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Amin Elhassan breaks down the Minnesota Timberwolves draft profile, needs and potential 2013 picks.

Story | Conversation | May 22, 2013

Flip Saunders confirmed to ESPN on Thursday night that he has signed a long-term deal to become the Minnesota Timberwolves' president of basketball operations and will hold a minority ownership stake in the team.

We interrupt Part 2 of the NBA Trade Value column to explain the travesty known as the 2009 NBA draft. That night, Minnesota drafted two of our top-30 trade value guys (Ricky Rubio with the fifth pick, then Ty Lawson with the 18th pick) and passed up...

Ricky Rubio had a career-high 24 points, 10 assists and five steals, and J.J. Barea scored 16 points to lead the Minnesota Timberwolves to a 105-93 victory over the Phoenix Suns on Saturday night.

Just when Kevin Love was getting ready to try to salvage something positive from a lost seasons, one more injury cropped up to end it all.

Amin Elhassan offers four lottery-bound teams that are best set up for the 2013-14 season.

Story | Conversation | April 12, 2013

A season that never really started for Kevin Love is now officially over.

Tom Carpenter reviews the best options for the final scoring period in our Fastbreak game.

Seth Landman recaps Wednesday in the NBA, including what an incredible finish to the season could do for Ricky Rubio's 2013 draft stock.

Nikola Pekovic scored 27 points and Ricky Rubio added 18 points, 12 assists and eight steals to lead the Minnesota Timberwolves to a 107-98 win over the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday night.

Nikola Pekovic had 22 points and 15 rebounds and Ricky Rubio added 17 points and seven assists to help the Minnesota Timberwolves stun the Oklahoma City Thunder 101-93 on Friday night.

Everyone in the Timberwolves locker room on Wednesday night believed Kobe Bryant got away with a foul that allowed the Los Angeles Lakers to hold on to a much-needed victory in Minnesota.

Kobe Bryant had 31 points and seven assists in his first game there filling in for the injured Metta World Peace to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to a 120-117 victory over Minnesota on Wednesday night, their 22nd straight win over the Timberwolves.

Neil Tardy recaps Tuesday in the NBA, and discusses why Ricky Rubio's value is rising for 2013 drafts.

MINNEAPOLIS -- With just 14 games left in the regular season, it's looking less likely that Derrick Rose will return this season. The Chicago Bulls superstar did what he has done for the past two months Sunday night, going through a pregame worko...

Seth Landman recaps Wednesday in the NBA, which included fine all-around games from Dwyane Wade and Josh McRoberts, and looks ahead to Thursday's games.