A New Era

**Jumpman14** · 08-04-2014, 01:13 PM

Re: A New Era

2014-2015 Minnesota Timberwolves

PG Rajon Rondo - SG Dion Waiters - SF Andrew Wiggins - PF Anthony Bennett - C Tyson Chandler

C.J. Watson - Zach Lavine - Jeremy Tyler - Udonis Haslem - Kent Bazemore - James Jones - Glen Rice Jr. - Luc Mbah a Moute - Jusuf Nurkic

**Jumpman14** · 08-04-2014, 01:13 PM

Re: A New Era

Timberwolves Franchise Central

NBA Draft:
[2014]
-Selected Andrew Wiggins 3rd overall.
-Selected Marcus Smart 7th overall (Rights traded).
-Selected Zach Lavine 26th overall.
-Selected Melvin Ejim 43th overall (Rights traded).
-Selected Jusuf Nurkic 54th overall.

Trades:

2013-2014 Regular Season
-Traded Kevin Love, Kevin Martin, Ronnie Turiaf, and a 2014 2nd round pick to Cleveland for Anthony Bennett, Dion Waiters, Anderson Varjao, and 2014 and 2015 1st round pick.
-Traded Dante Cunningham to Charlotte for a 2014 2nd round pick.
-Traded Chase Budinger to Orlando for a 2014 2nd round pick.
-Traded Nikola Pekovic and 2 2014 2nd round picks to Minnesota for Ramon Sessions and a 2014 1st round pick.
-Traded J.J. Barea and a 2014 2nd round pick to Chicago for Erik Murphy, Jimmer Fredette, and Tornike Shengelia.
-Traded Corey Brewer, Alexey Shved, and Ramon Sessions to the LA Clippers for Reggie Bullock, Danny Granger, and a 2014 2nd round pick.
-Traded Danny Granger to Utah for a 2014 2nd round pick.

2014 Offseason
-Traded Shabazz Muhammad to Indiana for C.J. Watson.
-Traded Ricky Rubio, Gorgui Dieng, and two 2nd round pick to New York for Tyson Chandler, Danny Green, and two 1st round picks.
-Traded the rights to Marcus Smart, a 2014 1st round pick, and a 2015 1st round pick to Boston for Rajon Rondo and a 2014 2nd round pick.
-Traded the rights to Melvin Ejim to Chicago for Mike Dunleavy and a 2014 2nd round pick
-Traded Lorenzo Brown to Sacramento for Reggie Evans.

Signings:

2013-2014 Regular Season
-Signed Lorenzo Brown to a 1yr deal.

2014 Offseason
-Signed Jeremy Tyler to 2yr/$4.09M deal.
-Signed James Jones to 1yr/727K deal.

2013-2014 Season:
Record: 32-50
Playoff Seed: N/A

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NBA Draft:
[2015] -

Trades:

2014-2015 Regular Season
-Traded Mike Dunleavy to Phoenix for a 2015 2nd round pick.
-Traded Danny green to Detroit for a 2016 2nd round pick.
-Traded Reggie Bullock and a 2016 2nd round pick to LA Lakers for Kent Bazemore.

Signings:

2014-2015 Regular Season
-Signed Glen Rice Jr. to a 1-yr deal.
-Signed Udonis Haslem to a 1-yr deal.

2014-2015 Season:
Record:
Playoff Seed:

**Jumpman14** · 08-04-2014, 01:14 PM

Re: A New Era

Season Awards

**Jumpman14** · 08-04-2014, 01:18 PM

Re: A New Era

**Jumpman14** · 08-04-2014, 01:19 PM

Re: A New Era

**Jumpman14** · 08-04-2014, 05:31 PM

Re: A New Era

Updated: October 29, 2013, 7:26 PM ET

Timberwolves, Cavaliers agree to 6-player deal

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ESPN.com news services

The Kevin Love era in Minnesota is officially over after the Timberwolves and Cleveland Cavaliers came tot erms on a blockbuster trade. Minnesota will send Love, Kevin Martin, Ronnie Turiaf, and a second round pick to Cleveland in exchange for Dion Waiters, Anthony Bennett, Anderson Varejao, and two first round draft picks.

