Wolves Updates 6/24 Part 3
twolvesblog.com 6/24/2009 — From Don Seeholzer/Pioneer Press: With Foye and Miller gone, the Wolves have a short-term need at shooting guard, and they are working out Arizona State's James Harden this afternoon. From Mike Baldwin/The Oklahoman: The latest rumor out of Minnesota, according to a source that ...

Holding All The Cards
gofor2.net 6/30/2009 — The Associated Press and SI.com have reported that the Minnesota Timberwolves are content to let Ricky Rubio’s contract situation play itself out . The Timberwolves can do this because they are holding literally all of the cards here, and Rubio is the one who has everything to lose. The ...

Wolves Updates 6/29 Part 3
twolvesblog.com 6/29/2009 — From Don Seeholzer/Pioneer Press: Taylor said he hasn't been involved in any conversations with Rubio, who was chosen by the Wolves with the No. 5 selection in last week's NBA draft and reportedly was set to fly to Minneapolis on Saturday with his father to meet with team president of ...

Timberwolves’ Choices Causing Problems
downswinging.com 6/28/2009 — Thursday night was the beginning of an era in Minnesota. The lowly Timberwolves, after a season of misfiring and some nifty deals, found themselves with two picks in the top six, and four in the first round. While many would argue that this year’s draft crop was one of the weaker classes ...

On the rumored deal with the Wizards
twolvesblog.com 6/24/2009 — From the Associated Press: The Timberwolves agreed to trade guards Randy Foye and Mike Miller to the Washington Wizards for the fifth overall draft pick and three players, leaving Minnesota with four first-round choices and plenty of ammunition to do even more wheeling and dealing. Two ...

The State Of Minnesota Is Now The Edge Of Madness
hardwoodparoxysm.com 6/29/2009 — In sports, and in particular the NBA, fans go through peaks and valleys of swagger, ferver, hunger, misery,desperation, and redemption, which leads to swagger. Unless you’re a Lakers fan. Then you pretty much just have swagger. All the time.  ...

David Kahn and the T'Wolves Play High-Stakes Poker By Opening with a Pair of Point Guards
bizofbasketball.com 6/26/2009 — The NBA Draft is normally all about the players – who’s going to be the big star, and difference maker for a franchise’s roster. Beyond Blake Griffin at No.1, and possibly Hasheem Thabeet for Memphis at No. 2 impact players were thin this year. The draft was none the less compelling last night ...

Minnesota's Unrequited Love for Ricky Rubio
myespn.go.com 6/26/2009 — The day before the NBA draft, Ricky Rubio played word association. I said "Sacramento," and he said "Nice weather." I said "Oklahoma City," and he said "My best friend lives near there." I said ...

Rubio?
twolvesblog.com 6/26/2009 — From Jerry Zgoda/Star Tribune: Rubio’s chilly reaction to being Minnesota-bound and his pending $6.6 million buyout from his Spanish pro team begs the question whether he will even play at Target Center next season, or ever. His agent is Dan Fegan, the same guy who represented Yi Jianlian ...

Wolves Updates 6/24 Part 4
twolvesblog.com 6/24/2009 — From Andy Katz/ESPN: Memphis has refused multiple trades offers from Minnesota because the Timberwolves aren't prepared to part with both the No. 5 and 6 picks or toss in Kevin Love in another scenario with just the No. 6 pick, a source with knowledge of the Grizzlies' situation told ...

Timberwolves Draft Ricky Rubio — Bleacher Report - NBA 6/26/2009
The Minnesota Timberwolves have selected Spanish G Ricky Rubio with the fifth pick in the NBA Draft. They were rumored to have been interested in trading up as far as No. 2 to be assured of selecting him. After Memphis selected ...

NBA Draft: Ty Lawson Traded To Denver Nuggets — Bleacher Report - NBA 6/26/2009
  It has been reported that former UNC star PG Ty Lawson, has been traded by the Minnesota Timberwolves to the Denver Nuggets in exchange for a future first round pick and possibly a player. The Timberwolves already ...

Why Ricky Rubio Is The NBA's Next Big Thing — Bleacher Report - NBA 6/25/2009
(Author's note: This article was originally published by Aaron here at www.aarontorres-sports.com on April 20 of this year.  He decided to bring it back out of the archives with the 2009 NBA Draft set to get underway)  ...

What Are We Going To Do With Flynn and Rubio? — Bleacher Report - NBA 6/26/2009
I have said it time and time again... I just knew that Ricky Rubio would be in a Timberwolves uniform. The Timberwolves had the No. 5 and No. 6 pick in the 2009 draft. With the fifth pick the Timberwolves picked Ricky Rubio, a point guard. With the ...

Clippers Take Griffin, Rubio Heads to Minnesota — NYT > Pro Basketball 6/26/2009
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The success-starved Los Angeles Clippers laid the foundations for a return to the playoffs by selecting gifted power forward Blake Griffin with the number one overall choice in the NBA Draft on Thursday.