Timberwolves

News broke earlier today that there was a three-team deal in the works to send Timberwolves forward Michael Beasley to the LA Lakers, point guard Luke Ridnour to Portland, and bring shooting guard Jamal Crawford in from the Trailblazers before the trade deadline Thursday afternoon

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After Monday night's dramatic 95-94 win over the L.A. Clippers, the Minnesota Timberwolves sit one game outside of the eighth and final spot in the West. This comes as a surprise to most fans of the NBA considering the Timberwolves finished dead last a season ago with a 17-65 record

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Minnesota Timberwolves rookies Derrick Williams and Malcolm Lee decided to hit the ice in an effort to "get the full Minnesota experience". The pair ventured out onto Lake Waconia and spent the afternoon reeling in panfish

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Going to a Timberwolves game is a fun experience these days, not only is the team playing great and making just about every game thrilling, but the team does a great job of entertaining fans during timeouts.

Check out this video that was shown during a timeout at a recent game that features Kevin Love, Michael Beasley and others singing N'Sync's "Tearing Up My Heart".

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When you think about the best point guards in NBA history, the names like Magic Johnson, John Stockton come to mind first, but how about now days. If you were a General Manager who would you build your franchise around? Would you want Derrick Rose or Chris Paul? When you think about the best point guards you have to put them into two different categorizes

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Everyday I watch ESPN, but today I had to shut it off, why? Because every time Blake Griffin dunks, everyone wants to talk about it. They say his dunk over Kendrick Perkins last night was the best dunk ever, and in now way is that sentence correct. Lebron over John Lucas III the night before was at least 100 percent better then Griffins.

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Ricky Rubio has been fantastic so far in his young NBA career,  but I think if he came over when he was 19-years-old he would have weltered under the NBA pressure. Two years ago the Minnesota Timberwolves could not put together a decent team if their life depended on it, but now after many years of being a doormat for the Western Conference, they are on their way up.

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The Minnesota Timberwolves are quickly starting to turn things around, and a key piece of that puzzle is All-Star forward Kevin Love, he and the team came together today on a four-year contract extension that will allow him to become a free agent after three seasons if he chooses.

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Last night I went to my first Timberwolves game since the Kevin Garnett era. One thing that caught me off guard was that Target Canter was almost sold-out given the fact we were playing one of the best teams in the league the Chicago Bulls, but Even the upper deck was full. Another thing is Rubio mania was in full swing last night. Most of the fans were either wearing a Rubio shirt or jersey.

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This week I am taking a different route then normal. I decided that the past few weeks of bashing Minnesota teams was getting old, so this week it will be all about the good things in Minnesota. Today might be the first time you have heard the name Timberwolves and the word buzz in the same sentence since the day Kevin Garnett left, but today I am starting the buzz.

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