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Minnesota Timberwolves – Kevin Love as the Setup Man
Clutch is a term thrown around too loosely. Sometimes setting up the chance by working hard for three quarters is just as important. Jose Juan Barea was the guy who clinched the win for the Minnesota Timberwolves with a huge fourth quarter. Kevin Love, happy or not about his situation, was the guy who made it all possible.
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Minnesota Timberwolves – The Anger of Kevin Love, the Return of Ricky Rubio
Despite winning four of their last five games, all the noise in Minnesota is about Kevin Love criticizing the Timberwolves for a number of things. One of them was possibly putting Ricky Rubio in front of him in the franchise player list. Coincidentally, Rubio is set to make his return after nearly a year on Saturday, at home against the Mavericks.
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Minnesota Timberwolves – Sick Kevin Love Better Than Nothing
Somehow, the Minnesota Timberwolves keep winning. At first they were missing both Kevin Love and Ricky Rubio, but now Love is back. Andrei Kirilenko is injured, Brandon Roy is facing retirement again. Not stability whatsoever, but the Timberwolves are in a good place, rebounding from a long losing streak, waiting for the return of their prodigal point guard.
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Minnesota Timberwolves – Doing Great Without Kevin Love and Ricky Rubio
Believe it or not, the Minnesota Timberwolves are 4-1 to start off the season despite playing without both Kevin Love and Ricky Rubio. Their latest victims in their surprising start were the struggling Indiana Pacers, who simply messed up on the final play, allowing Chase Budinger to score a game winning layup with 0.8 second left on the clock.
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Minnesota Timberwolves – No Hope Without Kevin Love
The Minnesota Timberwolves are built around Kevin Love and Ricky Rubio, aiming for a first playoff appearance since 2004. After missing out on the postseason last year due to Rubio’s torn ACL, Kevin Love’s broken hand means both of them won’t be available for the early part of the NBA Season.
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Minnesota Timberwolves – Brandon Roy Back at All-Star Form
It’s been 18 months since Brandon Roy played in an NBA game, later retiring because of a degenerative condition in his knees, but now that he’s back, the 3 time NBA All-Star claims he’s back at that level of play, having no such problems or fears regarding his past injuries that should hold him back from returning to be one of the best guards in the NBA.
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7 Most Entertaining NBA Teams to Watch Next Season
Predicting the NBA champion next season is probably picking between three, maybe four teams – The Miami Heat with LeBron James and Dwyane Wade; The Oklahoma City Thunder, with Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook; The Los Angeles Lakers with Kobe Bryant, Steve Nash, Dwight Howard and Pau Gasol, and maybe even the San Antonio Spurs deserve a mention. But the most exciting team? Most worthwhile to watch teams? The Denver Nuggets, The Minnesota Timberwolves and the Los Angeles Clippers are also in the mix.
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NBA Teams Under the Most Pressure in 2012-2013
Coaching hot seats and pressure from ownership or the media doesn’t always involve winning an NBA title, although it probably does for the Los Angeles Lakers after their high profile additions of Steve Nash and Dwight Howard or the Boston Celtics, with 2012-2013 being the last chance to get something meaningful out of Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce.
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NBA Free Agency 2012 – Trading for Dwight Howard, Keeping Kevin Love
Slowly but surely, the Brooklyn Nets are making moves that might, eventually, allow them to land Dwight Howard, although in order to get the Orlando Magic center they’ll need a third team to help them make the trade happen. For Kevin Love, playing on the Olympic team just makes him realize he’s missing out, big-time, on playoff basketball with the Minnesota Timberwolves.
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2012 NBA Free Agency – Houston Rockets Going for Jeremy Lin & Trading Kyle Lowry
Point guard roulette should be the title of the 2012 NBA Free Agency period so far, as Jeremy Lin is the latest big name to probably make a switch of teams, getting the offer he wanted from the Houston Rockets, which will be very hard for the New York Knicks to match due to the salary cap restrictions.