After days of negotiations, the two teams finally closed the deal just days before the start of the 2013-2014 NBA season. First year Timberwolves GM Tennell Williams got a pretty nice return for a superstar that no longer wanted to be in Minnesota. They get the number one pick in this past June's draft in Bennett, and up and coming two guard in Waiters, Varejao's expiring deal, and multiple first round picks to start their rebuilding process.

Waiters, Bennett, Varejao

Love, Martin, Turiaf

While the Wolves reuild, the Cavaliers are banking on the addition of love will help them reach the playoffs for the first time since LeBron James left in the summer of 2010. A combo of Love/Irving should get the Cavs a playoof spot in the weak eastern conference. Cavs owner Dan Gilbert's main objective in making the deal was hoping the addition of Love will help lure back James this summer when he can opt out of his contract with the Miami Heat.

"We just acquired three great players and some valuable draft picks that will help this team down the road, said Williams. We would like to thank Kevin for all the years he played here in Minnesota but it was time for a change. It's the start of a new era for Timberwolves basketball."

**Jumpman14** · 08-04-2014, 05:32 PM

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Matchup Preview | October 30, 2013

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Orlando Magic
(0-1, 0-1 Away)

Minnesota Timberwolves
(0-0, 0-0 Home)

Projected Starters
Jameer Nelson	Point Guard	Ricky Rubio
Victor Oladipo	Shooting Guard	Dion Waiters
Arron Afflalo	Small Forward	Corey Brewer
Tobias Harris	Power Forward	Anthony Bennett
Nikola Vucevic	Center	Nikola Pekovic

Injury Report
None		None

Game Notes
Life after Kevin Love begins as they open up the 2013-2014 season at home against the Orlando Magic.

**Jumpman14** · 08-04-2014, 05:36 PM

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Above: Bennett hangs around after throwing it down.

Timberwolves Win Thriller In Season Opener

Recap | Box Score | Highlights

MVP: Ricky Rubio. The 3rd year point guard from Spain had his finger prints all over the game finishing with a team records 18 assist to go along with 7 points and 5 rebounds. Rubio will now have to step up as leader with Love gone.

LVP: E'Twaun Moore. In only 5 minutes of play, Moore came in a chucked up 11 shots, only making 3 of them to only score 7 points. After that he was benched for the rest of the game.

X-Factor: Shabazz Muhammad. The former Bruin was a scoring punch off the becnh for Minny finishing with 10 points in just 10 minutes of action. Muhammad really excelled with Rubio getting him a lot of open looks.

Rookie Watch: Anthony Bennett and Victor Oladpio. Number one pick Anthony Bennett had a great first game scoring 19 points and pulling down 8 rebounds while shooting an impressive 7-of-8 from the field and a perfect 3-of3 from three point land. Dipo led Orlando in scoring with 22 points and assist with 9.

Box Score:
ORL | 27 | 26 | 18 | 30 | 101
MIN | 31 | 19 | 27 | 26 | 103

Player of the Game: Ricky Rubio

|7 PTS | 5 REBS | 18 AST | 2 STLS | 12-19 FG | 2-7 3PT | 3-4 FT

Victor Oladipo: 22 PTS, 3 REB, 9 AST, 9-13 FG, 2-4 3PT, 2-2 FT
Arron Afflalo: 21 Pts, 6 REB, 3 AST, 7-12 FG, 2-2 3PT, 5-6 FT
Nikola Vucevic: 20 PTS, 11 REB, 9-16 FG, 2-2 FT
Jameer Nelson: 10 PTS, 3 REB, 7 AST, 4-9 FG, 2-4 3PT
Tobias Harris: 7 PTS, 6 REB, 2 STLS, 3-9 FG, 1-5 3PT
E'Twaun Moore: 7 PTS, 3-11 FG, 1-2 3PT

