Wolves Draft 2013: Shooter Or Athlete?
It's the time honored question -- do you want to go with need, or the best player available? The Timberwolves may have to make that decision at No. 9 Wednesday night in the first round of the NBA Draft.
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It's the time honored question -- do you want to go with need, or the best player available? The Timberwolves may have to make that decision at No. 9 Wednesday night in the first round of the NBA Draft.
The Minnesota Timberwolves are plenty busy on the day of the NBA Draft, but it didn't stop them from acting on one of their current players. The Timberwolves announced Thursday they've extended a qualifying offer to center Nikola Pekovic, which makes him a restricted free agent.
Flip Saunders heads into his first draft in charge of the Minnesota Timberwolves with one big need, and two big chances to address it. The Timberwolves were the worst team in the league in 3-point shooting last season and need a big guard to play alongside Ricky Rubio and knock down open jumpers.
The Minnesota Timberwolves announced Tuesday that for the first time in franchise history, they'll play a 2013-14 regular season game in Mexico City as part of the NBA's Global Game schedule.
The Minnesota Timberwolves announced their schedule Wednesday for the upcoming NBA Summer League in Las Vegas. The NBA Summer League will feature 22 teams playing a 61-game schedule from July 12-22 on the University of Nevada-Las Vegas campus.
The Minnesota Timberwolves have evaluated another group of draft prospects, highlighted by Lehigh guard C.J. McCollum.
The Minnesota Timberwolves are working out another group of draft prospects. Their guests on Monday afternoon included a player that president of basketball operations Flip Saunders is quite familiar with: former Gophers standout Trevor Mbakwe.
Workouts are continuing Monday at the Target Center in Minneapolis as the Minnesota Timberwolves prepare for the NBA Draft. The Timberwolves are hosting six players, including former Gopher Trevor Mbakwe, for a workout Monday from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
The Minnesota Timberwolves have another round of pre-draft workouts on tap this weekend, with UCLA swingman Shabazz Muhammad highlighting the group. The Wolves announced that Muhammad and five other prospects will work out with team officials Sunday afternoon at Target Center.
The Timberwolves are more than one player away from contending, but one big player is in town. Indiana's Cody Zeller worked out for the team -- a solo work out, which means he's really good and they already know a lot about him.
With the NBA Draft about two weeks away, the Minnesota Timberwolves are hosting workouts this week for potential draft picks at Target Center. There will be two sessions of workouts for players the Timberwolves are considering to take in the NBA Draft, which is June 27.
The NBA announced Tuesday the Minnesota Timberwolves will face the Boston Celtics in a preseason game in Quebec, Montreal, as part of the NBA Canada series. The Timberwolves will be the visiting team when they face the Celtics on Oct. 20.
For a draft that has widely been panned as lacking star power at the top, the one strength of the 2013 class appears to be at shooting guard. From Kansas sharpshooter Ben McLemore, who could go No. 1, to Ricky Ledo, who is trying to convince executives to take a chance on him after academic issues kept him from playing at Providence last year, the draft is full of scoring guards with size and the ability to play at both ends.
Former University of Minnesota forward Rodney Williams was among the draft hopefuls to work out for representatives from 26 NBA teams at Target Center on Wednesday.
The Minnesota Timberwolves have kicked off their annual pre-draft summit, an event that hosts executives from across the NBA to watch workouts of draft prospects.
