Here's the scoop on the Wolves' "Dunk After Dark" -- their professional version of college basketball's Midnight Madness -- set for late Monday night at Minnesota State-Mankato's Bresnan Arena:
For starters, it's free and open to the public but you need a ticket: Season-ticket holders can reverse a space in a VIP section by contacting their ticket reps. Tickets are limited to two each for Mankato-State Mankato students and four each for everybody else. They're available Thursday beginning at 11 a.m. at the university's Student Union Center and two U.S. Bank locations in Mankato, 312 Raintree Rd. and 115 E. Hickory Street.
A limited number will be available at the event.
Doors open at 11 p.m. and the Wolves will take the floor at 12:01 a.m., just after the stroke of midnight and the first legal minute they can, according to NBA rules, begin practice.
The team will play three 12-minute scrimmages starting at 12:15 a.m. and a 10-minute "freestyle" session that will include all players but you can bet will feature a dunk-off between Andrew Wiggins and Zach LaVine follows that.
NBA TV will carry the event live, starting at 11:30 p.m. Greg Anthony and Isiah Thomas are coming to town for it. The timberwolves.com web site also will stream it live.
The Wolves will begin full training-camp practices Tuesday afternoon. They report Monday for their annual media-day obligations at Target Center.
