No more Michael Beasley for the Timberwolves roster

Well, it's looking more and more like Michael Beasley will no longer be playing on the Timberwolves roster. Based on his inconsistent level of play throughout the past season, the Wolves are making no moves to keep him. Which basically means that this summer, Mr. Beasley could become a free agent and go to a team he chooses. Honestly, I don't know that he's going to get the $8.1 million he's after right now. Coming off of a terrible season with a team that had potential but went down with a bang, there aren't a lot of teams that are going to be willing to pony up that kind of dough to pay for a player that definitely contributed to the terrible second half of the Timberwolves season this year. I guess we'll just have to wait and see what happens.

Kevin Love of the Minnesota Timberwolves Roster

Hey-o Minnesota Timberwolves fans! Did you know that Kevin Love of the Timberwolves roster was named to the 2012 All NBA Second team? That's quite an accomplishment for our Mr. Love. To kick things off, you might be wondering: what the heck is the all NBA second team? Let me tell you...

At the end of the season, all of the points earned by each player are tallied. Then all of the players are ranked based on their point totals. The top five players are the "NBA first team", the next five make up the "second team" and so-on. Looking at the list, you can see that Kevin Love is actually sixth in the NBA for points - ranked just below Chris Paul of the Clippers. Basically this is a really big deal, and we are super lucky to have this guy on our team! To the extent that I'm actually excited for Timberwolves tickets to go on sale for next season - and the summer hasn't even started yet! I can definitely wait for the winter weather, but a Wolves game wouldn't be so bad right about now...

What do you think the Wolves do in the off-season?

The Minnesota Timberwolves are now officially in their "off-season", and the other day I got to wondering: what do these guys DO with all of their downtime? Obviously they train and work out for next season, but there has to be more for them to do than that. Here's an imaginary list that I came up with. It seems pretty accurate too!

1. Travel with their fam - throughout the regular season, these guys are on the road a LOT. That means they need to spend some QT with their families - perhaps a trip to Paris with the basketball wives?

2. They make public appearances. Mostly these are scheduled. You can see if they'll be at an event near you today :)

3. The play in celebrity golf tourneys. Summer is the time for golf tournaments in general, and there are several celebrity sponsored tournaments not just in the Twin Cities but all across the nation. Two locally are the KFAN golf tournament and the Trent Tucker golf tournament - both of which always have a good list of local celebs participating. 4. They hang out and catch up on Ice Loves Coco. Or, you know, whatever shows they actually watch.

What do YOU think the Timberwolves do in the off-season?

Glen Taylor Looking To Sell Timberwolves

Oh yes, he is starting to look for a minority partner to join him as an owner of the Minnesota Timberwolves. Someone that could, one day, buy him out of the franchise. Don't get all up in arms yet: he's not looking to move out of the NBA right away and is definitely still committed to the future of this team. He says he wants to get the Wolves back to a "relevant" state in the NBA before he starts to think about fully selling the franchise. Other moves by the Wolves, including them petitioning the state for money to re-vamp the Target Center, would aid in Taylor's search for an NBA business partner. It will be interesting to watch all of this play out!

NBA Playoff Tickets

Even though our Minnesota Timberwolves are officially OUT of the playoffs, I am still planning on watching the other teams battle it out to the Championship. Personally, I'm a huge Lakers fan (since they were the original Minnesota team...) and will be cheering them onto the end. Currently, they're taking on the Denver Nuggets. This could be an interesting match up - the Nuggets were not so hot earlier in the season but seemed to pull their ish together and actually could be a strong competitor for the Lakers. That being said, the Lakers are an amazing team and have a long history of going pretty far in the playoffs - so they could come in and just dominate the Nuggets to no end. I mean, the first two games were total Lakers wins. I'm thinking about flying out to LA if the Lakers make it to the second round of the playoffs. Lakers playoff tickets are definitely NOT cheap, but this would be a well-worth-it trip! We'll see what happens on Friday and Sunday!