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Minnesota Timberwolves 2018-19 Season in Review: The Wings(ish)
By Charlie Johnson - Apr 29, 2019
It was a season of sideshows for the Minnesota Timberwolves — organizational warfare dampened expectations before a coaching change and bouts of the injury bug made mediocrity […]
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Minnesota Timberwolves 2018-19 Season in Review: The Bigs
By Charlie Johnson - Apr 22, 2019
It was a season of sideshows for the Minnesota Timberwolves — organizational warfare dampened expectations before a coaching change and bouts of the injury bug made mediocrity […]
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Should the Timberwolves Pursue a Long-Term Point Guard at the Trade Deadline?
By Charlie Johnson - Feb 1, 2019
The Minnesota Timberwolves employ at least three — if not four — point guards who are generally more productive than pernicious. Each floor general provides a divergent […]
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Does Karl-Anthony Towns Deserve an All-Star Nod?
By Charlie Johnson - Jan 25, 2019
Everyone’s voice is heard when it comes to assembling the NBA’s All-Star teams — it’s like a local town hall meeting of esteemed basketball minds. First, representing […]
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Foul Trouble is the Only Thing Slowing Karl-Anthony Towns
By Charlie Johnson - Jan 14, 2019
In 33 years since the NBA and ABA merged, no player has committed a personal foul … if you ask them. It’s become so commonplace for both […]
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Five Fun Timberwolves Things at the Turn of a New Year
By Charlie Johnson - Dec 31, 2018
For the Minnesota Timberwolves, 2018 was both constructive and confounding. First, the franchise sent a pair of players to the All-Star game in Los Angeles. Then, they […]
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How to Maximize Karl-Anthony Towns’ Post Touches
By Charlie Johnson - Dec 25, 2018
Take your eyes off of Karl-Anthony Towns – who possesses the ball in the post – and watch how the rest of the Minnesota Timberwolves offense functions […]
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Four Observations From the Timberwolves’ Last Five Games
By Charlie Johnson - Dec 19, 2018
After losing to Portland, Golden State, Sacramento and Phoenix in one fell swoop last week, the Wolves returned home and found their footing in a rematch against […]
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What’s Going on With the Timberwolves Offense?
By Charlie Johnson - Dec 13, 2018
Let’s paint a hypothetical picture. Several months after sneaking into the playoffs on the strength of their contrarian offensive scheme, an NBA franchise kicks off its new […]
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Transition Defense is Becoming a Plus for the Wolves
By Charlie Johnson - Dec 6, 2018
When Jimmy Butler’s trade demand went public in September, Andrew Wiggins’ brother used social media to express some sort of relief: “Hallelujah” is all he said, presumably […]
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JOHNSON: Tyus Jones is Playing for a New Deal
By Charlie Johnson - Nov 19, 2018
When the Timberwolves traded for Tyus Jones on draft night in 2015, it just seemed like a nice story. Then Wolves boss, Flip Saunders, had already selected […]
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JOHNSON: The Timberwolves Need to Let Dario Šarić Breathe
By Charlie Johnson - Nov 14, 2018
When Jimmy Butler being traded became an inevitability, the most pressing question facing the Minnesota Timberwolves was about what sort of return they could fetch. Would the […]