A New Era: All Eyes On The Rise

[Jumpman14]

[Jumpman14]

Props to SkylerC989 and JazzMan. I'm using their roster and fictional draft class for my chise.

SkylerC989 Sim Rosters 2K15 (PS4)
JazzMan's 2k15 Fictional Draft Classes (PS4)

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Up Next: @ MIA

	Timberwolves (4-1, 2-1 away)	Saturday November 8, 2014 7:30 PM ET
	Heat (4-1, 2-1 home)

Minnesota

Miami

Ricky Rubio	PG	Norris Cole
Andrew Wiggins	SG	Dwayne Wade
Corey Brewer	SF	Luol Deng
Thad Young	PF	Josh McRoberts
Nikola Pekovic	C	Chris Bosh
SEASON SERIES 0-0

Key Matchup

A. Wiggins Points: 18.6 Reb: 2.8 Ast: 1.6 Stl: 0.8 Blk: 1.0	D. Wade Points: 18.6 Reb: 6.8 Ast: 4.2 Stl: 1.8 Blk: 1.2
In a battle of 4-1 teams, the Minnesota Timberwolves head down to South Beach to take on the Miami Heat in a inter-conference showdown.

[michaellowll]

interesting battle on pos. 2

[Jumpman14]

Quote: Originally Posted by michaellowll

interesting battle on pos. 2

Was a good matchup on paper, but one guy didn't show up for the game.

[Jumpman14]

[Game Links: Timberwolves Boxscore | Heat Boxscore | Team Comparison | Highlights]
Timberwoles-Heat Notebook
By: Timberwolves.com
Posted November 8,2014

Sat, Nov 8, 2014 | Recap

	97	STAT LEADERS
		Wiggins 20	PTS	Bosh 21
	87	Dieng 13	REB	Bosh 20
		Rubio 12	AST	Cole 6

Top Performers

Minnesota	Miami
A. Wiggins Pts: 20 Reb: 2 Ast: 2 Stl: 2 Blk: 1	C. Bosh Pts: 21 Reb: 20 Ast: 1 Stl: 2 Blk: 3
SEASON SERIES 1-0 MIN

MVP: Andrew Wiggins. The number one overall pick got the best of his counterpart Dwyane Wade in their matchup. Wiggins finished led the Wolves with 20 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assist, 2 steals, and a blocked shot in just 29 minutes of action. But his defense on Wade was even more impressive. Wiggins held Wade to just 19 points on a not so pretty shooting percentage.

LVP: Dwyane Wade. Wade failed to show up and help Chris Bosh who had a 21 point and 20 rebound performance. Wade only shot 8-of-20 from the field with zero free throw attempts in 39 minutes. Wade was also a team high -11 while on the court. The former finals MVP settled for jumpers after having a hard time getting past the defense of Wiggins.

X-Factor: Gorgui Dieng. Dieng showed why some think he could be a starting center in the NBA with his performance against the Heat. Dieng racked up 1- points and 13 rebounds off the bench has he protected the paint all night long. Even though he only had one block, Dieng altered a lot of Miami's shot attempts around the basket.

Rookie Watch: Glenn Robinson III. After not appearing in any of the Timberwolves first 5 games, GRIII was activated before the game replacing Shabazz Muhammad and he didn't disappoint. Robinson chipped in 14 points, 2 rebounds, and 2 assist on 50 percent shooting in 18 minutes off the bench.

Up Next:

[Jumpman14]

Man Bosh was playing out of his mind that game. He was playing inside and outside, straight abusing Thad Young. But luckily Wade pulled a no show.

[Jumpman14]

Timberwolves Shopping Budinger



The Minnesota Timberwolves made a lot of moves this summer � most notably trading Kevin Love for Andrew Wiggins and Anthony Bennett � and they might not be done. Yahoo�s Adrian Wojnarowski reports that Flip Saunders is shopping veteran forward Chase Budinger and at least a couple of teams have shown interest.

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Among talks with several teams, the Detroit Pistons and Houston Rockets have shown an interest, league sources said. Houston is reluctant to take on the $5 million player option on Budinger�s deal in 2015-16, as are the Pistons, sources said. Nevertheless, the Pistons are taking a long look at Budinger and considering the possibility of making a deal. No trade is considered imminent for Budinger.

The Pistons are a team that would make sense for Budinger. Recent injuries to Jodie Meeks and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope have left them thin on the perimeter, and Budinger is a good shooter who would make a fine replacement. It�s not a surprise that the Rockets are looking at him, either: they drafted him in 2009 and in his last season with Houston, he shot 40.2 percent from three-point range.

The biggest drawback for a team looking at trading for Budinger is his health. Since signing with the Timberwolves as a free agent in 2012, he�s dealt with several knee injuries. He missed 59 games in 2012-13 and 41 games last season. With Wiggins and fellow rookie Zach LaVine on the roster, and veterans Kevin Martin and Corey Brewer getting major minutes, Budinger is simply the odd man out in Minnesota.

Given his health, the Timberwolves can�t expect to get much more than cap relief and maybe a second-round pick for Budinger, but he could be a good buy-low candidate for a playoff team looking to add shooting.