The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced today the list of Hall of Famers scheduled to present the Class of 2022 at the Enshrinement Ceremony to be held Saturday, September 10 at Symphony Hall. Minnesota’s Lindsay Whalen will be inducted with presenters Dawn Staley (Class of 2013) and Charles Barkley (Class of 2006). More […]
Powers is WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week
The WNBA today named Minnesota Lynx guard Aerial Powers the Western Conference Player of the Week for games played June 27 through July 7. The Player of the Week award is Powers’ first of her career and first for the Minnesota Lynx this season (45th time in team history). The 5-11 guard led Minnesota to […]
Wolves make Gobert trade official
The Minnesota Timberwolves today announced the team has acquired center Rudy Gobert from the Utah Jazz in exchange for guards Patrick Beverley, Malik Beasley and forward Jarred Vanderbilt, along with guard Leandro Bolmaro, the draft rights to center Walker Kessler and Minnesota’s 2023, 2025, 2027 and 2029 first round picks and a 2026 first round […]
Lynx beat Liberty
Lynx 84, NY Liberty 77 (final-SUNDAY) Lynx Notes • Returning to the starting lineup after coming off the bench for the previous two games, Aerial Powers led Minnesota in scoring with a career-tying 27 points (second 20+ point game this season) on 11-of-22 shooting, tying her season-high of three made baskets from beyond the […]
Towns named All-NBA Third Team
Minnesota Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns has been named to the All-NBA Third Team, the NBA announced today. This is the second such honor of Towns’ career as he earned All-NBA Third Team honors in 2018. Towns becomes the third player in franchise history to be named to multiple All-NBA teams (Kevin Garnett 8x, Kevin Love […]
Wolves hire new president of basketball operations
The Minnesota Timberwolves today named Tim Connelly as the team’s President of Basketball Operations. Connelly will oversee and assume responsibility for all decisions made within the Timberwolves basketball operations department. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not released. “We are thrilled to announce Tim Connelly as the next leader of our basketball operations […]
Towns a finalist for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Champion Award
The NBA announced Minnesota Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns was named a finalist for the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Champion Award. The annual award honors a current NBA player for pursuing social justice and upholding the league’s values of equality, respect and inclusion. “I am incredibly humbled to be named a Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Champion […]
Wolves blow two 25+ point leads
POSTGAME NOTES MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES 104, MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES 95 Game 3 of the First Round of the NBA Playoffs April 21, 2022 TIMBERWOLVES NOTES Player Notes • D’Angelo Russell finished with a team-high 22 points, including 12 in the third quarter, five rebounds and a team-high eight assists, his first 20+ point game of the 2022 […]
Upcoming Big Ten Tournaments will impact Minnesota (AUDIO)
(Minneapolis, MN) — Three of the largest college basketball conference tournaments will be played in Minneapolis over the next two years. The Big Ten Conference announced the Target Center will host the Big Ten Conference’s Women’s Basketball Tournament in 2023 and 2024, and also host the Men’s Basketball Tournament in 2024. The 2023 women’s tournament […]
Minnesota to host upcoming Big Ten men’s and women’s basketball tournaments
The Big Ten Conference announced today that the Big Ten Football Championship Game will be held at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis through 2024, and that the 2023 Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament – as well as the 2024 Big Ten Women’s and Men’s Basketball Tournaments – will be held at the Target Center in […]