Team USA nearly got its passport stamped home in Berlin, and the Wolves are still counting down to camp. Slow news week, loud scoreboard scare.
The Links
- Yahoo Sports: Team USA survives upset scare to Italy in FIBA Women’s World Cup — the Americans escaped 55-52 on 1-of-12 three-point shooting, with Napheesa Collier held to six points.
- CBS Sports: Where to watch Team USA at the 2026 FIBA World Cup — the group finale against Czechia and its Lynx guards tips today at 1:45 p.m. CT on TNT, with the quarterfinals set for Thursday.
- Sports Illustrated: What the Timberwolves’ entire rotation could look like at the start of this season — a ten-deep projection of how Finch staggers LaMelo, Ant, Kuminga and Gobert.
- Yahoo Sports: Anthony Edwards has strong feelings about the offseason moves amid a looming extension — per Windhorst, Ant is “very pleased” with the LaMelo-and-Kuminga haul, though his real verdict waits until next summer’s contract talks.
- TWolves Blog: Kuminga Signed Here. The Player Option Is Why. — our breakdown of the two-year deal that locks the starting five those rotation projections are built on.
Listen & Watch
- Locked On Wolves: Ben Beecken — Sep. 7, the daily pod on the settled rotation and where the bench minutes fall.
Tweet of the Day
https://x.com/Timberwolves/status/2096616332879868187
The Slate
- No Wolves or Lynx team games in the next seven days — the WNBA remains on its FIBA World Cup break.
- Watching abroad: Collier and Team USA close group play vs. Czechia — with Lynx guards Emma Čechová and Eliška Joklová — today at 1:45 p.m. CT (TNT), then the quarterfinals Thu., Sep. 10.
- The Lynx (31-9) resume the regular season Thu., Sep. 18 vs. New York.
