Minnesota Timberwolves

Minnesota Timberwolves

Even The Worst Teams Have Reason For Optimism (SportingNews.com)

It may not often seem like it, but a team's fortunes can turn around almost instantly in the NBA.

Tolliver signing with Warriors or Timberwolves (Yahoo! Sports)

Forward Anthony Tolliver spent last season with two different NBA teams — the Golden State Warriors and…

Timberwolves Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

In a matter of mere hours, the Timberwolves reshaped their roster more dramatically than at any time during David Kahn’s already active 14-month tenure as president of basketball operations.

One day, he finalized a trade that sends two second-round picks to Miami for Michael Beasley, the second player chosen in the 2008.

The next, he sent away Al Jefferson—the centerpiece of Kevin McHale’s rebuilding effort after he traded superstar Kevin Garnett to Boston three years ago—to Utah for two future protected first-round draft picks.

Wolves coach Kurt Rambis called the price paid for Beasley “virtually nothing,” other than what Kahn calls a risk-reward proposition he’d do “any day” for a player he terms a “tremendous talent.”

The Wolves now are…

Flynn out for 3-4 months after hip surgery (AP)

Minnesota Timberwolves point guard Jonny Flynn might miss the start of the regular season after surgery on his left hip. The Timberwolves say Flynn underwent successful surgery Tuesday in Colorado. The team says typical recovery time is three to four months. Flynn first was injured in the second-to-last game of last season.

Wolves trade Sessions, Hollins to Cleveland for West, Telfair (Yahoo! Sports)

A good chunk of the BDL readership might claim otherwise. There's not much I can do to sway them.

SL: Chris Paul happy in N.O.?; McGrady to Bulls in jeopardy (Yahoo! Sports)

Each weekday morning, BDL serves up a handful of NBA-related stories to digest with your clambersnambers.

Timberwolves trade Sessions, Hollins to Cavs (AP)

Goodbye, LeBron. Hello, Ramon. The Cleveland Cavaliers completed their first post-LeBron James personnel move on Monday night, trading troubled guard Delonte West and point guard Sebastian Telfair to the Minnesota Timberwolves for point guard Ramon Sessions, 7-footer Ryan Hollins and a future second-round pick.