’s the sound of the Minnesota Lynx restarting their engines heading into the postseason. After an extremely exciting and overachieving regular season where they finished the number one seed, they had hit their worst skid in the last two years in the last handful of games. Thankfully, they got their get […]
Lynx 86, Fever 66: Finishing on a High Note
Game 44, the last regular game of the season was upon us. While the game itself did not have any postseason ramifications (A Valkyries overtime loss on Tuesday helped the Lynx clinch the first seed in the WNBA playoffs), it still would’ve been good for the Lynx to close the regular season strong with a […]
Lynx to play Liberty in first round of WNBA playoffs
The Minnesota Lynx are wrapping up the regular season tonight, but not already know who they will face when the playoffs begin this weekend. The team will finish the regular season with their final game against the Indiana Fever at home tonight, but when the playoffs begin Sunday, they will welcome the New York Liberty […]
Where It’s Cold or Where It’s Hot?
Continuation of the “What If” Wolves series. In this series, I play the role of Timberwolves Overlord and go back in time and right some of the wrongs of our favorite franchise. Since this is the Timberwolves, there are a lot of wrongs. This series may go on forever. Let me start by saying that […]
TJ Shannon’s Best Role is as a Trade Piece
So much of the coming season is uncertain for the Minnesota Timberwolves. They restructured their whole core and brought in a new star point guard in LaMelo Ball, and jettisoned cornerstones of the team’s past identity in Julius Randle, Naz Reid, and Mike Conley Jr. They even switched owners. Within that restructuring, there are many […]
Fever 96, Lynx 77: Hot Start Puts Minnesota to Bed Early
Without Olivia Miles, the Minnesota Lynx stumbled out of the gate against the Indiana Fever and fall to 1-4 in their last five games. There is an old adage in sports that you never want to play a team coming off an embarrassing blowout loss. Unfortunately for the Lynx, that aged wisdom proved true tonight. […]
Five Wolves Lineups We Want to See
Training camp is here, and the Minnesota Timberwolves have reported. The starting lineup looks to be locked up with Anthony Edwards, LaMelo Ball, Rudy Gobert, Jaden McDaniels, and Jonathan Kuminga. Level of play, injuries, and selective rest will shift that lineup as the season goes on, but those starters are more vital than ever. In […]
Hey Jude-lius Randle: A Look Back at the Paul McCartney of the Timberwolves
BREAKING NEWS — Beatles biographer Mark Lewisohn just uncovered a new diary from Paul McCartney, suggesting the original lyrics to the 1968 hit “Hey Jude” were much different. Just as “Yesterday” originally came to Macca in a dream as a song about scrambled eggs, contemporaneous notes reveal that the seven minute epic was initially about […]
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