League Pass Alert, Vol. 5: Western Conference League Pass Team
The Punch-Drunk Wolves League Pass Series has taken on a life of its own. We’re on Volume 5 after two rookie teams, an Eastern Conference Team, and a REACTION POST to the Eastern Conference Team....
View ArticleLooking at the Wolves Offense, Part I: Three-Point Shooting
Last year’s Timberwolves had a problematic pairing of statistics describing its three-point shooting prowess. The first statistic is 21.6. That’s the average number of three-point shots attempted by...
View ArticleWolves Beat Suns, Beas is Schwag
Okay, folks, the Wolves are winners again. Hallelujah, rejoice. They beat the Phoenix Suns 111-107 last night at home. They did it without Golden Boy Ricky Rubio, about whom I’d written a slurptastic...
View ArticleMarch Madness, (PD)Wolves Style
It’s March. Spring is (officially) here. Flowers are blooming and the air is warm. There’s still piles of snow on the ground and it’s cold as hell. But NBA and NCAA tournament basketball is being...
View ArticleWill The Real Mike Beasley Please Stand Up?
“Why can’t you just say you like Bassy? Why you gotta say you like him way more than Jonny?” Those words were directed at my friend Brian, who had spent too much time in Kieren’s Irish Pub after a...
View ArticleHow Adam Silver Dismissed Shabazz Muhammad from NBA Rookie Orientation
Always Be Closing – (1:00), NSFW depending where you work Last night Andy G wrote about Michael Beasley’s latest drug-related arrest. Today, the NBA dismissed Wolves first-round pick Shabazz Muhammad...
View ArticleClose Encounters of the Weird Kind: Michael Beasley, Bassy Telfair, and...
A few days ago, Andy G recalled a late-night encounter with Michael Beasley on the streets of Minneapolis that he and Friend of Punch-Drunk Wolves Brian J had a few years back. Andy G recounted how the...
View ArticleSuper Cool: The Michael Beasley Appreciation Post
After five days off that included a Mexican vacation and postponement of a Spurs matchup, the Timberwolves return to action tonight at Target Center. They face the two-time defending champion Miami...
View ArticleThree Bees
The Timberwolves play tonight (6:30 CDT tip, views on FSN, sounds on WCCO 830). So, the Wolves aren’t in playoff contention. The Twins season is underway. The weather is nice should be getting better...
View ArticleThe Michael Beasley File: Dispatches from Shanghai
Vice Sports published an epic meditation today on former Timberwolf Michael Beasley’s season in China. Beasley, who played for Miami last season and spent (literally not much more than) a hot minute in...
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