Wolves’ Kirilenko on Spurs’ Leonard: ‘He’s the complete player’
Minnesota Timberwolves forward Andrei Kirilenko was once an All-Star back in his 2004 season with the Utah Jazz. Then, at the age of 22, Kirilenko was known as a defensive monster on the perimeter as he averaged 16.5 points, 8.1 rebounds, 1.9 steals, and 2.8 blocks per game.
Fast forward nine years later, Kirilenko now at the age of 31, was only able to score five points, grab...
Derrick Williams Goes Up For 360 Dunk
Derrick Williams capped off his sophomore season in the NBA with a in-game 360 dunk in San Antonio Wednesday night. Andrei Kirilenko took off on a fast break midway through the third quarter and dished it to the former dunk contestant who spun in for the dunk:
Andrei Kirilenko’s wife allows him to to have sex with another woman once per year
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Here is a story that some of you probably forgot about and it has be one of the more bizarre stories that you have seen published about an NBA relationship. The Minnesota Timberwolves’ Andrei Kirlenko has a wife who understands what goes on during the season the road – NBA’ers experience all kinds of women throwing themselves at them. During Kirlenko’s stint with...
Timberwolves 117, Suns 86
Andrei Kirilenko scored 20 points and the Minnesota Timberwolves routed the slumping Phoenix Suns 117-86 on Friday night to snap a nine-game road losing streak.
Reserve Dante Cunningham added 18 points, Greg Stiemsma had 14 and four others were in double digits for the Timberwolves, who won for the fourth time in 16 games.
Minnesota set season highs for total points, first-half...
Suns fall at home to Timberwolves
PHOENIX (AP) -- Andrei Kirilenko scored 20 points and the Minnesota Timberwolves routed the slumping Phoenix Suns 117-86 on Friday night to snap a nine-game road losing streak.
Reserve Dante Cunningham added 18 points, Greg Stiemsma had 14 and four others were in double digits for the Timberwolves, who won for the fourth time in 16 games.
Minnesota set season highs for total points...
Timberwolves apparel company uses JT’s ‘Suit & Tie’ to spoof team’s injury woes (vid)
Plagued by injuries, the Minnesota Timberwolves have experienced a brutal and lost season on the court because they cannot seem to get guys out of the training room. Recurring injuries to Nikola Pekovic and Andrei Kirilenko have eradicated any chance of the team competing on a game-by-game basis. Those issues caused by a decimated roster exacerbated the already delicate situation...
Wolves Tuesday: Pekovic, Kirilenko still rusty
MINNEAPOLIS Nikola Pekovic and Andrei Kirilenko came up big for the Timberwolves on Sunday night in the final seconds of their win over New Orleans, but both players had had somewhat lackluster nights before the offensive rebound, free throws and block that saved their team the game.
On Monday in Memphis, the rust continued. Both players started in the second game of the team'...
Wolves Tuesday: Pekovic, Kirilenko still rusty
MINNEAPOLIS Nikola Pekovic and Andrei Kirilenko came up big for the Timberwolves on Sunday night in the final seconds of their win over New Orleans, but both players had had somewhat lackluster nights before the offensive rebound, free throws and block that saved their team the game.
On Monday in Memphis, the rust continued. Both players started in the second game of the team'...
Wolves show glimmer of hope in final seconds
MINNEAPOLIS That was certainly not one for the ages.
That was 47:42 worth of mediocre basketball, all but sliver of a game in which the Timberwolves looked absent on defense and just fine on offense, when it seemed that re-integrating Nikola Pekovic and Andrei Kirilenko into the lineup after nearly three weeks out was going to be a days-long project.
That was 47:42 worth of rust...
Wolves show glimmer of hope in final seconds
MINNEAPOLIS That was certainly not one for the ages.
That was 47:42 worth of mediocre basketball, all but sliver of a game in which the Timberwolves looked absent on defense and just fine on offense, when it seemed that re-integrating Nikola Pekovic and Andrei Kirilenko into the lineup after nearly three weeks out was going to be a days-long project.
That was 47:42 worth of rust...
Wolves Sunday: Pek and Kirilenko return
MINNEAPOLIS Both Nikola Pekovic and Andrei Kirilenko will be available for the Timberwolves Sunday night against New Orleans, and Rick Adelman gave every indication that both would start.
"My tendency is to start them," Adelman said. "They're two of our best players. . . . I want to see how they perform, and I think that's the best way to do that is to start...
Wolves Sunday: Pek and Kirilenko return
MINNEAPOLIS Both Nikola Pekovic and Andrei Kirilenko will be available for the Timberwolves Sunday night against New Orleans, and Rick Adelman gave every indication that both would start.
"My tendency is to start them," Adelman said. "They're two of our best players. . . . I want to see how they perform, and I think that's the best way to do that is to start...
