| College Basketball Preview - Pacific 12 Conference |
Mon Oct 31 13:22:20 2011 EST |
| te to win the conference, finishing just ahead of both Cal and Arizona. ARIZONA: Last season, Derrick Williams carried Arizona, as the star forward posted 19.5 ppg and 8.3 rpg en route to being the second pick in the 2011 NBA Draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves. Now that Williams is gone, along with second-leading scorer Lamont Jones (9.7 ppg), coach Sean Miller is eager to see which current member of the 'Cats will emerge as his go-to scorer. The two most obvious candidates are Kyle Fogg and So |
| Walker re-signs with Idaho Stampede |
Thu Oct 27 18:59:57 2011 EST |
| orward said he couldn't wait to get back to Boise. "It's a great place to live and I'm hoping I can help this team made the playoffs and win a championship -- we've got some unfinished business to tend to," Walker said in a statement. Walker was a three-time All-Star in the NBA, playing more than seven of his seasons with the Boston Celtics. He averaged 17.5 points in 893 NBA games and won a title with the Miami Heat in 2006. He last played in the NBA in 2007-08 with the Minnesota Timberwolves. |
| Timberwolves officially name Adelman head coach |
Wed Sep 28 13:37:24 2011 EST |
| Minneapolis, MN (Sports Network) - The Minnesota Timberwolves officially named Rick Adelman as their new head coach on Wednesday. Adelman and the Timberwolves had reached an agreement in principle about two weeks ago. The 20-year coaching veteran will take over a languishing franchise hinging its hopes to a young group led by All-Star forward Kevin Love. The 65-year-old Adelman has a 945-616 career record during head coaching stints in Portland, Sacramento, Golden State and Houston. He left the |
| Beasley shoves fan at NYC playground game |
Fri Aug 5 00:12:00 2011 EST |
NEW YORK (AP) - Michael Beasley shoved a heckler in the face with his hand during a playground game, but the Minnesota Timberwolves forward later sought out the fan shook his hand. In the second half of a summer league game at Dyckman Park in Washington Heights, Beasley was jawing back and forth with a fan who was getting on his case. Then Beasley shoved the fan's face and security intervened. A guard and teammates led the former Kansas State star away from the fan, though Beasley later sho |
| NBA files lawsuit against NBPA |
Tue Aug 2 11:07:31 2011 EST |
| Monday for the first time since the lockout began. NBA commissioner David Stern and Silver represented the league along with San Antonio Spurs owner Peter Holt, who heads the labor relations committee, and Board of Governors chairman and Minnesota Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor. Players' association executive director Billy Hunter, president Derek Fisher and vice president Theo Ratliff were on hand for the players. "I don't feel optimistic. I don't feel optimistic about the players' willingness |
| Rambis out as Wolves coach |
Tue Jul 12 12:23:37 2011 EST |
| Minneapolis, MN (Sports Network) - The Minnesota Timberwolves relieved head coach Kurt Rambis of his duties on Tuesday. Rambis spent the past two years guiding the Wolves, who had the worst record in the NBA this past season at 17-65. It was a slight improvement from the previous year, as the team was just 15-67 in 2009-10. "It is always hard to make these decisions," said David Kahn, Timberwolves president of basketball operations. "It is especially hard when it involves somebody of Kurt's rep |
| T-Wolves use options on Ellington, Hayward and Johnson |
Wed Jun 29 12:30:04 2011 EST |
| Minneapolis, MN (Sports Network) - The Minnesota Timberwolves have exercised the fourth-year option on guard Wayne Ellington, and the third-year options on forwards Wes Johnson and Lazar Hayward. Ellington has participated in 138 games in two seasons with the Timberwolves, averaging 6.6 points, 1.9 rebounds and 1.1 assists since being drafted by the team in 2009. The North Carolina product shot 39.5 percent from behind the arc in 2009-10, the best by rookie in Minnesota history. Hayward, the 30 |
| Trail Blazers deal Ngombo to Timberwolves |
Mon Jun 27 23:02:12 2011 EST |
| Portland, OR (Sports Network) - The Portland Trail Blazers have traded the draft rights to forward Tanguy Ngombo to the Minnesota Timberwolves in exchange for a future second-round selection. Ngombo, a native of Congo, was taken by Dallas with the 57th overall pick in Thursday's draft. The Blazers got his draft rights as part of the trade that sent guard Rudy Fernandez to the Dallas Mavericks. The trade of Ngombo was being held up for days because of an apparent age discrepancy. Reports surface |
| Heat complete trade for point guard Norris Cole |
Fri Jun 24 17:12:00 2011 EST |
MIAMI (AP) - The Miami Heat have acquired Cleveland State guard Norris Cole from the Minnesota Timberwolves. Cole was picked by the Chicago Bulls with the 28th selection in Thursday night's NBA draft, then moved to Minnesota and ultimately Miami. The NBA did not approve the trade until Friday afternoon. The Heat gave up the rights to Croatian guard Bojan Bogdanovic and a future second-round pick to complete the deal. The 6-foot-1, 175-pound Cole was the Horizon League player of the year |
| Without bad luck, Wolves would have no luck at all |
Thu Jun 23 19:14:00 2011 EST |
The Minnesota Timberwolves' front office hasn't been good for a while. Turns out they're not very lucky, either. Some surprise. A half-dozen lousy seasons, punctuated by flat-out embarrassing 15- and 17-win totals back to back, has yielded a handful of trade and draft opportunities at which the club swung and - how to put it kindly? - missed. So maybe it figured that when the No. 2 overall pick in the NBA draft fell to the team, it happened to be the same year the talent pool was so shallow |
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