Wolves season with expectations where they could actually meet them? What a strange time to be alive. To be clear, I have watched zero preseason minutes because the preseason is and always has been a red herring when it comes to predicting what happens during the season. No time to waste, let’s get to the... Continue Reading →

Wednesday, July 16, Day 1:   After leaving a meeting at the Minnesota State Capitol (crossing that one off the list, if it counts) I head toward Sioux Falls. The Sioux Falls Canaries of the American Association (Independent Minor League Baseball) are hosting the Winnipeg Goldeyes. I catch just a bit of the Wolves fourth... Continue Reading →

It's been a couple years since I've written anything about the Timberwolves. There are all the normal excuses about time, life, and other priorities, but the best and most interesting excuse is that the whole premise of this blog doesn't work anymore. The whole idea of everything that I wrote about the Timberwolves is that... Continue Reading →

The February edition of the Zeitgeist Player Power Rankings is back! An all-star, a big time trade, an All Star Weekend MVP, and an endless all defensive team hype train. There is plenty to discuss. Anthony Edwards There remains no doubt who’s at the top of the zeitgeist for the Wolves. Ant is fresh off... Continue Reading →

The Wolves have shown themselves to be an up and down team so far this season. Lose to the Rockets, then beat the Pelicans and Grizzlies. Players have been in and out of the rotation, with their own ups and downs. And what better way to commemorate that than introduce the Zeitgeist Player Power Rankings!... Continue Reading →

With the Wolves first preseason game coming on Tuesday, the question every Wolves fan is asking themselves is of course, “if the eight most winning Wolves coaches of all time got together and conducted a draft of all time Timberwolves, how would it shake out?” The Rules Each player can only be drafted once. When... Continue Reading →

There’s nothing quite like Las Vegas Summer League in the NBA. When I say that, I don’t mean it in the glowing way that phrase is often used, I mean it literally. There’s literally nothing like Las Vegas Summer League in the other major sports. A month after the season has ended, some draft picks... Continue Reading →

Being a fan of a sports team leads to a lot of contradictions. One spring you’re deriding a player like Patrick Beverly as dirty and what’s wrong with the NBA. The next spring you’re shouting at the top of your lungs when he jumps on top of the scorer’s table after a play-in win against... Continue Reading →

Michael Jordan changed the NBA. Hot take, I know. But I’m not talking about bringing the sport to the masses, creating a generation of 2 guards that imitated him, or his iconic fadeaway in game 6 of the 1998 NBA finals. He changed the way that people so often measured greatness in the NBA. After... Continue Reading →