Memphis Grizzlies head coach Taylor Jenkins has yet to lead an official NBA game, but he’s bringing some hardware home to Beale Street. Brandon Clarke had 15 points and 16 rebounds to lead the eighth-seeded Grizzlies to a 95-92 victory over the third-seeded Minnesota Timberwolves in the championship game of the NBA Summer League on […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves have finalized the acquisition of six players for roster depth and reserve roles, including a sign-and-trade deal with Portland for forward Jake Layman. The Timberwolves then completed a trade with Golden State as part of the deal that sent D’Angelo Russell from Brooklyn to the Warriors, bringing guard Shabazz Napier and forward […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves have hired Pablo Prigioni as an assistant coach, after the native of Argentina spent last season on staff with the Brooklyn Nets. Prigioni spent the majority of his 20-year playing career in the Spanish League. He became the NBA’s oldest rookie at age 35 in the 2012-13 season with the New York […]

New Minnesota president of basketball operations Gersson Rosas took an aggressive tack toward his first draft with the team. The Timberwolves wound up with another wing player, Jarrett Culver, and he comes with a strong defensive pedigree. With the 11th overall selection, the Wolves took North Carolina small forward Cameron Johnson, but with the intent […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves have chosen Ryan Saunders as their full-fledged head coach – and the first millennial to hold the job in the NBA. The team announced Monday that the 33-year-old Saunders will stay in the post he held on an interim basis during the second half of this past season, the role long held […]

New Orleans has bucked the odds and won the NBA draft lottery, and now will have the first chance at choosing Zion Williamson next month. The Pelicans won the lottery for the first time since 2012, when they selected Anthony Davis. And the lottery win comes after a season when Davis wanted a trade – […]

Gersson Rosas has firsthand experience with success from unconventional strategy from his 17-year run with the Houston Rockets. An outside-the-box approach might be necessary, if the Minnesota Timberwolves are going to catch up in the cutthroat Western Conference. ”We’re going to question the norm with everything that we do,” Rosas said. The first Latino to […]

>>T’wolves To Hire Rosas As President Of Baseball Ops (Minneapolis, MN)  —  The Minnesota Timberwolves are making history with the hiring of their next president of basketball operations.  Multiple reports say the Wolves will hire Gersson Rosas to the position, making him the NBA’s first-ever Latino top basketball executive.  The Colombia native has spent 18 […]

Rarely has a pro sports team experienced such a difference in drama levels from the start to finish of one season that these Minnesota Timberwolves did. As the Timberwolves wound down the second half of their schedule that was as dull as the first part was eventful, they were outspoken in their desire to establish […]

NUGGETS 99, TIMBERWOLVES 95 Nikola Jokic had 29 points, 14 rebounds and had a key strip in the closing seconds as Denver scored the game’s final 15 points and secured the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference playoffs. James Murray added 17 for the Nuggets, who are in the postseason for the first time […]