Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards will miss at least a week due to a strained right hamstring. He was sidelined in the opening minutes of Sunday's game against Indiana.
Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards exited early in the first quarter of the home opener with tightness in his right hamstring and did not return.
Anthony Edwards had 41 points and the Minnesota Timberwolves rallied in the fourth quarter for a 118-114 season-opening win over the Portland Trail Blazers.
Former college coach Tom Crean will serve as a pregame and postgame analyst on Minnesota Timberwolves broadcasts this season on FanDuel Sports Network.
Anthony Edwards is still a 24-year-old with plenty of room to improve for all he’s done on the court for the Minnesota Timberwolves over his first five seasons in the NBA.
The Minnesota Timberwolves are leaning into stability after a rocky start to last season following a major trade. New arrivals Donte DiVincenzo and Julius Randle took awhile to adjust to new environments on and off the court after they were acquired in the stunning deal that sent cornerstone Karl-Anthony Towns to New York.
Matthew Caldwell is stepping down as the business operations president of the two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers and accepting a 10-year deal as CEO of the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves and WNBA's Minnesota Lynx.
The Oklahoma City Thunder felt slighted last season when they were left off the NBA’s Christmas schedule. The other Christmas games, released by the NBA on Tuesday: Cleveland at New York, Houston at LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers, No. 1 pick Cooper Flagg and Dallas visiting Golden State, and Minnesota playing at Denver.
The Minnesota Timberwolves had the first pick in the second round of the NBA draft and were fully prepared to field multiple offers for the 31st overall selection. They kept their first-rounder at No. 17 for 6-foot-11 project Joan Beringer from France before yielding to the trade calls during the second round.
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