Minnesota Timberwolves

2016-2017 Northwest Division Projections

X-Portland Trailblazers 51-31 (4) After winning 51 games during the 2014-2015 NBA season, the 2015-2016 campaign was expected to be a down one for the Portland Trailblazers. The summer of 2015 saw the Trailblazers ravaged by departures which included power forward LaMarcus Aldridge joining the San Antonio Spurs and shooting guard Wes Matthews signing on [...]

2016 NBA Mock Draft 2.0

Ben Simmons 1. Philadelphia 76ers-Ben Simmons-Small Forward-LSU Maybe this is the year that the Philadelphia 76ers finally get it right at the NBA Draft. 2. Los Angeles Lakers-Brandon Ingram-Small Forward-Duke With selecting Ben Simmons out of the equation, look for the Los Angeles Lakers to select the second best small forward in this [...]

Tom And The T-Wolves

The Minnesota Timberwolves have been an NBA franchise for 27 years, but they have been unable to produce that much success for themselves. The Timberwolves all-time winning percentage of .391 is the worst in NBA history which can be traced back to their overall ineptitude at the NBA Draft. Outside of getting it right in [...]

2015-2016 Northwest Division Projections

Y-Oklahoma City Thunder 58-24 (2) The past five years years have seen the Oklahoma City Thunder emerge as a contender for the NBA Championship. But injuries put the Thunder in a bind last season as they missed the NBA Playoffs last year for the first time since 2009 in spite of the fact that they [...]

Garnett’s Impact On The Timberwolves

Last summer when small forward LeBron James left the Miami Heat to re-join the Cleveland Cavaliers, it was dubbed as "the homecoming". And we're now witnessing another homecoming with power forward Kevin Garnett returning to the Minnesota TImberwolves last week. For 12 years Garnett was the face of Timberwolves basketball. Garnett was the fifth overall [...]

2014-2015 Northwest Division Projections

X-Portland Trailblazers 53-29 (3) In his second year as the head coach of the Portland Trailblazers, Terry Stotts led a revival in "Rip City" as the Blazers made the second round of the NBA Playoffs for the first time since 2000. The Blazers have the ability to once again be a dangerous team in the [...]