Wolves Sunday: 'Perfect storm' scheduling
MINNEAPOLIS When the Timberwolves tip off against Dallas at 6 p.m. Sunday, it will have been just 21 hours since the beginning of their most recent game.
The schedule this weekend is what Rick Adelman referred to as "the perfect storm." Minnesota played in Denver -- in the thin air, to boot -- at 7 p.m. MT last night, just hours before daylight savings time kicked in...
Wolves Sunday: 'Perfect storm' scheduling
MINNEAPOLIS When the Timberwolves tip off against Dallas at 6 p.m. Sunday, it will have been just 21 hours since the beginning of their most recent game.
The schedule this weekend is what Rick Adelman referred to as "the perfect storm." Minnesota played in Denver -- in the thin air, to boot -- at 7 p.m. MT last night, just hours before daylight savings time kicked in...
Wolves Tuesday: Minnesota's injuries persist
MINNEAPOLIS The "nine" jokes will persist, for at least another week.
The Timberwolves announced Tuesday that both Andrei Kirilenko and Nikola Pekovic will miss the team's next three games Wednesday against Washington, Saturday in Denver, and Sunday against Dallas before being reevaluated before next Tuesday's game against the Spurs. Kirilenko suffered a calf...
Wolves Tuesday: Minnesota's injuries persist
MINNEAPOLIS The "nine" jokes will persist, for at least another week.
The Timberwolves announced Tuesday that both Andrei Kirilenko and Nikola Pekovic will miss the team's next three games Wednesday against Washington, Saturday in Denver, and Sunday against Dallas before being reevaluated before next Tuesday's game against the Spurs. Kirilenko suffered a calf...
Wolves Monday: Pekovic, Kirilenko still hurting
MINNEAPOLIS As expected, neither Nikola Pekovic nor Andrei Kirilenko will play on Monday against Miami. Pekovic suffered an abdominal strain in the first quarter of Thursday's game in Los Angeles, Kirilenko a calf strain two nights before in Phoenix.
Pekovic underwent an MRI, which coach Rick Adelman said did not reveal anything further. Both he and Kirilenko will be monitored...
Wolves Monday: Pekovic, Kirilenko still hurting
MINNEAPOLIS As expected, neither Nikola Pekovic nor Andrei Kirilenko will play on Monday against Miami. Pekovic suffered an abdominal strain in the first quarter of Thursday's game in Los Angeles, Kirilenko a calf strain two nights before in Phoenix.
Pekovic underwent an MRI, which coach Rick Adelman said did not reveal anything further. Both he and Kirilenko will be monitored...
Nikola Pekovic suffers abdominal strain, leaves game and won't return
The Minnesota Timberwolves' frontcourt was already shorthanded without Kevin Love and Andrei Kirilenko. The Wolves suffered another blow when an abdominal strain forced Nikola Pekovic from Thursday's game with the Lakers.
Rotoworld reported that Pek wouldn't return. Pekovic played nine minutes and finished with eight points and three rebounds.
Pek has battled...
Lakers attempt to continue humbling Wolves
Mired in a disappointing season, the Los Angeles Lakers have been resurgent of late. But they've still shown they have a thin margin for error, particularly with turnovers and free-throw shooting.
That margin may be a little wider than usual Thursday night when they try to extend their run of 20 straight wins over the struggling Minnesota Timberwolves - the longest active streak...
Wolves Wednesday: Kirilenko out again
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. After yet another injury, this one to Andrei Kirilenko in Phoenix on Tuesday, Timberwolves coach Rick Adelman expounded a bit on his team's short-handedness just as he has all season, it seems.
This time, though, he reached a succinct conclusion:
"It gets old," he said, and really, there's no better way to sum up this season for the Timberwolves...
Wolves Wednesday: Kirilenko out again
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. After yet another injury, this one to Andrei Kirilenko in Phoenix on Tuesday, Timberwolves coach Rick Adelman expounded a bit on his team's short-handedness just as he has all season, it seems.
This time, though, he reached a succinct conclusion:
"It gets old," he said, and really, there's no better way to sum up this season for the Timberwolves...
Kirilenko leaves game with calf strain
Andrei Kirilenko left the Minnesota Timberwolves' game against the Suns with 1:54 remaining in the first quarter on Tuesday with a left calf strain. The team announced in the second quarter that he would not return.
Before exiting the game, the forward had played 10 minutes, racking up a steal, an assist and two rebounds. He had not attempted a shot.
This will be Kirilenko...
Kirilenko Retires From Russian National Team
Andrei Kirilenko led Russia to an Olympic bronze medal last summer.
Wolves needed a win, 'ugly' or not
MINNEAPOLIS It took Andrei Kirilenko seven seconds to make the first shot.
Welcome back.
It took the Timberwolves a full second half not to blow it.
Welcome back to a season in which nothing is ever easy.
The Timberwolves defeated the 76ers, 94-87, on Wednesday night, ringing in the post-All-Star stretch the way they wanted to, the way it seemed they had to: with a win. As...
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