Saunders: Timberwolves Need To Add Shooters
Flip Saunders would like to add more shooters to the Minnesota Timberwolves’ roster.
"We need more shooters,'' Saunders said. "You can't play with one (Budinger) or two (Luke Ridnour). A healthy Kevin Love will help there, but if we put shooters on the floor, you're going to see a much better (Ricky) Rubio.''The Timberwolves were the worst three...
2013 NBA All-Average Team
The following players won a very prestigious honor. They will be named the NBA’s most average players this season. Last year Luke Ridnour, Ronnie Brewer, Matt Barnes, Brandon Bass, and Brendan Haywood were lucky enough to be selected on the All-Average team. This year’s team however is nearly just as average, filled with some of the NBA’s most mediocre starters. One man was...
Timberwolves Derrick Williams throws down tomahawk alley-oop (Video)
Looking for the dunk of Monday night in the NBA? We here at Outside the Boxscore have it for you to view.
It occurred in the Minnesota Timberwolves/Utah Jazz game as Timberwolves point guard Luke Ridnour found Derrick Williams on an alley-oop that Williams finished with a tomahawk jam:
(Courtesy of SB Nation)
HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF
Derrick Williams drops the hammer on alley-oop
Tweet On Monday night the Minnesota Timberwolves were trying to play spoiler to the playoff hopes of the Utah Jazz. The Wolves were ultimately unsuccessful in that attempt, falling to Utah 96-80. In the losing effort, though, Luke Ridnour connected with Derrick Williams for the possible play of the night in the NBA: Williams got [...]
Derrick Williams Flies In For A One-Handed Alley-Oop
Though the T-Wolves do have one game remaining, Derrick Williams put an exclamation point on an up-and-down season when he soared in and cocked back to finish the alley-oop from Luke Ridnour with one hand on Monday night in a loss to the Jazz.
Timberwolves face tough offseason decisions
Call it the season that went wrong, the season that failed, the season that never was.
Wonder what could have been. Wonder how all of those injuries happened to one team.
But ask Ricky Rubio, as has been the occasion several times this spring, and he'll offer a correction. It's not about what could have been, he's wont to say, but what can be. It's in that earnest...
Timberwolves face tough offseason decisions
Call it the season that went wrong, the season that failed, the season that never was.
Wonder what could have been. Wonder how all of those injuries happened to one team.
But ask Ricky Rubio, as has been the occasion several times this spring, and he'll offer a correction. It's not about what could have been, he's wont to say, but what can be. It's in that earnest...
Ridnour forced to play out of position
MINNEAPOLIS Saturday night, Ricky Rubio decided to score.
And score, and score. To the tune of 23 points, a career high.
Ricky Rubio decided to score, and so Luke Ridnour adjusted, facilitating rather than scoring himself and picking up the slack where it was left. So he continued to adjust, just as he's been doing since Dec. 15, the day the Spanish point guard made his heralded...
Ridnour forced to play out of position
MINNEAPOLIS Saturday night, Ricky Rubio decided to score.
And score, and score. To the tune of 23 points, a career high.
Ricky Rubio decided to score, and so Luke Ridnour adjusted, facilitating rather than scoring himself and picking up the slack where it was left. So he continued to adjust, just as he's been doing since Dec. 15, the day the Spanish point guard made his heralded...
Wolves Wednesday: Peace out
MINNEAPOLIS The Lakers will play without Metta World Peace Wednesday night and for the rest of the season. The team announced earlier that day that the small forward will miss at least six weeks in order to undergo surgery on a torn meniscus in his left knee, leaving the Lakers' roster again in flux.
In the short term, the injury will help the Timberwolves, who will not face...
Wolves Monday: Favorable schedule ahead
MINNEAPOLIS The Timberwolves practiced Monday before heading out on a one-game trip to Detroit, where they play Tuesday night. In a trick of the schedule, the Pistons are the last team the Timberwolves have not played yet this season, and they'll face them again just more than a week later, on April 6.
Those two Detroit games, along with one against Toronto on April 5, present...
Wolves Monday: Favorable schedule ahead
MINNEAPOLIS The Timberwolves practiced Monday before heading out on a one-game trip to Detroit, where they play Tuesday night. In a trick of the schedule, the Pistons are the last team the Timberwolves have not played yet this season, and they'll face them again just more than a week later, on April 6.
Those two Detroit games, along with one against Toronto on April 5, present...
Andre Iguodala has the 'Not in My House' Block of the Night
Andre Iguodala's block on Minnesota's Luke Ridnour does not have the power or in your face kind of intensity that I normally like to see in this pot, but it is still an incredible play by the Denver guard.
It looks like a good play in real time, but when they slow it down and zoom in on the play you can see why it is such an awesom play.
