Tonight the Minnesota Timberwolves continue their preseason road trip at the Pepsi Center in Denver as they square off against the Nuggets.
Minnesota improved to 2-0 in the preseason after knocking off the Okalahoma City Thunder Wed 88-82 in Billings Montana. That win came on the heels of the Wolves 117-79 win at Milwaukee Monday to open the preseason.
From the Associated Press:
The Denver Nuggets upgraded Carmelo Anthony’s availability to questionable for Friday night’s opener against Minnesota. Anthony had the ball slapped out of his hand during practice Thursday, injuring his left ring finger. He had the hand wrapped up Friday at practice but X-rays were negative.
Timberwolves VP Kevin McHale made a cameo appearance at the McCain rally in Lakeville today.
From Steve Aschburner/SI.com writes a Wolves season preview.
The Wolves start this season with a much cleaner slate and talent where there was baggage a year ago. Jefferson is ready to be an All-Star and Foye would love to close the gap with 2006 draft-night rival Brandon Roy. A gain of 10-12 victories would be admirable, given the competition out West. More than that? October daydreaming.
With his new deal in hand, it might have been easy for Gomes to get complacent. Not the Ryan we know. As you might have guessed, Gomes worked tirelessly in the off-season, working to improve aspects of his game he felt he needed to get better at due to the changes around him made this summer. “I worked on my ball handling, outside shooting and lateral quickness because I knew with the alterations we made to the roster in the off-season, I would be playing a lot more three this year.”
From KBLG:
CERTAINLY, ALL EYES WERE ON THE THUNDER’S NBA ROOKIE OF THE YEAR KEVIN DURANT, BUT THE TIMBERWOLVES HAVE A PRETTY NICE MARQUEE DRAFT PICK OF THEIR OWN IN ROOKIE KEVIN LOVE OF UCLA FAME. LOVE HAS SCORED IN DOUBLE FIGURES IN BOTH PRESEASON GAMES THIS SEASON, BOTH TIMBERWOLF VICTORIES, BUT ADMITS THE PRO GAME CALLS FOR A MAJOR ADJUSTMENT.
Snyder’s agent told the Reno Gazette-Journal that his client is considering offers from one team in Europe and two in Asia, in addition to an unidentified NBA club, and expects to make a decision next week.