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The Timberwolves drafted 6’8 forward Robbie Hummel with the 58th overall pick in the Thursday night NBA draft.  Hummel averaged 16.4 points and 7.4 rebounds a game in his senior season at Purdue.  He suffered a torn ACL in his right knee twice in his college career...

The Timberwolves introduced 6’7 guard/forward Chase Budinger at a press conference Wednesday afternoon.  Budinger was traded for by the Wolves Tuesday when they sent the 18th overall pick in this year’s draft to Houston for him and little known prospect 6’9 forward Lior Eliyahu...

The Timberwolves acquired small forward Chase Budinger and prospect Lior Eliyahu from Houston for the 18th overall pick in this week’s NBA draft.  Buddinger is a 6’7 218 pound forward who averaged 9.6 points a game in 2010-2011 while playing for the Rockets...

The Timberwolves continue preparations for the 2012 NBA draft by holding another pre-draft workout at Target Center today.  The players the Wolves will be working out include forward Quincy Acy of Baylor, guard Ashton Gibbs of Pittsburgh, forward Eric Griffin of Campbell, forward Cameron Moore of UAB, and forward T...

LeBron James recorded a triple-double, and the Miami Heat won the 2012 NBA title with a 121-106 rout of the Oklahoma City Thunder in Miami on Thursday night.

Timberwolves point guard Ricky Rubio and forward Derrick Williams were both honored by the NBA.  Rubio made the NBA rookie first team while Williams made the rookie 2nd team.  Rubio averaged 10.6 points and 8.2 assists a game while Williams averaged 8...

Timberwolves point guard Ricky Rubio finished 2nd to Cleveland point guard Kyrie Irving in the NBA rookie of the year voting.  Irving received 117 of 120 possible first place votes.  Rubio had 49 2nd place votes and 23 3rd place votes with a total of 170 points while Irving had a total of 592 points ...

Tonight's 80's @ 8 Feature Video is important for 3 reasons tonight. First, Back In The Highlife was huge hit in the 80's. Secondly, it's from birthday boy Steve Winwood who celebrates his 64th tomorrow. And third, because the NBA playoffs are in full swing...

Now that the compressed 66-game NBA regular season has ended, the NBA playoffs will begin Saturday. Here’s a look at the match-ups in the best-of-seven, first round of the NBA playoffs.

The Timberwolves lost 131-102 at home against Denver to close the season Thursday night.  J.J. Barea led the Wolves with 20 points, Nikola Pekovic added 18 points and 10 rebounds and Michael Beasley added 13 points for Minnesota. The Timberwolves close the season losing 13 of their last 14 and with a record of 26-40...

The Timberwolves will have a first round pick in this year’s NBA draft after all.  Utah beat Phoenix 100-88 win clinch the last playoff spot in the Western Conference.  With Utah making the playoffs the Wolves get their first round pick...

The Timberwolves lost 111-88 at Indiana Monday night for their 10th straight loss.  J.J. Barea led the Wolves with 14 points and 9 assists and both Michael Beasley and Derrick Williams each scored 13 points for Minnesota.  The Wolves fell behind big early and couldn’t catch up...