Know the Schedule March 4-10: New York and Minnesota play four-game slates the next six weeks
Over the next six weeks, the New York Knicks and Minnesota Timberwolves both play four-game slates. That gives extra value to guys like Luke Ridnour, J.J. Barea and Amar'e Stoudemire, especially in head-to-head leagues.
Other teams with nice schedules include the Hawks with five weeks of four-game slates; the Heat with four games in each of the next four weeks; and the Bucks...
Knicks Have Their Sights on Luke Ridnour?
Imagine yourself the General Manager of the NY Knicks. Sitting behind the desk and in charge of one of the most powerful teams in the NBA. If you look over the roster and look at your positives and negatives, you can see that 2 glaring needs are glowing. NY needs a solid big to help the injured frontline and most importantly, a back-up point guard who can score and create. This is...
Knicks Have Interest in Luke Ridnour
The New York Knicks have expressed interest in Minnesota Timberwolves point guard Luke Ridnour, according to source.
— Alex Kennedy (@AlexKennedyNBA) February 13, 2013
This rumor makes me wonder what the Knicks really want? Why Luke Ridnour? Don’t get me wrong, Luke is a very good shooter and we all know the New York Knicks need shooting and offense of any kind. However, Lukeâ€...
Luke Ridnour on the trade block, could be dealt to the Utah Jazz
Luke Ridnour's name has been floated on the trade block, and one potential destination for the Minnesota Timberwolves' point guard is the Utah Jazz.
NBA reporter Chris Sheridan reported that Ridnour is on the block due to Ricky Rubio rounding back into form and the Wolves' glut of guards (J.J. Barea).
The Utah Jazz are interested, but a swap of Ridnour for Alec...
Timberwolves Shopping Luke Ridnour
With the return of Ricky Rubio, the Timberwolves have a stuffed backcourt which includes the aforementioned, Alexey Shved, J.J. Barea and Luke Ridnour. Â The TWolves are reportedly shopping the 10-year vet who is owed 8.3 million between this season and next.
According to Sheridan Hoops:
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Luke Ridnour is being shopped by the Minnesota Timberwolves, and a league source told SheridanHoopsâ...
Optimal NBA FanDuel Lineup: 2/4
We started posting NBA FanDuel lineups last week and now we’re back. Here is our optimal NBA lineup for February 4 on FanDuel. Good luck tonight and if you’re new to FanDuel, sign up for an account now!
PG
Eric Bledsoe ($6200)
Luke Ridnour ($4900)
SG
Nick Young ($4700)
E’Twaun Moore ($3800)
SF
Kevin Durant ($9900)
Paul George ($8400)
PF
Taj Gibson ($5200)
Blake Griffin ($9000...
Faltering Timberwolves no match for Wizards
WASHINGTON, D.C. There were moments, stretches really, when it seemed like the basketball was hovering above the Timberwolves' basket, like this was really some demented game of volleyball in which it was board, board, board, snare.
The snare, of course, came by the Wizards, after the Timberwolves had gotten more offensive rebounds than they ever deserved, and after they'...
Faltering Timberwolves no match for Wizards
WASHINGTON, D.C. There were moments, stretches really, when it seemed like the basketball was hovering above the Timberwolves' basket, like this was really some demented game of volleyball in which it was board, board, board, snare.
The snare, of course, came by the Wizards, after the Timberwolves had gotten more offensive rebounds than they ever deserved, and after they'...
Wolves' odd couple serves backcourt well
MINNEAPOLIS You don't notice Luke Ridnour. He doesn't want you to, for one thing, and it works. It works because he blends in. It works because there's Ricky Rubio to distract you, his injury early this season and his mere existence now that he's back.
It works because Ridnour doesn't care who pays attention to him or writes about him or sings his praises. He...
Wolves' odd couple serves backcourt well
MINNEAPOLIS You don't notice Luke Ridnour. He doesn't want you to, for one thing, and it works. It works because he blends in. It works because there's Ricky Rubio to distract you, his injury early this season and his mere existence now that he's back.
It works because Ridnour doesn't care who pays attention to him or writes about him or sings his praises. He...
Wolves forced to use undersized lineup
MINNEAPOLIS Four inches and 82 pounds. That's a fair amount of height and a hearty dose of heft, and it's what the Timberwolves' starting backcourt was trying to make up for against Brooklyn Wednesday.
There's no way around it: Luke Ridnour and Ricky Rubio are small. They're slight. Putting in J.J. Barea doesn't help, either, except to lower the center of...
Wolves forced to use undersized lineup
MINNEAPOLIS Four inches and 82 pounds. That's a fair amount of height and a hearty dose of heft, and it's what the Timberwolves' starting backcourt was trying to make up for against Brooklyn Wednesday.
There's no way around it: Luke Ridnour and Ricky Rubio are small. They're slight. Putting in J.J. Barea doesn't help, either, except to lower the center of...
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