To say it has been a shocking week for the Minnesota Timberwolves would be selling it incredibly short. Heading into the NBA Draft, this offseason had all the makings of being a fairly quiet one for Minnesota.

Enrique Freeman of the Timberwolves and Chris Manon of the Lakers have both been tendered qualifying offers, making them restricted free agents, according to Keith Smith of Spotrac (Twitter links).

A video made the rounds on social media last week that showed Tim Connelly and Chris Finch taking a walk across a bridge in downtown Minneapolis. Without context or foresight, that quick image captured by a fan in his car offered nothing more than the Timberwolves president of basketball of operations and head coach getting some steps in.

Hornchurch have re-signed goalkeeper Arthur Nasta on a permanent deal from Wolves. The 20-year-old played in all 46 league games during a loan spell last season as the club won pr

Six years after choosing Anthony Edwards over LaMelo Ball, the Timberwolves are exploring the possibility of pairing the two.

Well, that escalated quickly. We skipped an entire speculative news cycle and went straight to a trade Thursday, the second huge Wolves deal of the week. This one: Fan favorite Naz Reid and pretty much all the Wolves’ tradeable draft capital to Charlotte for guards LaMelo Ball and Josh Green.

The LaMelo Ball trade can't be judged fully until we see what else Tim Connelly does with the roster, but as it stands now, it's an A, if not an A+.

Wolves striker Sasa Kalajdzic scored a dramatic 96th minute equaliser to save Austria’s World Cup campaign. Austria and Algeria were seemingly set to play out a 2-2 draw, until former Manchester City forward Riyad Mahrez was played through on goal and netted in the 93rd minute to put the African side ahead.