Hungry Like the Wolf

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Record 2-10

Clearly the team is no good. The team won its games against the 76ers and the Kings. There are a couple of bright spots on this team however, Pekovic has been playing better than expected and now has the starting job at C. Ridnour has been efficient but unspectacular, and O.J. Mayo is scoring 19.8 PPG on .550 TS%.

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Record 9-20

The Wolves performed better in December getting a few surprising wins. According to John Hollinger's PER rating Nikola Petrovic is now the most productive player on the team, scoring an even 20.0 on his PER. Petro is scoring 16.3 PPG per 40 mins, along with 10.3 rebounds, his TS% through all of this is .601. The only thing holding Petrovic back is his poor endurance.

O.J. Mayo continues to lead the Wolves in PPG but they have dropped to 17.9.

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Record: 12-31

The Timberwolves went into a deep funk in January, again only winning two games. O.J. Mayo is still leading the team in scoring with 17.5 PPG. Antwan Jamison is scoring an incredibly inefficient 14.3 PPG but leads the team in rebounding with 7.

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Standings:

Eastern Conference:(Playoff Contenders)

Chicago Bulls 36-17
Miami Heat 35-17
Orlando Magic 33-18
New York Knicks 33-19
Boston Celtics 34-21
Milwaukee Bucks 31-24
Indiana Pacers 30-24
Atlanta Hawks 26-26
New Jersey Nets 26-27

Notable: Celeveland Cavaliers are floundering at 18-33 even with Kevin Love, this is very good news for the Wolves.

Western Conference(Playoff Contenders)

Dallas Mavericks 40-12
Los Angeles Lakers 39-13
Denver Nuggets 37-16
New Orleans Hornets 32-18
Houston Rockets 31-22
Utah Jazz 31-22
Portland Trailblazers 29-23
San Antonio Spurs 26-25
Oaklahoma City Thunder 25-28

Notable: Memphis Roar sit at 23-29, the Timberwolves hold their first round pick.

The Timberwolves are sitting at 14-37.

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Minnesota Trades O.J. Mayo!

Arguably Minnesota's best player was traded to Oaklahoma City after just playing 1/2 a season with the franchise.

Oaklahoma City is desperate to make the playoffs, James Harden has suffered Injuries that have had detrimental effects on his play. They desperately needed someone to fill his role, they traded their expiring contract of Morris Peterson and their 2011 first round draft pick to get O.J. Mayo.

Oaklahoma Gets:
O.J. Mayo

Minnesota Gets:
Morris Peterson
Oaklahoma's 2011 draft pick

Winner: It is hard for Minnesota to justify this move, Mayo has proven to be a major talent. Rumor has it that Jeremy Base did not like Mayo's clubhouse attitude.

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Slam Dunk Champion: Julian Wright(a 360 windmill dunk over a park bench)
3pt Champion: Kyle Krover(beat out Channing Frye and Anthony Morrow with 23 points)

Rookies defeated the Sophmores 133 to 124 Tiago Splitter is the MVP with 27 points and 16 rebounds.

The West beats the East 130-121 Kobe wins the MVP with 26 points.

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In what will probably be the highlight of the season the Wolves beat the Heat. Corey Brewer contributed 28 points and played stellar defense on Lebron James. The Final score was 110-103.

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The Wolves ended the month with a 16-41 record. To get to .500 the Wolves would need to win all the rest of their games in a row. The season is all about tanking from here on out.

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Record 20-53. The fans agree this team has heart. Winning 20 games is actually a big accomplishment for this team. Antwan Jamison has stepped up his leadership role and really pushed the players to play their best this year.

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Record 20-62

The last month the team didn't seem to be trying very hard, many of the young players were given a shot and the general consensus was the the team tanked it on purpose.

Team Leaders:

PPG: Antwan Jamison 14.1
APG: Luke Ridnour 4.3
RPG: Antwan Jamison 6.6
BPG: Nikola Pekovic .8
SPG: Corey Brewer 1.1
TOPG: Antwan Jamison 2.8

Team MVP
Nikola Pekovic/Antwan Jamison

Pekovic put up respectable and efficient numbers despite limiting himself due to a lack of endurance, while Jamison lead the team in scoring and was the leader in the locker room.

Team Statistics:
PPG 90.3(30) OPPG 103.9(26)
APG 20.8(29) OAPG 25.0(30)
RPG 35.1(30) ORPG 44.5(30)