POSTGAME NOTES SAN ANTONIO SPURS 115, MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES 106 October 24, 2022 TIMBERWOLVES NOTES Player Notes • With his basket at the 2:13 mark of the second quarter, Anthony Edwards became (21 years, 80 days) the eighth-youngest player in NBA history to reach the 3000-career-point plateau. Edwards finished with nine points and 10 rebounds on […]
Wolves win first road game of season
POSTGAME NOTES MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES 116, OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER 106 October 23, 2022 TIMBERWOLVES NOTES Player Notes • Anthony Edwards paced the Timberwolves tonight, scoring a game-high 30 points on 13-of-19 shooting, including 3-of-7 from the field, his second straight 30+ point game of the season (15th career). Tonight marked the second time in Edwards’ career […]
Wolves win season opener behind Gobert
POSTGAME NOTES MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES 115, OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER 108 October 19, 2022 TIMBERWOLVES NOTES Player Notes • In his first regular season game as a member of the Minnesota Timberwolves, Rudy Gobert finished with a team-high 23 points on 10-of-15 shooting and a game-high 16 rebounds, good for his first 20+ point/15+ rebound game of […]
Sylvia Fowles named to all-defensive team in final year
The WNBA announced today that Minnesota Lynx center Sylvia Fowles has been named to the All-Defensive First Team. Fowles has received All-Defensive Team honors 11 times in her career (2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022), including eight First Team selections (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2021, 2022) and three […]
Staley and Barkley to present Whalen at Hall of Fame induction
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 […]