Bleav's coverage of the NBA offseason continues.By Brendan Hedtke

The Minnesota Timberwolves have sputtered their way to a measly 5-8 record through 13 games this season and it is time for them to figure it out, or else big changes will need to be made. On an all new episode of the Bleav in Timberwolves podcast, hosts Brendan Hedtke and former Timberwolves’ guard Doug West break down the issues surrounding this t…

Through their first ten games, the Minnesota Timberwolves stumbled into a 5-5 record. There have been stretches of really good play, but those have been widely outnumbered by immense struggles. While effort issues caused many of the woes this team faced early on, those have somewhat subsided and this Wolves squad has still struggled to find consist…

The Minnesota Timberwolves season is right around the corner and fans are becoming more and more excited. The anticipation has been sky high since the Wolves made a huge trade for 3x Defensive Player of the Year Rudy Gobert in the offseason. Optimism has surrounded the team from within the organization and it’s fanbase, but nationally there has bee…

The Minnesota Timberwolves opened training camp just last week. Absent from the unofficial start to the season was star Power Forward (formerly Center, see Rudy Gobert Trade) Karl-Anthony Towns. Towns was hospitalized with an infection that caused him to miss the entire first week of training camp, which begs the question, how negatively could that…

It is the lull of the NBA offseason as players around the league are participating in local Pro-Ams, playing for their home countries’ national teams, or meeting up with other pros to get some run in at a random gym somewhere and having the highlights uploaded to Twitter. We are anxiously awaiting the release of the 2022-23 NBA regular season sched…

The Minnesota Timberwolves made the biggest move of the offseason by trading Patrick Beverley, Jarred Vanderbilt, Malik Beasley, Leandro Bolmaro, Walker Kessler, 3 first-round picks, and a pick swap to the Utah Jazz in exchange for Rudy Gobert. The move signified the start of a new wave in Minnesota; Big Ball. Now the idea of having two bigger fron…

The day before NBA Free Agency kicked off, the Timberwolves got their summer started by extending forward Taurean Prince for two more seasons. Prince, much to many fans’ delight, will be returning as an impact veteran, both on the court and in the locker room, for a young Timberwolves team that saw great improvement last season. His new deal, worth…

The Minnesota Timberwolves entered the 2022 NBA Draft with 4 picks to be used. Those picks were picks 19, 40, 48, and 50. As the night went on, there wasn’t much action in the top 10 of the draft. Then, things started to get moving. Minnesota ended up the night with four players being selected, but the path was not as straightforward as it may soun…

The All-NBA teams were announced by the NBA during the Western Conference Finals. Minnesota Timberwolves Center Karl-Anthony Towns was selected for the second time in his career, again making the All-NBA Third Team, just as he did in the 2017-18 season. On today’s show, hosts Brendan Hedtke and former Timberwolves’ guard Doug West break down the Al…

The Minnesota Timberwolves made a massive move on Monday when they announced the hiring of Tim Connelly as their newest President of Basketball Operations. The move had been reported as in the works last week and came together, culminating with Connelly visiting with Glen Taylor. The move puts Connelly as the number one decision-maker in the Timber…

On an all new episode of the Bleav in Timberwolves Podcast, hosts Doug West and Brendan Hedtke sit down to talk about the Conference Finals in the NBA Playoffs. In the Western Conference, we have the Dallas Mavericks trailing the Golden State Warriors 2-0. Over on the Eastern side of the bracket, Boston and Miami are knotted at 1-1. The pair discus…

On the latest episode of the Bleav in Timberwolves Podcast, hosts Brendan Hedtke and Doug West sit down to take a look back at the Minnesota Timberwolves 2021-22 season as a whole, their playoff series against the Memphis Grizzlies, and what should be addressed this offseason in preparation for next year. Then, the pairing looks into the 2nd round …

