This season simply hasn’t been the identical for the Minnesota Timberwolves after they reached the Western Convention Finals final yr and a poor begin to 2024 has left followers livid.
Minnesota Booed Off At Residence
The Timberwolves’ kind has been so dangerous at the beginning of this yr that followers are starting to make their emotions identified, as boos rang down onto the courtroom in Goal Heart throughout their newest loss towards Sacramento.
A loss to the Kings was Minnesota’s tenth on the season and after beginning the yr in the identical kind they completed 2023, the cracks have begun to indicate.
The Timberwolves have misplaced 4 straight video games and are 2-7 over their final 9 video games. pic.twitter.com/Kga0RRdcSm
— Hoop Central (@TheHoopCentral) November 28, 2024
Having received simply two of their final 9 video games it’s no shock that the followers are stepping into the Timberwolves however there’s nonetheless a protracted technique to go within the season and this might simply be a blip in kind.
Anthony Edwards has risen by means of the ranks over the previous couple of season’s and because the chief of this younger Wolves workforce, ‘Antman’ was lower than impressed with the followers booing his facet.
“It’s apparent. The workforce can see it, I can see it, the coach can see it. The followers f**king booing us. That sh*t is loopy, man. We’re getting booed in our dwelling enviornment. That’s so f**king disrespectful; it’s loopy.”
But it surely wasn’t simply the followers Edwards was calling out, as he additionally had some sturdy phrases for his ‘delicate’ teammates after the Kings loss.
“We’ve been making an attempt to determine this out for the entire yr man. We thought protection was our identification and it’s not trying prefer it in any respect. Identification, me and Mike [Conley] have been speaking about this – I believe it’s we delicate as hell as a workforce, internally.”
Anthony Edwards saved it 💯 after I requested him in regards to the groups protection. He mentioned the identification of this workforce is “We delicate as hell” pic.twitter.com/a9P9Mf4nX0
— SneakerReporter (@SneakerReporter) November 28, 2024
Edwards himself isn’t letting the workforce down because the two-time All-Star is averaging 28.1 factors per recreation – which continues his regular enchancment from every of his 4 years within the league to this point.
The Wolves will look to snap their 4 recreation shedding streak on Friday night time in NBA Cup motion towards the Clippers, though they’re already out of rivalry after losses to the Rockets and Path Blazers.