The Minnesota Timberwolves took the tarps off the upper-level seats behind the baskets, and the crowd of 19,478 created a skull-cracking cacophony before Game 1. It didn’t matter that the Phoenix Suns had swept the regular-season series, including a 125-106 win a week earlier. It was the playoffs. No time like the present. The Target Center jumbotron panned to Mike Conley, 36, … [Read more...] about Jaden McDaniels Is An Assassin On A Team That Has Developed A Killer Instinct
Gutekunst Says He Wants to Draft At Least 11 Guys. What Would That Look Like?
It’s just a few days before the 2024 NFL Draft — Christmas morning for football nerds like me. And this year, there promises to be a bounty of shiny new presents under the tree, courtesy of the Green Bay Packers’ whopping 11 total picks, including five in the first three rounds. This is destined not to be a big-ticket present year, like that time your new bike with the bow on … [Read more...] about Gutekunst Says He Wants to Draft At Least 11 Guys. What Would That Look Like?
Marco Rossi Deserves Danila Yurov
Danila Yurov and Metallurg Magnitogorsk are in the KHL finals. Playing for the Gagarin Cup isn’t like playing for the Stanley Cup because the NHL is a much higher level of hockey. Who was the last Russian prospect to play for the Gagarin Cup and win? Kirill Kaprizov for CSKA Moskva in 2018-19…. … [Read more...] about Marco Rossi Deserves Danila Yurov
Nickeil Alexander-Walker Was Ready For This Moment
Last year, the eight-seeded Minnesota Timberwolves crawled into the playoffs after a Play-In Tournament victory over the tenth-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder. It was Minnesota’s second time making the playoffs in as many seasons. But they had to play the first-seeded Denver Nuggets, equipped with the lethal dyad of Jamal Murray and Nikola Jokić, in the first round. The Wolves … [Read more...] about Nickeil Alexander-Walker Was Ready For This Moment
It’s Now Or Never For the Twins
The start of the 2024 season for the Minnesota Twins has gone poorly, to say the least. Their lineup is among the bottom three in baseball in OPS (.610), batting average (.195), slugging percentage (.329), and runs batted in (61). Only four hitters on the active roster have managed to maintain their OPSes over the league average mark of .698. Minnesota’s schedule hasn’t been … [Read more...] about It’s Now Or Never For the Twins