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The Timberwolves lost 93-91 Saturday night at Atlanta against the Hawks.  Ricky Rubio scored a career high 18 points and had 12 assists and Kevin Love added 30 points and 13 rebounds for Minnesota.  Joe Johnson had 25 points and Jeff Teague had 20 points for the Hawks ...

Timberwolves guard Ricky Rubio is 3rd among guards in the Western Conference in the All Star voting.  Rubio has received 133,520 votes and trails 2nd place Chris Paul of the L.A. Clippers by 460,000 votes for 2nd place.  Kobe Bryant of the Lakers is the leader with 690,000 votes ...

A couple of clearly intoxicated guys wound up with the best seats in the house during Tuesday nights basketball game between the Pistons and Mavericks in Detroit. No, they aren't front row seats...they're bench seats.

The Timberwolves won 93-72 at Washington Sunday afternoon.  Kevin Love led the Wolves with 20 points and 16 rebounds and Ricky Rubio added 13 points and 14 assists.  Minnesota shot 45 percent from the field while Washington shot just 34 percent...

The Timberwolves fell to 2-5 on the season after a 98-87 loss at home to Cleveland.  Antwan Jamison led the Cavs with 22 points and Kyrie Irving added 14 points for Cleveland.  Kevin Love led the Wolves with 29 points and 12 rebounds and Derrick Williams added 12 points off the bench...

The Timberwolves lost 90-86 at home to Memphis Wednesday night to snap their 2-game winning streak.  The Wolves fell behind 15-0 before making a comeback.  Kevin Love led the Wolves with 27 points and 14 rebounds and Ricky Rubio added 12 points and 10 assists...

The Timberwolves won their 2nd straight game 106-96 at home against San Antonio Monday night.  Kevin Love led the Wolves with 24 points and 15 rebounds and both Michael Beasley and Luke Ridnour added 19 points apiece.  Ricky Rubio contributed 6 points and 3 assists in 24 minutes for Minnesota...

NBA legend Michael Jordan popped the question over the weekend to his girlfriend of three years, model Yvette Prieto. Now that's my kind of Christmas present...diamonds!

The Timberwolves made the game interesting but lost 104-100 at home to Oklahoma City Monday night in their regular season opener.  Michael Beasley led the Wolves with 24 points, Kevin Love added 22 points and 12 rebounds and J.J. Barea added 14 points off the bench...

NBA star Kobe Bryant's cheating ways have finally caught up with him. Kobe's wife of ten years Vanessa has finally had enough and filed for divorce.

The Timberwolves signed their first and 2nd round picks yesterday to multi-year contracts.  Derrick Williams was the 2nd overall pick in the first round in June.  The 6’8 240 forward is expected to primarily play small forward for the Wolves...

The lockout is still in progress, and now NBA players and staff have taken to the streets to raise money so they can maintain their livelihood. Check out this Jest.com parody and let us know if you feel moved to donate -- all they need is $200-million or so to get going.