Painful history of the Timberwolves and NBA Draft Lottery

The Minnesota Timberwolves enter Tuesday night's NBA Draft Lottery with the best chance to land the No. 1 overall pick, but history is working against them.

Timberwolves' Andrew Wiggins named Rookie of the Year

Andrew Wiggins started at the top of his rookie class, and he wrapped up his first season in the NBA on top, too.

Flip Saunders put the kibosh on Ricky Rubio doing the Polar Plunge

With a game later in the evening, Flip wasn't about to let Ricky dive into the freezing waters of Lake Calhoun yesterday.

KG RETURNS: Sights and sounds from Target Center

The energy inside Target Center was, as expected, electric for Kevin Garnett's first game back with the Timberwolves. The franchise's most beloved player is back home, and a sellout crowd of 19,856...

KG: 'If LeBron can go home, then sh--, why can't I?'

The Minnesota Timberwolves officially re-introduced Kevin Garnett at a press conference in the Target Center skyway on Tuesday, and there was no shortage of KG quips, and of course, that big, brigh...

PHOTOS: Kevin Garnett, back in a Timberwolves uniform

Hours ahead of a news conference in which The Big Ticket will be formally reintroduced in Minnesota, the Timberwolves shared photos of Kevin Garnett once again wearing the team's threads.

LIVE VIDEO: Timberwolves re-introduce Kevin Garnett

The Minnesota Timberwolves are ready to officially introduce Kevin Garnett to the public at a 3 p.m. press conference Tuesday -- just a day before he plays his first game with the Wolves on Wednesday.

Flip Saunders on KG: 'I've never seen a team so excited'

In an evening press conference announcing the Timberwolves' acquisition of 38-year-old Kevin Garnett, the most beloved player in team history, head coach and President of Basketball Operations Flip...

Why Kevin Garnett is a class act

The Timberwolves are in the midst of bringing back 38-year-old Kevin Garnett to Target Center. He was drafted when I was learning how to read. I'm not saying he's going to turn this team around. I ...

KG comes home: Top tweets

Today brought news that would've been hard to believe as recently as 48 hours ago: Kevin Garnett, without question the greatest player in Timberwolves history, is coming back to Minnesota.

Wolves, Nets discussing trade to bring Kevin Garnett back to Minnesota

As Thursday afternoon's trade deadline approaches, the Timberwolves and Brooklyn Nets are working with each other on a deal that would potentially bring Kevin Garnett back to Minnesota, where his r...

'Space Jam' sales, rentals up after LaVine's dunk

The Minnesota Timberwolves' 19-year-old rookie Zach LaVinethrew down some nasty dunksto win the NBA All-Star Slam Dunk Contest, and after his "Space Jam" dunk sales and rentals of the 1996 film hav...

What the Timberwolves will get in Payne, Neal

There Adreian Payne sat, wasting away on the bench of one of the best teams in the NBA. That changed on Tuesday after the Timberwolves acquired the former Michigan State star, Gary Neal and a secon...

VIDEO: Ricky Rubio is back, and here are the sick passes to prove it

While the Wolves came up on the short end of last night's 100-94 decision in Dallas, Ricky's return was highlighted by two nifty passes, one to Thad Young and another to stud rookie Andrew Wiggins.

NY Times gives Knicks beat writer reprieve from bad basketball; might Strib do same?

The Knicks have five wins... the same number as our hometown Minnesota Timberwolves, who dropped to 5-28 following last night's loss to the Denver Nuggets, the team's 12th defeat in a row.