dberri.wordpress.com - 2/13/2009
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A few days ago Al Jefferson of the Minnesota Timberwolves tore his ACL and is now lost for the season. As Table One indicates, Jefferson produced 8.2 wins this season and posted a 0.217 WP48 [Wins Produced per 48 minutes]. The former mark leads the team. But the WP48 leader on the T-Wolves ...
twolvesblog.com - 2/12/2009
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Elie Seckbach/Fanhouse talks to Kevin Love and Mark
Madsen (video). Kevin Love says his mission is to...
find Mark Madsen a wife this year. From Benjamin Polk/City Pages: Ironically, although defense--of both the man-to-man and team varieties--was by far Al's most glaring shortcoming, the ...
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Wolves Updates 2/12 Part 2
givemetherock.com - 2/10/2009
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Bleacher Report’s John Lorge talks about Al Jefferson’s
injury . Maybe Kevin Love will finally get some....
Love, that is. ESPN’s Seth Landman talks about Marvin Williams before going on to evaluate some players who are trending up and down. The Fantasy Sports Blog had ...
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twolvesblog.com - 2/17/2009
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Click here for the thread for tonight's game
at the Wizards. Game previews: Associated Press Jerry Zgoda/Star...
Tribune From Jerry Zgoda/Star Tribune: Jefferson is scheduled to have his torn anterior cruciate knee ligament surgically repaired Wednesday in New York ...
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TWolves Blog - Minnesota Timberwolves News and Articles —
... From the Wages Of Wins Journal:
If we put the whole picture together, the loss of Jefferson just means more losses and not much gain. And really that’s too bad. Kevin McHale - the much maligned architect of this roster - made a bold move last summer. ...
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... For your take home assignment, here's something to ponder: Just how effective has Mike Miller been this season? While it is, on the surface, quite frustrating to see a shooter like Miller not shoot the ball, is he or is he not playing the odds in a positive manner to help his team win ball games? I encourage you to head on over to Dave Berri's Wages of Wins blog for his latest on the Wolves: ...
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TIMBERWOLVES: Al Jefferson Injured
nba.com 2/9/2009 — Minneapolis/St. Paul The Minnesota Timberwolves today announced that center Al Jefferson will be out indefinitely after suffering a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his right knee. A Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) study done this morning ...
Big Al out indefinitely with torn ACL
twolvesblog.com 2/9/2009 — From the Star Tribune:
Al Jefferson, the Timberwolves' best player, will likely miss the rest of the season with a torn knee ligament. He suffered the injury Sunday night in New Orleans near the end of the Wolves' 101-97 loss to the Hornets.
Jefferson leaped, landed awkwardly on one foot ...
Al Jefferson tears ACL; out for the season
sports.yahoo.com 2/9/2009 — It's not as if this matters to fair-weather fans, or
national media, but to NBA followers, Al Jefferson 's torn
ACL is an excuse to spew about 17 dirty words toward your computer screen.
To Timberwolves fans, this means missing out on watching
their ...
Jefferson Out Indefinitely With Torn ACL
sportsgasbord.com 2/10/2009 — Just when the Minnesota Timberwolves start playing better basketball after a 4-23 start to the season, Coach Kevin McHale announced to the press that their star center, Al Jefferson , will be out indefinitely with a torn ACL in his right knee.
The T-Wolves were 10-4 in the mont h of January ...
Al Jefferson's Knee: The Pop Heard Over All 10,000 Lakes
bleacherreport.com 2/10/2009 — Al Jefferson and the Minnesota Timberwolves lost Sunday to the New Orleans Hornets, but the injury Jefferson suffered was a far worse blow.
Jefferson, the franchise player, tore the ACL in his right knee in the 101-97 loss. The pop in his ...
TIMBERWOLVES: Al Jefferson Injury Update
nba.com 3/11/2009 — Al Jefferson Press Conference Rarely, do you witness a clumsy athlete. Al Jefferson shuffled into the Minnesota Timberwolves media room on crutches and murmured the words, "Man my armpits hurt." The Wolves leading scorer and unquestioned franchise ...
Reactions to Big Al's injury
twolvesblog.com 2/10/2009 — From Britt Robson/On The Ball:
Timberwolves fans know what a big blow this is, and we can parse silver linings--huge absences bring forth compensations in an attempt to fill the void, the top-10 protected pick will be secured, etc. etc.. But the cold fact remains that Jefferson was the best ...
TIMBERWOLVES: Al Jefferson Named Player of the Week
nba.com 1/5/2009 — Minneapolis/St. Paul Minnesota Timberwolves forward Al Jefferson has been named the NBA's Western Conference Player of the Week for games played Dec. 29-Jan. 4, the league announced today. This is the third weekly honor of Jefferson's career and ...
5 Quick Thoughts vs. Minnesota 3/7
blazeoflove.com 3/7/2009 —
Not much to say about the game tonight between Portland and the Minnesota Timberwolves is there? The T-Wolves are awful, and the Blazers are almost unstoppable at home. Al Jefferson is out for the year, and he was basically the only factor in this series that could have helped ...
Al Jefferson Out Indefinitely With ACL Tear
slamonline.com 2/10/2009 — by Ryne Nelson
Al Jefferson rocked back and forth on the floor last night, holding his throbbing knee. The Wolves ace landed awkwardly on Sean Marks’ foot with 27.2 seconds remaining, causing his right knee to twist about 20 degrees to the ...
NBA Teams of Interest: February 13, 2009 —
Bleacher Report - NBA 2/13/2009
Each week, we're going to take a look at a few teams around The Association that we think deserve extra consideration.
We will not be giving picks; however, we believe this information can help the prudent bettor looking for that extra bit of ...
