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Game Preview #56 – Timberwolves vs. Trail Blazers

Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Portland TrailblazersDate: February 11th, 2026Time: 7:00 PM CSTLocation: Target CenterTelevision Coverage: FanDuel Sports Network – NorthRadio Coverage: KFAN FM, Wolves App, iHeart Radio After a completely embarrassing, effort-free faceplant on Super Bowl Sunday, the Minnesota Timberwolves did the one thing that makes them endlessly fascinating and deeply exhausting: they flipped the switch. […]

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Timberwolves Reacts Survey

Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NBA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Timberwolves fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. Please take our survey

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Two Words, Wolves Pod: An Up and Down Post Deadline Week

It has been a turbulent past few days for the Minnesota Timberwolves. Following a trade deadline that saw many of the players involved in rumors of a possible Giannis Antetokounmpo trade, and a pair of concerning losses to the New Orleans Pelicans and Los Angeles Clippers, the Wolves looked to turn it around before the […]

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Timberwolves 138, Hawks 116: Exhale

Less than two minutes into the first quarter of the Minnesota Timberwolves second leg of their home back-to-back against the Atlanta Hawks, Donte DiVincenzo sank his first field goal – a wing three off of an assist from Jaden McDaniels. On most nights, a pretty routine start for the Wolves guard and an ordinary thing […]

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Game Preview #55 – Timberwolves vs. Hawks

Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Atlanta HawksDate: February 8th, 2026Time: 7:00 PM CSTLocation: Target CenterTelevision Coverage: FanDuel Sports Network – NorthRadio Coverage: KFAN FM, Wolves App, iHeart Radio February was supposed to be the month where the Timberwolves looked at the Western Conference standings, rubbed their hands together, and said, “Okay, let’s do this.” The schedule softened. […]

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Minnesota Lynx Offseason Update Vol. 9: Everyone Back in Action

There is no better way to recover from your Super Bowl party than with a new Lynx Offseason Update! As we continue to wait for any indication of serious talks when it comes to negotiations with the Collective Bargaining Agreement, we are still on pause before we can start looking ahead to the 2026 WNBA […]

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Game Preview #54 – Timberwolves vs. Clippers

Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Los Angeles ClippersDate: February 8th, 2026Time: 2:00 PM CSTLocation: Target CenterTelevision Coverage: ESPN, FanDuel Sports Network – NorthRadio Coverage: KFAN FM, Wolves App, iHeart Radio And we can add another page to the 2025-26 Timberwolves scrapbook titled “Games We Somehow Found a Way to Lose.” Sunday’s loss to the New Orleans Pelicans […]

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What to Watch for with New Timberwolves Guard Ayo Dosunmu

The 2026 trade deadline has come and gone as players, teams, and fans start to navigate the fallout and where their teams stand for the stretch run of the season. Big names were traded, one particularly large name was not – Timberwolves fans can revisit that in the summertime – but Minnesota did still make […]

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Pelicans 119, Timberwolves 115: Another Disastrous Loss

It’s been a crazy week for the Minnesota Timberwolves. Between an international road trip, swirling rumors of a potential Giannis Antetokounmpo trade, and two actual trades that saw Rob Dillingham, Leonard Miller, and Mike Conley (for now) leave the organization, it’s been an intense set of days for the Wolves organization. With the trade deadline […]

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Game Preview #53 – Timberwolves vs. Pelicans

Minnesota Timberwolves vs. New Orleans PelicansDate: February 6th, 2026Time: 7:00 PM CSTLocation: Target CenterTelevision Coverage: FanDuel Sports Network – NorthRadio Coverage: KFAN FM, Wolves App, iHeart Radio With the trade deadline officially in the rearview mirror, we can finally stop living in the “refresh the webpage“ portion of the season and look at what the […]

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In The Loopus: The Third Annual Trade Deadline Spectacular

Welcome back ladies and gentlemen, friends and foes, avid Loopians and those unaware of the In The Loopus brand identity. It has been a long time, too long in fact. For those unaware, In The Loopus was a column I ran for the entirety of the 2023-24 NBA season, producing 3,000 word article full of […]

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Timberwolves Trade for Bulls Guard Ayo Dosunmu

