The offseason’s biggest business still isn’t done: Marc Lore’s sale of the Wolves and Lynx needs the league’s sign-off before it’s real. Everything else is roster afterglow and 2K launch week.
The Links
- Front Office Sports: Marc Lore sells Wolves in another NBA ownership stunner — the $4.5B handoff of controlling interest to Dragoneer’s Marc Stad still awaits league approval, barely a year after Lore took control.
- ClutchPoints: How badly Anthony Edwards, Timberwolves wanted Jonathan Kuminga — Ant called all summer while Connelly flew to Miami to close it.
- Yardbarker: Kuminga signing lifts Timberwolves into NBA’s top-5 starting lineups — the case that Ball-Edwards-McDaniels-Kuminga-Gobert cracks the league’s best fives (they land it at No. 4).
- Sports Illustrated: Kuminga signing bolsters his 2026-27 fantasy outlook — a “sleeper” case for ~28 minutes a night on a contender.
- TWolves Blog: Ant Called Melo. The Whole Gym Yelled Happy Birthday. — the locker-room chemistry building before camp even opens.
- Roundtable: NBA 2K27 WNBA ratings — Napheesa Collier lands a 97 — the Lynx star ranks third leaguewide as 2K27 hits early access this week.
Listen & Watch
- Locked On Wolves: Ben Beecken — Aug. 28, the daily pod on a rotation that’s finally set heading into camp.
Tweet of the Day
https://x.com/minnesotalynx/status/2093091746208976956
The Slate
- Lynx at Atlanta Dream: Sunday, Aug. 30, 2:00 PM CT, NBA TV (Victory+ locally).
- Minnesota is 31-8 with five to play, still chasing the WNBA’s No. 1 overall seed.
- No Wolves basketball until training camp — the starting five is locked.