The Minnesota Timberwolves dropped Game 5 to the Memphis Grizzlies at FedEx Forum on Tuesday night. They fall to 3-2 in the series and face an elimination game on Friday night in Minneapolis. On this newest episode of Bleav in Timberwolves, hosts Brendan Hedtke and Doug West break down the Wolves win in Game 4 and blown lead in Game 5. They look in…

The Minnesota Timberwolves have lost consecutive games in their first round matchup against the Memphis Grizzlies after an impressive performance in Game 1 to take control of home court advantage. Now, the script has flipped again as Memphis regained control of home court, but also took all the momentum. They blew the Wolves out in Game 2 and came …

On the latest episode of the Bleav in Timberwolves Podcast, hosts Brendan Hedtke and Doug West break down the Minnesota Timberwolves victory over the Memphis Grizzlies in Game 1 of the first round of the NBA Playoffs. The Timberwolves were on the road in Memphis and were able to take control of the game and will themselves to victory. Brendan and D…

On the latest episode of the Bleav in Timberwolves podcast, hosts Brendan Hedtke (@B_HedtkeNBA) and Doug West (@dougwestbball) are joined by the host of the Bleav in Grizzlies Podcast, Shy Brown (@SharonShyBrown) to discuss the upcoming Western Conference Playoff series between the 2nd seeded Memphis Grizzlies and the 7th seeded Minnesota Timberwol…

Today’s show is the Season Finale Awards Show! Doug and Brendan talk about their picks for all of the prestigious awards around the NBA, including Most Valuable Player, Rookie of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, 6th Man of the Year, Most Improved Player, and Coach of the Year. The duo definitely did not agree on all their votes, including th…

On today’s episode, Doug and Brendan sit down to talk about the 3 Final Four games that happened over the past week. Doug brings his reaction for his Villanova Wildcats’ loss to Kansas and provides his insight into the Championship game from Monday night. Then, the duo tackles some Timberwolves talk as they break down the Wolves’ past 3 games and l…

Today is an exciting day as the Bleav in Timberwolves Podcast is gaining a fantastic new co-host. Doug West, yes THAT Doug West, joins Brendan Hedtke as the full-time co-host for the show. Doug played 9 seasons for the Minnesota Timberwolves in his career and was part of the inaugural Timberwolves season in 1989-90. On today’s show, Doug and Brenda…

The Minnesota Timberwolves currently sit 10(!!!) games over .500 with 12 games left in the regular season. They find themselves in the thick of the playoff hunt, with their eyes firmly set on trying to avoid the play-in tournament altogether. With only being a few games back from the 4 seed, the Wolves are hoping to make a push to get to at least t…

The Minnesota Timberwolves are sitting over .500 after 59 regular season games. The offense has been humming, but the defense has slipped a bit. It is time for them to get back on track while they are still in the hunt for the 6th seed in the Western Conference. On today’s episode of the Bleav in Timberwolves Podcast, Brendan comes to talk about th…

The NBA trade deadline sits less than two days away and the Minnesota Timberwolves could potentially be one team that is looking to make some moves. The vibes are good, the wins are starting to come in bunches, but it remains clear that the Wolves could shore up some of their problems by scouring the trade front and finding some well-fitting pieces…

The Minnesota Timberwolves sit with a 22-23 record 45 games into the season. This slots them 9th in the Western Conference, a comfortable 5 games ahead of the Kings who are the first team on the outside looking into the play-in tournament. On today’s show, host Brendan Hedtke sits down to discuss the Timberwolves’ likelihood of making post-season. …

Brendan is joined by Mark Schindler (@MSchindlerNBA) of Indy Cornrows, Basketball News, and like a million other impressive things. Mark follows the NBA with one of the best watchful eyes and is the perfect person to give listeners a taste of how the rest of the league views the Timberwolves this season. On today’s show, Brendan and Mark give their…

