Timberwolves Becoming Nonexistent in Market

I am pretty sure no one is reading this Timberwolves Blog. I am pretty sure no one even cares about the Timberwolves any more. I hardly see any news coverage on them. Even perpetual cheerleader Mark Rosen gives them about 5 seconds of his sports cast these days.

The Wolves are back at the Target Center on Sunday at 2pm. I bet there will be about 16 fans there. Let’s face it the Wolves can’t compete with other more exciting events happening around town on Sunday. Most basketball fans will be at the NCAA Tournament on the other side of town at the Metrodome or hockey aficionados will be across the river at the Xcel Energy Center watching the Minnesota Wild take on the Edmonton Oilers. Heck, watching paint dry may be more amicable than watching the Timberwolves play.

If you happen to go to the game, comment me! Let me know how the crowd looks.

Kevin McHale Quote on Firings

Read this Kevin McHale quote on why there have been so many NBA coaches fired this year:

"Just because the access now, there's so much media availability and everything else. There's just so many bloggers; everybody's got an opinion. There's all kinds of stuff going on. Sometimes that starts forming the opinion of people in front offices, too, and owner. It's been kind of a crazy year so far."

I love the reference to the bloggers! That totally cracks me up – gotta love our first amendment rights!

I would also like to add that losing plays a part in the firings (not just the media). When owners are paying millions of dollars to players and coaches and they aren’t getting results – a change has to be made. Every one wants what they pay for (especially in this economy) and when you are paying big salaries, performance better match the pay check.

Have a great holiday every one!

Timberwolves host Mavericks Saturday

While I am trying to figure out my Timberwolves blog future, I still want to keep visitors informed of upcoming Timberwolves games. The Minnesota Timberwolves will host the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday November 1st at 7pm. I think they are doing a military night thing because some of my buddies from the National Guard are going and they said they got Timberwolves tickets for free. You can get tickets for less than $25 each from this Timberwolves Tickets web site. Maybe I will go and that will give me some blog inspiration.


Gotta Love Al:

Timberwolves Win, Timberwolves Blog Needs Help

This Timberwolves blog is kind of boring. I know most bloggers would have been blogging all night long regarding the Timberwolves season opening win over the Sacramento Kings last night. Don’t get me wrong, I am pumped that my team won and even more excited to see Kevin Love out on the Target Center hardwood doing exactly what I had hoped he would do. BTW, the Timberwolves won 98-96 even though they led by eight points several times throughout the night.

But, I want my Timberwolves blog to be something a little bit different. One of my blogging friends writes a Vikings Football Blog and I see she is starting a new Looking Back, Looking Ahead format – I like that, but I don’t want to copy her. I want my own format. Hmmmm… let me think about it. The new season is just getting started so now would be the perfect time to revamp this Timberwolves blog and make it a quick stop for Twolves fans on the Internet. Any suggestions are always welcome.

Timberwolves at Target Center

The Minnesota Timberwolves will make their Target Center pre-season debut tomorrow night so I thought now was as good a time as any to start this Timberwolves blog back up.

So far the Wolves have been strong in the pre-season, winning 5 out of 6 games. Tomorrow night at the Target Center should be an exciting night for Timberwolves fans as the Wolves take on the Chicago Bulls. It will be the first chance us Minnesotans have had to see the new team live on the hardwood. I am betting the crowd will go nuts for Mike Miller and Kevin Love. I am betting that Randy Foye will draw his fair share of fans as well and don’t forget about the big man Al Jefferson. It will be nice to see those guys back on the Target Center court. I am looking forward to an improved Minnesota Timberwolves season.

Timberwolves Beat Bucks, Finish on Happy Note

If you look over my past Timberwolves Basketball blog posts, you can almost feel the up and down roller coaster emotions of this Minnesota Timberwolves season. It seems one week I am praising for better effort and improved winning streaks and the next week I am disgusted with a lack of fourth quarter effort and losing streaks.

The Timberwolves did manage to beat the Milwaukee Bucks last night 110-101 in overtime thanks to Randy Foye who had a couple of three pointers that put the nail in the Bucks coffin.

The Wolves ended the season 22-60 and tied for the third worst record in the NBA. Ick. What else can you say?

Timberwolves lose games, fans and even players

Timberwolves lose, Timberwolves lose again that’s about all Timberwolves bloggers have to say these days. The Timbewolves NBA team is quickly losing any fan base it may have had. The team keeps losing on the Target Center hardwood and keep losing fans in the process and losing players!

Kevin Mchale has completed contract buyouts with veterans Juwan Howard and Theo Ratliff, allowing them to seek opportunities with championship contenders, and he traded unhappy Gerald Green to his hometown Houston Rockets. What kind of message does that send to the fans?

On the bright side, timberwolves tickets are really cheap and you can head out to the Target Center to see a professional sports team for less than $30 for really good seats!