Dion Waiters: 24 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST, 9-23 FG, 1-6 3PT, 5-5 FT
Anthony Bennett: 19 PTS, 8 REB, 7-8 FG, 3-3 3PT, 2-3 FT
Nikola Pekovic: 16 PTS, 5 REB, 7-8 FG, 2-2 FT
Corey Brewer: 14 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST, 5-10 FG, 4-7 3PT
Shabazz Muhammad: 10 PTS, 2 REB, 4-8 FG, 2-3 3PT
Ricky Rubio: 7 PTS, 5 REB, 18 AST, 2-7 FG, 3-4 FT

**Jumpman14** · 08-04-2014, 05:42 PM

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Nov 1st-Nov 3rd Results (3-0)

- 98 @ 86 -

Player Of The Games
Dion Waiters: 28 Points, 4 Rebounds, 2 Assist, 2 Steals, 12-24 FG, 4-8 3PT

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- 91 @ 87 -

Player Of The Games
Dion Waiters: 33 Points, 2 Rebounds, 3 Steals, 13-21 FG, 5-10 3PT, 2-5 FT

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**Jumpman14** · 08-04-2014, 05:43 PM

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Matchup Preview | November 4, 2013

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Minnesota Timberwolves
(3-0, 1-0 Away)

Cleveland Cavaliers
(1-2, 0-2 Home)

Projected Starters
Ricky Rubio	Point Guard	Kyrie Irving
Dion Waiters	Shooting Guard	Kevin Martin
Corey Brewer	Small Forward	Luol Deng
Anthony Bennett	Power Forward	Kevin Love
Nikola Pekovic	Center	Spencer Hawes

Injury Report
None		None

Game Notes
The surprising 3-0 Minnesota Timberwolves take on the Cleveland Cavaliers and their former franchise player Kevin Love.

**Jumpman14** · 08-06-2014, 06:12 PM

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Above: Waiters throws it down on the break.

Waiters Helps T-Wolves Hold Off Cavs

Recap | Box Score | Highlights

MVP: Dion Waiters. Waiters continued his impressive start to the season scoring a game high 23 points while pulling down 6 rebounds and dishing out 5 assist. Waiter came up big scoring 10 of his 23 in the 4th quarter hepling the Wolves mount a comeback

LVP: Kyrie Irving. After coming out aggressive scoring 15 1st half points, Irving went scoreless the rest of the way as the Cavs where in dire need of his scoring in the 4th quarter.

X-Factor: Shabazz Muhammad. Muhammad came through once again for the Timberwolves. Shabazz came off the bench to score a career high 17 points while shooting 4-of-6 from three poitn territory. Early 6th man of the year front runner?

Rookie Watch: Anthony Bennett. Bennett had an off shooting night (4-of-13 for 11 points) but he did manage to pull down 11 rebounds and played great defense of Kevin Love in the 4th quarter.

Box Score:
MIN | 10 | 31 | 33 | 27 | 101
CLE | 20 | 30 | 31 | 18 | 99

Player of the Game: Dion Waiters

|23 PTS | 6 REBS | 5 AST | 1 BLK | 8-18 FG | 4-7 3PT | 3-4 FT

Nikola Pekovic: 17 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST, 7-9 FG, 3-3 FT
Shabazz Muhammad: 17 Pts, 5-13 FG, 4-6 3PT, 3-3 FT
Corey Brewer: 13 PTS, 2 REB, 5-7 FG, 3-5 FT
Anthony Bennett: 11 PTS, 11 REB, 4-13 FG, 3-9 3PT
Ricky Rubio: 10 PTS, 2 REB, 13 AST, 4-6 FG, 2-3 3PT
Gorgui Dieng: 8 PTS, 2 REB, 2 BLK, 3-3 FG, 2-2 FT

Kevin Love: 17 PTS, 4 REB, 3 STLS, 7-16 FG, 3-6 3PT
Kevin Martin: 16 PTS, 3 REB, 5 AST, 8-13 FG
Kyrie Irving: 15 PTS, 4 REB, 9 AST, 6-19 FG, 1-10 3PT, 2-2 FT
Luol Deng: 12 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST, 5-8 FG, 2-2 3PT
Spencer Hawes: 9 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST, 4-6 FG, 1-1 3PT
Carrick Felix: 7 PTS, 4 REB, 2-6 FG, 1-3 3PT, 2-2 FT

