Minnesota Timberwolves

[StingerRay]

Looking good for Rubio-less Minnesota in their preseason game against Granger-less Indiana.
Only Paul George is prepared on this game.

White guys knows how to ball and Adelman utilize them much. Nice debut for Brandon Roy.

AK-47, KLove & Pekovic are sharing the boards. White lineup works well in Minnesota.
Nice to see ex-Celtic Steimsma debut a block in Minny!

Wait for Rubio, then they are good to go!

[amamangloy]

good debut for BRoy! I expect him to come off the bench, but he started and played well

[Buzz Killington]

kevin love slept on his arm mao tong nag numb for a day....

karon na bali na jud hinoon iyang right hand during their morning practice....tsk will be out 6-8 wks

chance for derrick williams & andre kirilenko to step up & shine!

[darknin']

i expect this team to be on the playoffs this year.. i like how they are playing in the preseason

[King LeBron]

Derrick Williams is a high flyer and can get to the basket anytime.. Coaching staff needs to remind him not to shoot too much 3s and jump shots.. tsk tsk tsk

[StingerRay]

Kevin Love broke his hand doing knuckle pushups?!

Maybe he needs to ask Kevin Garnett about that.

Kevin Love broke two bones in his right hand doing knuckle pushups during a workout at his condo on Wednesday with personal trainer Rob McClanaghan.

Love visited a doctor in New York, who confirmed that no surgery will be necessary. The timeline -- Love will return in 6-8 weeks -- remains in place.

SOURCE: Kevin Love broke hand doing knuckle push-ups | StarTribune.com

[StingerRay]

Eng Eng Eng! Racism daw?! If you want to create a great basketball team no matter what their colors are, the goal is to gain winning culture for the team, that's not an issue. These civil rights leaders are too sensitive. They make a big deal out of it even it is not intended to do so.

Tan-awa ang Euro League nga naa pud mga black players sa team. Keber ra lagi sila.

Timberwolves: Pale in comparison to the rest of the NBA



Everybody, in this case, being black teammates. Come opening night on Friday, Cunningham will be one of five black players on a 15-man Wolves team that has reversed the National Basketball Association's historical racial percentages with a roster that is the league's whitest since the Boston Celtics teams of the 1980s.

"How did we get a roster that resembles the 1955 Lakers?" Terrell said to the Star-Tribune. "I think everything is a strategy. Nothing happens by happenstance."

When everyone's healthy, the Wolves will start Love alongside Europeans Ricky Rubio, Andrei Kirilenko, Nikola Pekovic and American Brandon Roy, a three-time former All-Star who in attempting a retirement comeback on degenerative knees is their only black starter.

Roy said he never noticed the distinction until a friend mentioned it after he signed as a free agent with the Wolves in July.

"It's just basketball," Roy said. "I never really had to feel like I'm the only black guy out here. I've played on teams that maybe had all black guys and the feeling is just the same when I'm out there on the floor playing with these guys.

"The only problem we have is in the weight room, arguing over what music we're going to listen to."

The Wolves targeted free agents Nicolas Batum and Jordan Hill -- both young, promising black players -- the moment free agency began last summer.

They painstakingly re- configured their roster so they could make Batum a $45 million-plus offer sheet that Portland matched. They offered Hill more money than his team did, but he chose to return to the powerful Lakers, and a chance to win a NBA title.

"What if Batum and Hill were here?" Kahn asked.

Instead, the Wolves' major offseason signing was Kirilenko, a former All-Star who's seven years older but has a game similar to that of Batum, to a two-year, $20 million contract.

"We're dealing with guys we thought could help us," veteran coach Rick Adelman said. "It just happened that's how the whole thing worked out. I don't think there's anybody we have here who isn't a proven NBA player.''

Both Kahn and Adelman insist each player individually was chosen for his unique skills and collectively for their athleticism, whether, like bouncy Kirilenko, Chase Budinger and Alexey Shved, they are white or they are black.

SOURCE: Timberwolves: Pale in comparison to the rest of the NBA | StarTribune.com

[doradexplorer20]

^^^Hahahaha..True..

[higanstolsdawen]

pagkadimalasa aneng timberwolves after rubio and kevin love injuries, karon si barea, roy ug budinger nasad. who's next pekovic?

[amamangloy]

pagkadimalasa aneng timberwolves after rubio and kevin love injuries, karon si barea, roy ug budinger nasad. who's next pekovic?

simbako! hehehehe..... they are rumored to be in talks with Mickael Pietrus and Josh Howard for them to sign the veteran's minimum contract!