Kevin Love News

Mar 24, 2013; Minneapolis, MN, USA; Injured Minnesota Timberwolves power forward Kevin Love wearing street clothes looks on in the fourth quarter against the Chicago Bulls at Target Center.

Several decades of futility have landed the franchise in the lottery 14 times -- without ever producing a No.

Fresh on the job, Flip Saunders, the Minnesota Timberwolves' new president of basketball operations, worked the room when NBA executives, coaches, scouts and 60 prospects in the June draft gathered in Chicago for three days last week.

April 10, 2013; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Minnesota Timberwolves center Nikola Pekovic dunks to score a basket against the Los Angeles Clippers during the first half at Staples Center.

The Minnesota Timberwolves announced Thursday that forward Kevin Love will represent the team at the NBA Draft lottery next week.

Dec 29, 2012; Minneapolis, MN, USA; Minnesota Timberwolves forward Kevin Love smiles prior to the game against the Phoenix Suns at the Target Center.

Not the Daily Cup, since I can offer no guarantees on the daily part, but a few links and newsy items for your consumption.

Andrew Wiggins, the No. 1 overall men's basketball recruit in the high school Class of 2013, is set to make his college choice Tuesday - picking between Kentucky, Kansas, North Carolina and Florida State.

Mar 27, 2013; Minneapolis, MN, USA; Minnesota Timberwolves center Nikola Pekovic during warmups prior to playing against the Los Angeles Lakers at Target Center.

It's never too early to discuss free agency. Well, yeah, it is too early, but the Mavs actually don't have anything on the agenda in terms of participation in games that actually count.

Let's have an old-fashioned smackdown between two diminutive Wolves to decide who gets to stay on Taylor Island.

Nov 2, 2012; Minneapolis, MN, USA; Minnesota Timberwolves director of basketball operations David Kahn against the Sacramento Kings at the Target Center.

The draft ultimately proved to be Kahn's achilles heel and it will be the first test Saunders faces as GM of the Wolves.

Nov 21, 2012; Minneapolis, MN, USA; Minnesota Timberwolves power forward Kevin Love dribbles against Denver Nuggets small forward Danilo Gallinari during the third quarter at Target Center.

That would be the same Mayo the Mavericks really didn't want back - and he didn't want to be back, so he's opting to become a free agent.

Denver forward Kenneth Faried is one of 10 players in the running for the 2013 Season-Long Kia Community Assist Award - and for the first time, fans can help select the winner.

This off-season, the Timberwolves are in a position to secure a core of Kevin Love, Ricky Rubio , and Nikola Pekovic for at least the next couple of seasons.

Ricky Rubio was David Kahn's guy. Rubio was Kahn's best draft pick, a guy who helped on the court and helped sell tickets, too.

As new GM, Flip Saunders' first order of business needs to be bringing in a legitimate building block at shooting guard to put this team over the top.

When the 2012-2013 season started, many fans of the Timberwolves were brimming with optimism.