Keep that Timberwolves foam finger on the shelf. Minnesota was set to open the regular NBA season at Target Center tonight, but the lockout wiped out the first month of the season.
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We’ll have to wait a while longer to see the new-look Timberwolves. The NBA says due to the lockout, training camps set to open in early October have been postponed indefinitely and the first week of exhibition games have been wiped out. The NBA regular season is due to begin Nov. 1.
A Delaware-based investment blog lists the Minnesota Timberwolves as one of seven professional sports teams with the shakiest financial prospects. The report points out that the Wolves lost $7 million last year, and could lose more this year if the NBA season is wiped out by the lockout.
The Timberwolves (4-7) are going for back-to-back wins Saturday night at Phillips Arena in Atlanta. Minnesota defeated the New Orleans Hornets 87-80 Friday night. The Hawks (8-4) are aiming for their 11th straight win over the Wolves.
Go ahead, call it the biggest game of the year so far. At 7 p.m. at Target Center it’s the Timberwolves and the L.A. Clippers as Minnesota returns home after a grueling four-game Western road trip. The Wolves are in OK shape, though. They’re 19-19, just two games out of a playoff spot.
The home of the Timberwolves will keep the Target name for at least another three years. Sports Business Journal reports Target and the Wolves have reached agreement on the extension. The previous naming rights deal started when the basketball arena started in 1990 and expired at the end of August.
The Timberwolves were supposed to begin regular season play November 1st. Now the best they'll be able to do is start December 1st because Friday's NBA lockout talks between the owners and players broke down without a deal, thus wiping two more weeks of games off the schedule.
Renovating the 22-year-old Target Center, home of the Minnesota Timberwolves, has been a controversial piece of the deal to construct a new Vikings stadium, but the estimated cost of the project hasn't been easy to pin down. It was about $150 million last year, but now it's down to $100 million, it was revealed Thursday night at the first meeting of a panel charged with overseeing the renovation, the Star Tribune reports. Why? Answers have been vague.
Ricky Rubio arrived at Target Center Wednesday to officially begin his Timberwolves career. According to the Star Tribune, Rubio was his usual charming self, quipping merrily for reporters.