The Rick Adelman era officially begins for the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday as his team faces off with Oklahoma City. Unfortunately, although it’s a home game, it’s likely to be a loss since Oklahoma City was selected to be a potential Western Conference champion this season. Meanwhile, the Wolves’ hopes are just to avoid being [...]
The Minnesota Vikings won their third game of the season on Saturday, but it was hardly a welcome event. Lots of reasons why. First, Adrian Peterson suffered a really bad ACL injury, and perhaps more damage, and it looks like he’ll be out for at least six months. That means Toby Gerhart needs to finally [...]
It came down to a last-second shot by Michael Beasley, and the game saw K-Love twist his ankle … hopefully not seriously. And the team played the entire game without its Spanish backcourt of J.J. Barea and Ricky Rubio. Even so, the Rick Adelman-coached Timberwolves won by one point over the Milwaukee Bucks. Too bad [...]
Rick Adelman isn’t the first Timberwolves head coach to preach defense to the Minnesota pro hoops team, and he likely won’t be the last. But he is the first to try teaching defense of last season’s league-worst defensive team in the NBA. Adelman is hoping to feature the talents of Kevin Love, Michael Beasley and [...]
Ricky Rubio finally debuted in a Minnesota Timberwolves jersey last night, and he played 24 minutes off the bench, logging six points and seven assists in Rick Adelman’s new offense. The hiring of coach Adelman could be a godsend for Rubio’s debut, as the 20-year coaching veteran might finally return some stability to a franchise [...]
