Minnesota Timberwolves

The Timberwolves extended a qualifying offer to center Nikola Pekovic which makes him a restricted free agent. Pekovic is a 6'11 290 pound 27-year old center who averaged 16.3 points and 8.8 rebounds a game in 2012-2013.

The Timberwolves made it official today when they announced the hiring of Flip Saunders as President of Basketball operations and part-owner. Saunders coached the Timberwolves from 1995-2006 and played college basketball at the University of Minnesota.

The Timberwolves lost 111-95 at Los Angeles to the Clippers Wednesday night. Chris Paul and Blake Griffin each scored 19 points to lead the Clippers.

The Oklahoma City Thunder overwhelmed the Timberwolves 127-111 at Chesapeake Energy Arena Friday. Russell Westbrook led the Thunder with 37 points. OKC (40-15) led the Wolves (20-32) 66-57 at the half, then put up 34 points in the third to increase the advantage to 100-82 after three quarters...

Minnesota Timberwolves forward Andrei Kirilenko was named the 2012 FIBA Europe Player of the Year Tuesday. Kirilenko played in Moscow last season. Kirilenko also led the Russian national team to a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London...

The Minnesota Timberwolves nearly pulled off a miracle comeback last night but came up a bit short in a 100-98 loss to Portland at Target Center. Portland led by 19 points as the fourth quarter began, but the Wolves caught fire and scored on 20 of their first 22 possessions in the fourth in cutting the lead to two points...

Tonight the Wild are at Phoenix with face-off scheduled for 8:00 PM (1390-The Fan, pregame at 6:30). The Coyotes are 3-4-2 this season and are coming off of a 2-0 shutout of Dallas on Saturday. The Wild are looking for their first road win of 2013, but are 4-3-1 overall...

The Minnesota Timberwolves jumped out to a 33-14 lead after one quarter and never looked back in a 115-86 blowout over New Orleans Saturday night at Target Center. The win snapped a six game losing streak for Minnesota. Dante Cunningham led the Wolves (18-26) in scoring with 18 points on 9-9 shooting, but point guard Ricky Rubio stole the show...

The Wolves took the Los Angeles Clippers down to the wire Wednesday night but a late LA run sent the Wolves to their tenth defeat in 11 games, 96-90 at Target Center. Nikola Pekovic led the Wolves (17-25) with 17 points and 12 rebounds, and Alexey Shved returned from injury to score 12 points on 5-13 shooting...

The Timberwolves are have re-singed forwards 6'11 Chris Johnson and 6'7 Mikael Gelebale to 10-day contracts. Both saw their 10-day contracts expire the Wolves elected o re-sign both players to another 10-day contract.