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Wolves
November 7, 2020
LaMelo Ball of the Illawarra Hawks in action agaisnt the New Zealand Breakers at Spark Arena in Auckland, New Zealand, on November 30, 2019. (Anthony

2020 NBA Draft Guide: Time, TV, location, top prospects and draft order

ESPN's Bristol, Conn. studios will host the virtual 2020 NBA Draft.
Wolves
November 7, 2020

NBA draft key facts and dates

The NBA draft is Nov. 18, and the Wolves have the No. 1 overall pick for just the second time in franchise history.
Wolves
November 6, 2020
Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns drives around Indiana Pacers forward Domantas Sabonis during a game in January.

NBA players approve plan to start season Dec. 22

The players' association agreed to a proposal from the league to start the next season Dec. 22 and play 72 games, according to multiple reports.
Wolves
November 5, 2020
Devin Booker, Ben Simmons and James Wiseman

Wolves draft rumblings: Devin Booker, Ben Simmons, James Wiseman and more

The Wolves have tremendous leverage with the top overall pick, but it sounds like one of the three presumed contenders to be that pick has no interest in playing here.
Wolves
November 5, 2020
Malik Beasley

County challenging parental rights of Beasley, wife after drug, weapons charges

Court filing says Beasley pointed gun in "general direction" of 19-month-old son on same day he allegedly threatened a family outside his Plymouth home.
Vikings
November 3, 2020
Timberwolves players, coaches, and staffers listened to Jeanelle Austin, left, as she explained and interpreted the memorial site for the group. The f

With votes and voices, Minnesota pro athletes answering call to action

From registering for the first time to using their considerable social media platforms, sports figures are finding new ways to affect change outside the game.
Wolves
November 2, 2020
Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns lost his mother, Jacqueline, to COVID-19 on April 13. He talked about it Monday in a YouTube video.

Towns shares grief over mother's COVID death. 'I feel it every day'

In a YouTube video, Wolves star Karl-Anthony Towns shares for the first time the struggles he's been going through in the months since his mother died in April after contracting COVID-19.
Wolves
October 30, 2020
Malik Beasley

Charges: Wolves' Beasley threatened family with gun, pot stash found inside home

Malik Beasley aimed a rifle at a couple and their teenage child in an SUV outside his Plymouth home, where a large stash of marijuana was seized by police, according to charges filed Thursday.
Wolves
October 28, 2020
Minnesota Timberwolves guard Malik Beasley is a restricted free agent.

With draft three weeks out, Wolves say they're 'ready to pick'

The Wolves are still preparing for the Nov. 18 draft, but a top official said Wednesday they'd be ready to go if the draft was held right now.
Wolves
October 26, 2020
Three types of Wolves trades illustrate value of No. 1 pick

Three types of Wolves trades illustrate value of No. 1 pick

It's officially speculation season in the NBA, with the finals wrapped up and the condensed offseason primed to deliver the draft in a few weeks, as well as free agency and a number of trades.
Wolves
October 25, 2020
Sid and the champs: The 1950 NBA champion Minneapolis Lakers featured Sid Hartman, far left; star players Jim Pollard and George Mikan, both holding t

As Lakers general manager, Sid Hartman owned a championship touch

It was Sid Hartman who brokered the deal to buy the Detroit Gems and move the franchise to Minnesota, a Lakers team that won six league championships in seven years starting in 1947-48 — the first in the NBL, the final five in the NBA.
Wolves
October 21, 2020
Georgia guard Anthony Edwards reacts after making a 3-point shot over Michigan State during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Tuesday

As Wolves mull No. 1 pick options, three-point shooting is scarce

The Wolves would love to add shooting via the draft, but none of the top prospects have much of a track record of success.
Wolves
October 20, 2020
FILE - In this Nov. 15, 2015, file photo, Minnesota Timberwolves forward Kevin Garnett, left, talks with Karl-Anthony Towns, right, during the second

Garnett visits south Minneapolis, mum on possible Wolves ownership

Kevin Garnett spent part of Thursday evening in the Ventura Village neighborhood of south Minneapolis, meeting with business owners and customers of a recently opened bank branch.
Wolves
October 20, 2020
Timberwolves coach Ryan Saunders knew Sid Hartman's tenacity as a reporter from years watching him work with his father Flip, but he still considered

6 a.m. phone call at the Saunders residence? Sid seeking a scoop

If it was Sunday morning in the Saunders household and the phone was ringing at 6 a.m., it was usually only one person doing the calling.
Wolves
October 16, 2020
Wagering odds: Timberwolves more likely to trade No. 1 pick than keep it

Wagering odds: Timberwolves more likely to trade No. 1 pick than keep it

There is no sure thing at the top of the draft this year, and that adds to the notion that the Wolves might trade the top selection instead of keeping it.
Wolves
October 15, 2020
Ryan Saunders' Timberwolves were one of 22 teams not invited to the NBA playoff bubble.

Hartman: Wolves coach Saunders navigated difficult first season

It's hard to think of a more difficult rookie coaching season than the one Ryan Saunders just went through with the Timberwolves.
Wolves
October 14, 2020
Los Angeles Lakers' LeBron James (23) is seen silhouetted during introductions prior to Game 6 of basketball's NBA Finals against the Miami Heat Sunda

Souhan: LeBron is the greatest ... for these strange, polarized times

Two players rose above all others in the Florida bubbles: Breanna Stewart of the Seattle Storm and James. Both led their teams to championships. Both could at some point be regarded as the best to ever play the game.
Wolves
October 12, 2020
Anthony Davis (3) and the NBA champion Lakers are but one of the obstacles in the Western Conference facing Jarrett Culver (23) and the Timberwolves i

After Lakers win title, clock is ticking for Wolves

Making the playoffs in the loaded Western Conference next season would be an accomplishment.
Wolves
October 7, 2020

The Minnesota Timberwolves give back

Timberwolves players, coaches, and staff stopped to visit the George Floyd memorial at E. 38th St. and Chicago Ave. S. in Minneapolis Tuesday afternoon, October 6, 2020 before heading to St. Paul to take part in a get out the vote initiative.
Wolves
October 7, 2020
The Timberwolves' Jarred Vanderbilt took a photo at the George Floyd memorial during a team visit Tuesday afternoon.

Day of outreach: Wolves, Lynx visit Floyd memorial, help register voters

The Wolves have held other voter registration events in Minneapolis, their way of putting words spoken since George Floyd's death into action.