The Minnesota Timberwolves season has been one of the most unusual ones that I’ve ever seen. A team that we expected to be top 10 in offense and bottom 10 (if not bottom 5) on defense has completely flipped the script this season. They’ve been an above average defense and bad offense 30+ games into the season. Weird... With that being said, it begs…

It has been a while, Wolves fans, and last time we talked we debated the idea of trading Karl-Anthony Towns. Well, in the weeks since then, the Wolves have rattled off a 5 game win streak and are currently 7-3 in their last ten games, just one game under .500 on the season. On a brand new episode of the Bleav in Timberwolves podcast, I dive into th…

The Minnesota Timberwolves are in the midst of a 6 game losing streak and things are trending in a bad direction. Even though Anthony Edwards dropped a near 50 piece, Minnesota’s other star player is being scrutinized by the fan base. Kyle Theige, Editor-in-Chief of Canis Hoopus, joine Brendan on the latest episode of the Bleav in Timberwolves Podc…

The Minnesota Timberwolves are on a terrible 4 game losing streak after starting the season with some seemingly legitimate potential. They head out for their first multi-game road trip of the season with a poor 3-5 record after having 7 of their first 8 games at Target Center. Brendan, host of the Bleav in Timberwolves Podcast, was joined by one of…

Brendan is back with another episode of the Bleav in Timberwolves Podcast to give you all the news, breakdowns, and thoughts on your favorite team. On today’s episode, Brendan takes a look at what went wrong against the Pelicans in an ugly loss on Monday night at Target Center including the poor rebounding effort, an emotional KAT turning the refs …

The Minnesota Timberwolves opened their regular season campaign on Wednesday night when they manhandled the Houston Rockets at Target Center. The Wolves lead by more than 30 points at multiple points and were in the drivers seat from early on. The win was a dominant one, even against a bottom tier opponent like Houston. Many Wolves players were imp…

The Minnesota Timberwolves have managed to stay undefeated through three preseason games thus far thanks to two encouraging wins against the New Orleans Pelicans and the Los Angeles Clippers and one sneak-away win against the Denver Nuggets. On today’s episode of the Bleav in Timberwolves Podcast, host Brendan Hedtke breaks down the three games so …

Brendan is back for another edition of the Bleav in Timberwolves Podcast! This time, he is joined by first time guest and Canis Hoopus contributor Cooper Carlson! In today’s episode, Cooper and Brendan break down what the Gersson Rosas firing means for the Timberwolves and how Sachin Gupta can lead this team, the perception of Gupta during media da…

The Minnesota Timberwolves have struggled mightily defensively over the course of, well, forever. There's been few glimmers of defensive fortitude that didn’t involve Kevin Garnett. So, as the Wolves are trying to decide who should be their 5th starter, it’s looking like it’ll come down to two people: a.) the team’s defensive advanced stats darling…

(Author’s note: Hey everyone, it has been a crazy last couple weeks for me as I’ve been moving into a house I recently bought and I’ve been preparing for the start of my first school year as a teacher. Those reasons can explain my absence from the podcast and writing world over the past little while. But, I’m back now and ready to get to it. Thanks…

The Minnesota Timberwolves played their first summer league game on Monday as they faced off against the San Antonio Spurs’ summer squad. Minnesota picked up the win in a close match, winning the contest 91-89 on an offensive putback by Nathan Knight with 15 seconds left. Host Brendan Hedtke is joined once again by Kyle Theige to go over the indivi…

Good Morning NBA Fans! Today is the single best day of the year. It is NBA Draft Day. Now, I typically look forward to this day more than I look forward to my own birthday. This year is a little different than most because the Minnesota Timberwolves don’t own a single pick in this draft. While that could potentially change, it would mean giving up …

In a piece earlier this week for Canis Hoopus, I detailed three potential trade targets for the Wolves to fill the void at the power forward position. Those targets were Brandon Clarke, Maxi Kleber, and PJ Washington. On today’s show, I go into more detail on these players, their skillsets, and how they would potentially fit on this Timberwolves te…

