The Timberwolves experienced the proverbial adding of insult to injury, losing to the Orlando Magic in overtime after point guard Ricky Rubio left the game with a sprained ankle.
Timberwolves point guard Ricky Rubio has been added to the Rising Stars game for the All Star Weekend festivities. He joins teammate Alexey Shved in the game.
The Timberwolves will play at Utah against the Jazz Wednesday night at 8pm, pregame on WJON at 7:30. The Wolves are 14-13 while Utah is 15-17. Minnesota will play tonight and Thursday without point guard Ricky Rubio.
The Timberwolves surprisingly welcomed top scorer and rebounder Kevin Love back Wednesday against Denver from a broken right shooting hand and may welcome back Ricky Rubio back early too.
Timberwolves shooting guard Brandon Roy is having arthroscopic knee surgery on his right knee. Roy has had chronic knee problems that caused him to retire after the 2010-2011 season but decided to come out of retirement and join the Timberwolves. Roy has played in just 5 games this season and has averaged 5.8 points a game.
The Minnesota Timberwolves made several off-season moves that has brought renewed optimism to a club that hasn't made the playoffs since 2004 when they made it to the Western Conference Finals.
The Timberwolves announced today that they have picked up the team option on the 3rd year for 2nd year players Derrick Williams and Ricky Rubio. Both players are entering they 2nd year of a 3-year contract. Rubio was 2nd in the rookie of the year voting in 2011-2012. Rubio averaged 10.6 points and 8.2 assists a game last season while Williams averaged 8.8 points and 4.7 rebounds a game last season.