**Jumpman14** · 08-06-2014, 06:13 PM

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Nov 5th-Nov 11th Results (5-2)

- 104 @ 100 -

Player Of The Games
Stephen Curry: 41 Points, 3 Rebounds, 5 Assist, 4 Steals, 16-34 FG, 7-14 3PT, 2-2 FT

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- 103 @ 104 -

Player Of The Games
Ricky Rubio: 10 Points, 13 Rebounds, 14 Assist, 4-7 FG, 2-2 3PT

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- 93 @ 102 -

Player Of The Games
Kobe Bryant: 25 Points, 7 Rebounds, 6 Assist, 8-18 FG, 2-5 3PT, 7-9 FT

Next Game:
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**Jumpman14** · 08-06-2014, 06:13 PM

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Matchup Preview | November 11, 2013

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Minnesota Timberwolves
(5-2, 2-1 Away)

Los Angeles Clippers
(5-2, 1-1 Home)

Projected Starters
Ricky Rubio	Point Guard	Chris Paul
Dion Waiters	Shooting Guard	Jamal Crawford
Corey Brewer	Small Forward	Matt Barnes
Anthony Bennett	Power Forward	Blake Griffin
Nikola Pekovic	Center	DeAndre Jordan

Injury Report
Shabazz Muhammad - Strained Calf Day-to-Day		None

Game Notes
The Timberwolves head to sunny LA to take on CP3 and the Los Angeles Clippers.

**Jumpman14** · 08-06-2014, 06:14 PM

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Above: Blake doing what he does best.

Clips Bring T-Wolves Back Down To Earth In Blowout Win

Recap | Box Score | Highlights

MVP: Blake Griffin. Griffin had his way with rookie Anthony Bennett all game long finishing with 38 and 13 boards while going 14-of-25 from the field and 10-of-11 from the charity stripe. If Blake can keep this play up for the rest of the season the Clippers will be hoisting the Larry O'Brien trophy in June.

LVP: Anthony Bennett. To go along with his terrible defensive effort, Bennett;s struggles on the offensive end going 4-of-10 from the field for 11 points. The rookie shouldn't feel to bad, the entire team played horrible.

X-Factor: Jamal Crawford. Crawford scored a season high 26 points in the win. Crawford has played so well to start the season that he took the starting shooting guard spot from J.J. Reddick and it looks like he's not giving it up any time soon.

Rookie Watch: Shabazz Muhammad. Terrible shooting went all around for the T-Wolves rookies as Muhammad scored 11 points but shot a lowly 4-of-12 from the field. Clippers rookie Reggie Bullock finished with a DNP.

Box Score:
MIN | 33 | 35 | 24 | 13 | 105
LAC | 36 | 45 | 23 | 27 | 131

Player of the Game: Blake Griffin

|38 PTS | 13 REBS | 2 AST | 1 BLK | 14-25 FG | 10-11 FT

Dion Waiters: 20 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST, 8-19 FG, 4-8 3PT
Corey Brewer: 19 Pts, 6 REB, 6-13 FG, 1-5 3PT, 6-7 FT
J.J. Barea: 13 PTS, 4 AST, 5-7 FG, 3-3 3PT
Nikola Pekovic: 13 PTS, 7 REB, 2 BLK, 5-8 FG, 3-4 FT
Shabazz Muhammad: 11 PTS, 4-12 FG, 2-5 3PT, 1-2 FT
Anthony Bennett: 11 PTS, 6 REB, 4-10 FG, 3-4 FT

Jamal Crawford: 26 PTS, 4 REB, 9-18 FG, 3-12 3PT, 3-4 FT
Chris Paul: 14 PTS, 3 REB, 13 AST, 5-14 FG, 4-4 FT
J.J. Reddick: 9 PTS, 2 REB, 4 AST, 4-7 FG, 1-2 3PT
Danny Granger: 9 PTS, 2 REB, 2 AST, 3-6 FG, 3-4 3PT
DeAndre Jordan: 8 PTS, 12 REB, 3 STL, 2 BLK, 4-6 FG
Matt Barnes: 7 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST, 3-6 FG, 1-1 FT

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