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Jan 20, 2025 | 
zonecoverage.com | Charlie Walton |Andrew Dukowitz |Phil Ford |Markos Tsegaye
It took Ryan Saunders 17 games before he promoted Anthony Edwards into the starting lineup during his rookie year. Edwards was the No. 1 pick, but he was going through the growing pains every rookie endures – averaging 13 points on 35.5% from the floor and 30.4% from deep while trying to prove he belongs in the NBA after spending one season in college.
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Jan 18, 2025 | 
zonecoverage.com | Andrew Dukowitz |Phil Ford |Markos Tsegaye |Jonah Maves |Alex Dukowitz
On Thursday night, Naz Reid’s New Jersey high school honored him by making him the first retired number in the school’s 75-year history. Roselle Catholic High School in New Jersey immortalized his No. 5 before taking the stage to speak. Unveiling of the Jersey pic.twitter.com/yW9EQ1fqLm— Chris Hine (@ChristopherHine) January 17, 2025For those who haven’t heard Reid speak, it can cause a double take. It’s one of my favorite things about Reid. He’s the guy that garners the loudest cheer on the bench.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
zonecoverage.com | Phil Ford |Markos Tsegaye |Jonah Maves |Andrew Dukowitz
Anthony Edwards is having another good season. Despite all the consternation about his 3-point rate, lack of highlight reel dunks, post-game press conferences, and the general uneasy vibe around the team, Ant is still an ascendant superstar in the NBA. The 2024-25 Minnesota Timberwolves are 21-19, eighth in the West, and have little in common with last year’s 56-win squad that made the Western Conference Finals. Karl-Anthony Towns is out, and Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo are in.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
zonecoverage.com | Markos Tsegaye |Jonah Maves |Andrew Dukowitz |Charlie Walton
The Minnesota Timberwolves removed Mike Conley from their starting lineup ahead of their game against the New Orleans Pelicans on Jan. 7. Chris Finch said they made the change to maximize Conley’s game. The veteran guard has struggled to find consistency this season but remains a trusted figure on this team. The change has brought mixed results for Conley, but that hasn’t been the case for Donte DiVincenzo.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
zonecoverage.com | Phil Ford |Charlie Walton |Jonah Maves |Markos Tsegaye
The Minnesota Timberwolves had a shaky holiday slate of games where they racked up three straight ugly losses, followed by three shaky wins. They capped it off with two hard-fought losses and a loss to the Detroit Pistons that could be considered tampering if the first-round pick from the Karl-Anthony Towns trade conveys this year. However, the Wolves are back in the good books with three more less-than-pristine wins.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
zonecoverage.com | Charlie Walton |Jonah Maves |Markos Tsegaye |Andrew Dukowitz
It’s foolproof. Immediately after a win, Anthony Edwards will deflect the credit to his teammates. It doesn’t matter if Edwards put the team on his back down the stretch, scored 40-plus points, or hit the game-winner — you would think he had nothing to do with the victory. “I don’t know, shout out to my teammates, man,” Edwards told FanDuel Sports minutes after he hit a game-winning three against the Houston Rockets on Dec. 27. “I couldn’t have done it without them.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
zonecoverage.com | Jonah Maves |Markos Tsegaye |Andrew Dukowitz |Charlie Walton
In the modern NBA, the ability to knock down three-point (3P) shots off the dribble at a high volume has become a crucial trait for primary scoring threats. Anthony Edwards has already mastered that skill and is in the middle of a historic dribble pull-up shooting season. Through the first 36 games of the season, Edwards has canned a league-high 109 3P pull-up (PU) jump shots. Edwards has also made a league-leading 154 3P jumpshots.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
zonecoverage.com | Markos Tsegaye |Andrew Dukowitz |Charlie Walton |Tom Schreier
Third-year Minnesota Timberwolves forward Josh Minott has been a bright spot for a team that has struggled to find consistency this season. Minott’s road to earning minutes hasn’t been easy; he’s spent much of his career playing in the G-League with the Iowa Wolves. However, with the roster changes made over the offseason, the 22-year-old has capitalized on the increased opportunity for minutes. On Timberwolves media day, Minott said he’s grown more confident in his jump shot.
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Dec 26, 2024 | 
zonecoverage.com | Markos Tsegaye
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Aug 16, 2024 | 
zonecoverage.com | Charlie Walton |George Fallon |Jonah Maves |Markos Tsegaye
When the NBA released last year’s regular season schedule, the Minnesota Timberwolves received five nationally televised games – three on ESPN and two on TNT – excluding NBA TV. The total was down from Minnesota’s nine nationally televised games in 2022-23, indicating that the league’s perception of the historically overlooked franchise has not changed. It wasn’t hard to blame the NBA for their decision to cut down Minnesota’s nationally televised games, though.