For better or for worse, it seems as though the Minnesota Timberwolves have pivoted their focus from the Giannis Antetokuonmpo sweepstakes and filled an immediate need. Tim Connelly and company have struck a deal with the Chicago Bulls to bring in Ayo Dosunmu and Julian Phillips for Rob Dillingham, Leonard Miller, and four second round […]

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Timberwolves 128, Raptors 126: The Streak is Over

For the first time since 2004, the Minnesota Timberwolves have won a game in Toronto. The largest single-city losing streak in franchise history is over. It almost wasn’t. For a Timberwolves team that hasn’t been able to stay out of the trade deadline banter of the last week, with the ongoing Giannis Antetokounmpo saga and […]

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Timberwolves 128, Raptors 126: The Streak is Over

For the first time since 2004, the Minnesota Timberwolves have won a game in Toronto. The largest single-city losing streak in franchise history is over. It almost wasn’t. For a Timberwolves team that hasn’t been able to stay out of the trade deadline banter of the last week with the ongoing Giannis Antetokuonmpo saga and […]

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Timberwolves Trade Mike Conley to Bulls

On Tuesday, the Minnesota Timberwolves traded Mike Conley to the Chicago Bulls, along with a 2026 first-round protected-pick swap to the Detroit Pistons, in a deal that also saw Jaden Ivey head to Chicago, with Kevin Huerter and Dario Šarić going to the Pistons. Conley came to the Wolves at the trade deadline three years […]

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Game Preview #52 – Timberwolves at Raptors

Minnesota Timberwolves at Toronto RaptorsDate: February 4th, 2026Time: 6:30 PM CSTLocation: Scotiabank ArenaTelevision Coverage: FanDuel Sports Network – NorthRadio Coverage: Wolves App, iHeart Radio And this is why Wolves fans can’t have nice things. Not the two seed. Not a calm week. Not a clean five-game streak that neatly erases the four-game faceplant from late […]

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Two Words, Wolves Pod: Giannis Trade?

On today’s episode, Ryan Eichten and Leo Sun take a look at the Minnesota Timberwolves’ 137-128 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies, the Giannis Antetokounmpo trade landscape, and much more: — The Timberwolves four-game winning streak came to an end Monday night in another disappointing defensive performance. It was another example of the Wolves playing at […]

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Eyes on Iowa Wolves: Who Let the Nard Dog Out?

Need a break from the Timberwolves rollercoaster? You got it! We’re bringing you our newest edition of Eyes on Iowa Wolves, where you get all the Iowa Wolves updates. You can show off to your coworkers, friends, or nieces/nephews that you know what Rocco Zikarsky’s true shooting percentage is. Trust me. You’ll sound so cool. […]

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Grizzlies 137, Timberwolves 128: Why can’t you just be normal??

Everything the Minnesota Timberwolves do right now is under a massive microscope. That microscope’s name is Giannis Antetokounmpo. It’s hard to watch Jaden McDaniels shoot 18-26 from three during the last two weeks and not think immediately of how a certain team in Milwaukee would think of him. It’s increasingly difficult to watch Julius Randle […]

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It’s Time for Joan Beringer to Have a Larger Role

Thursday night in Dallas looked like one in which the Minnesota Timberwolves were going to play all the hits. Near double-digit favorites on the road against a severely shorthanded Dallas Mavericks team, anyone who’s followed this team close enough over the last two seasons probably could have predicted how things were going to go. With […]

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Minnesota Lynx Offseason Update Vol. 8: McBride Returns, Season-Best Outings

A new week is underway, which means it’s time for another new Lynx Offseason Update! As we flip to February, there is still no news on a new Collective Bargaining Agreement between the WNBA and the players’ association during a time we are starting to talk about free agency. ESPN’s Alexa Philippou reported over the […]

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Game Preview #51 – Timberwolves at Grizzlies

Minnesota Timberwolves at Memphis GrizzliesDate: February 2nd, 2026Time: 6:30 PM CSTLocation: FedEx ForumTelevision Coverage: Peacock, FanDuel Sports Network – NorthRadio Coverage: Wolves App, iHeart Radio The Minnesota Timberwolves have officially done that thing only the Wolves can do: follow a four-game skid that made you question the entire concept of organized basketball… with a four-game […]

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