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3/17 RECAP: Second Unit Derails Wolves in San Antonio
By Dane Moore - Mar 17, 2018
For the Minnesota Timberwolves, the 2017-18 season had three goals: improve, coalesce, and gain playoff experience. After a 117-101 loss at the hands of the San Antonio […]
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MOORE: Is a Spurs-y Evolution Necessary For the Thibodeau-led Wolves?
By Dane Moore - Mar 17, 2018
Necessity forces innovation in Minnesota. Under Tom Thibodeau, there is a system that has specific roles and only certain players are allowed to play each role. Unless […]
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MOORE: How Missing The Playoffs Could Benefit The Wolves
By Dane Moore - Mar 14, 2018
So, here’s the deal: If the Wolves miss the playoffs, they get to keep their first-round pick this summer. If they make the playoffs, that pick is […]
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What the Timberwolves Can Learn from the Celtics During Butler’s Absence
By Dane Moore - Mar 8, 2018
Expectations are a funny thing. They’re not real, or at least they certainly are not static. No team is more emblematic of their variable nature than the […]
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Anthony Brown, Amile Jefferson and the Nature of Two-Way Contracts
By Dane Moore - Mar 6, 2018
A glance at the Minnesota Timberwolves’ roster is a different experience in 2017-18. Names like Butler, Crawford and Teague are, of course, signifiers of an influx of talent […]
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3/2 RECAP: Wolves Ride Emotional Rollercoaster In Loss to Jazz
By Dane Moore - Mar 3, 2018
With three-and-a-half minutes left in the first quarter, Taj Gibson took a dribble to his right and spun back over his right shoulder for a lefty hook […]
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The Other Elite Centers: Karl-Anthony Towns and Rudy Gobert
By Dane Moore - Mar 2, 2018
The Best Center In The Game conversation has narrowed. A two-player tier seems to have formed: Anthony Davis and Joel Embiid. Prior to the season, there was […]
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MOORE: The Role of Jeff Teague and the Fading Glimmer of Tyus Jones
By Dane Moore - Feb 28, 2018
I once attended a summer basketball camp run by a wildly successful high school basketball coach. Each morning, before the drills would start, the coach would give […]
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Are the Sacramento Kings Worse Than Every Wolves Team Ever?
By Dane Moore - Feb 26, 2018
It can be argued that the worst Minnesota Timberwolves team of all-time is the Isaiah Rider, Christian Laettner and Doug West-led squad from the 1994-95 season. During that season, […]
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REPORT: Justin Patton and Anthony Brown Allegedly Received ‘Extra Benefits’ While Amateurs
By Dane Moore - Feb 23, 2018
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is probing the messy underbelly of the NCAA’s recruiting process and the roles of NBA agents. Most notably, these extensive cases cost […]
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The Two Paths of Jimmy Butler’s Next Maximum Contract
By Dane Moore - Feb 21, 2018
Forty-three players in the NBA are making more than the $19.3 million that 28-year-old Jimmy Butler will be paid this season. His deal increases by 6 percent […]
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Gorgui Dieng: The Overpaid, Undervalued, Backup Center
By Dane Moore - Feb 19, 2018
Gorgui Dieng is a backup center. For the 2017-18 season, the Wolves’ fifth-year big man is averaging 17.5 minutes per game. Two hundred eighty-two of those minutes […]