#Tim Connelly

Our NBA insiders are debating the biggest topics in the league. Sports Illustrated senior writers Chris Mannix and Howard Beck weigh in on the rocky start in Minnesota and where the Timberwolves should go from here. Chris Mannix: All right, Beck, we are fast approaching the midway point of the season, so it's time to ask: What is going on with the…

It's a crisp Wednesday afternoon on January 4, 2023. Do you know where your Minnesota Timberwolves are? They're online. On a seemingly innocuous game day, Wolves fans were excited/anxious to see them build off a very spirited victory over the Western Conference one-seed. That win snapped an ugly six-game losing skid to end 2022. However, the…

There are over three months left in the 2022-23 NBA regular season. A lot can change in a couple of weeks, let alone a quarter of a calendar year. But we also have two months of games, video and information on which to base our takes. That's enough for some way-too-early predictions on each of the league's shiny (and recently rebranded) individual…

Following the Minnesota Timberwolves' 137-114 loss at home to the Golden State Warriors on Sunday, Austin Rivers was asked why his team continues to struggle against playoff contenders. "If we are going to play [big], we've got to dominate in the paint," Rivers said after the loss. "If we're going to play big, we've got to be big. Their big man was…

Minnesota Timberwolves coach Chris Finch knows his team is in an undesirable spot right now. Four weeks into the 2022-23 season, the Timberwolves are 5-6 and rank 10th overall in the Western Conference. Bookmakers have set the team's win total this season at 49.5 wins. Last season, the Timberwolves finished 46-36 (.561) and seventh in the…

The Denver Nuggets are the current betting favorite to win the 2023 NBA Northwest Division at -150 odds, but the Minnesota Timberwolves aren't far behind at+165 odds after they added three-time Defensive Player of the Year Rudy Gobert in a trade. Since the creation of the Northwest Division at the start of the 2004-05 season, the Minnesota…

Ever since the Minnesota Timberwolves put up a rousing fight against the Memphis Grizzlies in the first round of last year's playoffs, the basketball sickos in Minnesota have been buzzing. Glen Taylor is slowly but surely on his way out. They hired a top lead executive, traded future hypothetical assets for Rudy Gobert, and had a kick-ass summer.…