The trade deadline has come and gone. For the Minnesota Timberwolves, nothing has changed, other than rumors swirling around the team of picking up some players that were bought out by other teams. Derrick Rose seems to be the hottest commodity for the team, as he was traded this week from the Cavaliers to the Utah Jazz. Rose is then expected to clear waivers once he is released from Utah, and the Timberwolves are one of the contending teams that will try to sign him, per Marc Stein via Twitter. The same rumors of Rose coming to Minnesota were in the air earlier in the season, as many thought a duo of Rose and Ricky Rubio were next for the franchise. Instead, the Timberwolves traded Rubio in a three-team trade that brought Jeff Teague to the squad. The 2010-2011 MVP has chemistry in the past with head coach Tom Thibodeau and current players on the team including Jimmy Butler and Taj Gibson. The 29-year-old is coming at a bargain price, as he signed a one-year dea...

A sprained MCL suffered on December 27 against the Denver Nuggets will cause Minnesota’s point guard, Jeff Teague, to miss the next 2-to-4 weeks. Tyus Jones will be taking over the starting minutes, and Jamal Crawford will handle the point guard duties off the bench going forward for the Timberwolves. Teague has been a great floor general this season for Minnesota, as through 31 games he has averaged a career-high in minutes played (34.2), 13.4 points per game, an NBA 6th-best 7.3 assists per game and 1.5 steals per game. It will be a challenge for the team going forward to continue their success without their veteran point guard. A few things could come into play with Teague out, however. TYUS TIME The moment has come for the 2015 draft pick in Tyus Jones to step up and show what he has in starter minutes. Jones has shown some flashy improvements this season as the back-up and has earned valuable minutes from stingy Tom Thibodeau. Through 36 games, Jones has s...

After another disappointing loss to the lowly Phoenix Suns on Saturday night, many questions are beginning to rise for the Minnesota Timberwolves. The biggest question fans are wondering: is head coach Tom Thibodeau’s job in jeopardy? When the Timberwolves brought in Thibodeau, the mindset was to focus on the defensive side of the ball, as the offense surely had the scorers to produce each night. The Timberwolves are ranked fifth overall in the NBA in offensive rating, only trailing the Toronto Raptors, Cleveland Cavaliers, Houston Rockets and the Golden State Warriors. Their defensive rating has suffered, ranking as the sixth worst out of all 30 NBA teams. Against .500 or better teams, the Timberwolves have gone 4-8 this season, which will not bode well if they find themselves in the playoffs. They are 13-5 against below .500 teams but have had some ugly losses. Minnesota has allowed at least 108 points to the Suns in the three games they have played (Phoenix has the ...

The acquisition of All-Star Jimmy Butler was the big offseason move for the Minnesota Timberwolves, expecting the team’s performance to be better on both sides of the ball. Through the first 24 games the Timberwolves played in the 2016-2017 season, their record was 6-18 and their defense was allowing a putrid 107.3 points per game. Fast forward to this year, and the Wolves’ record with Butler on the floor (missed two games with an illness) is 15-9. Their defense with Butler has been slightly better, but not by any marginal value. What Butler has contributed dramatically over his last 12 games is offense—and a lot of it. Chemistry issues have been the ongoing question for this team this season, and early on it appeared the former Chicago Bull was struggling. In his first 12 games this season, Butler averaged 15.3 points per game on 39.7 percent shooting from the floor. He also held a minuscule 1.2 plus-minus rating, which is well below the expected outcome for Tomball, Texa...