On the latest episode of the Bleav in Timberwolves Podcast, newly Twitter verified host Brendan Hedtke (humble brag, lol) answers YOUR questions in a mailbag. If you are interested in having one of your questions answered, follow @B_HedtkeNBA on Twitter and tweet at/DM Brendan with your question. This mailbag was full of questions about the Timberw…

The Minnesota Timberwolves went into the draft lottery with the 6th best odds at the number one pick, but ultimately dropped to the 7th pick. Of course, this means that the 2021 first round pick will be sent to Golden State as part of the Andrew Wiggins-D’Angelo Russell swap from 2020. On today’s episode Brendan breaks down what losing the pick mea…

Kyle and Brendan are on the back end of a Portland-Minnesota podcast back-to-back. If you missed Wednesday night’s episode, be sure to go and listen to the duo discuss the Rookie of the Year results and Alex Rodriguez’s (not so) official statement on the future of the Wolves in Minnesota. On part 2, Kyle and Brendan talk about the upcoming NBA Draf…

Anthony Edwards was not awarded the Rookie of the Year award for the 2020-21 NBA season on Wednesday as it went to Charlotte’s LaMelo Ball. Did Edwards get robbed or was Ball deserving? Host Brendan Hedtke couldn’t tackle that question alone, so he needed some help. There’s nothing quite like talking to your boss about basketball, so Brendan had Ca…

I smell a hypocrite... Damian Lillard blasted the Timberwolves organization for hiring Chris Finch mid-season rather than promoting David Vanterpool to finish out the year after the departure of Ryan Saunders. Well, now that Lillard’s team is looking for a new head honcho, Vanterpool’s name has disappeared into thin air with regards to potential ca…

You heard that right, host Brendan Hedtke thinks Wolves fans can be more excited about Edwards than they were about Karl-Anthony Towns. Catch that and more in an all-new mailbag episode of the Bleav in Timberwolves podcast. Brendan answers a wide range of questions surrounding the Timberwolves; including talk about the Spanish ACB League's 2020-21 …

Jerry Wacholz (@BallEyesNorth) joined Brendan Hedtke (@B_HedtkeNBA) on the latest episode of the Bleav in Timberwolves podcast to break down their thoughts on the end of the Timberwolves season and the hope that the Timberwolves’ strong post All-Star Break stretch provided for next season. Then, the pair discussed the players (& coaches) for the Ti…

Anthony Edwards has fallen to the second rung on NBA.com's rookie ladder, even though Ball hasn't played well since his return. What gives? Also, the Timberwolves have a much brighter future than they get credit for; find out why! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-…

The Minnesota Timberwolves do not have the best record, not even close, but they have a number of players that have arguments for various awards. The obvious one is Anthony Edwards' case for the Rookie of the Year honors. But, there might just be a couple more players that deserve some national recognition. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/p…

Kyle Theige (@KyleTheige) joins the podcast to re-draft the 2020 NBA Draft. The duo agrees on some pick and also have a WIDE gap on some others. Come for the re-draft, stay for the discussion on the Timberwolves approach to the end of the season (aka finally deciding to win games) and how we should feel about that as fans. See Privacy Policy at htt…

Brenden Nunes of The Kings Pulse Podcast joins Brendan (Brenda/en-ception) to discuss the probability of Anthony Edwards and Tyrese Haliburton winning the rookie of the year. The pair also discusses the Minnesota Timberwolves and Sacramento Kings back-to-back and where both teams go from here. Come for the Rookie of the Year talk, stay for the sulk…

Welcome to a brand new Minnesota Timberwolves podcast, part of the Bleav Podcast Network! I am your host Brendan Hedtke and I am excited to get going with this new show. This show is transforming from the A Wolf Among Wolves Podcast into the Bleav in Timberwolves Podcast. The feed won't be going anywhere for long time listeners, so don't panic. See…