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2012-13 Schedule Announced Thursday

Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 3:44 pm
by Klomp
“@MNTimberwolves: NBA TV will announce the 2012-13 @NBA regular season schedule on Thursday, July 26 at 6 p.m. CT. #Twolves”

Re: 2012-13 Schedule Announced Thursday

Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 3:53 pm
by Foye
N1ce.

Can't wait for next season.

Re: 2012-13 Schedule Announced Thursday

Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 3:57 pm
by theGreatRC
We better ger some games on national tv. At least 2 on tnt

Re: 2012-13 Schedule Announced Thursday

Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 3:59 pm
by Klomp
theGreatRC wrote:We better ger some games on national tv. At least 2 on tnt

Chuck will give us some.I'm thinking vs Clippers and vs Thunder as two of the opponents, maybe vs Blazers.

Re: 2012-13 Schedule Announced Thursday

Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 4:00 pm
by cpfsf
I have a strong suspicion Minnesota will lead the NBA in B2B games. We're #1, We're #1, We're #1

Re: 2012-13 Schedule Announced Thursday

Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 4:10 pm
by [RCG]
cpfsf wrote:I have a strong suspicion Minnesota will lead the NBA in B2B games. We're #1, We're #1, We're #1


And back-to-back-to-back games. We'll actually probably never have a game sandwiched between two off days :( :lol:

Re: 2012-13 Schedule Announced Thursday

Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 4:19 pm
by cpfsf
[RCG] wrote:
cpfsf wrote:I have a strong suspicion Minnesota will lead the NBA in B2B games. We're #1, We're #1, We're #1


And back-to-back-to-back games. We'll actually probably never have a game sandwiched between two off days :( :lol:


IIRC, last year Love said that he wasn't surprised to see the Wolves getting the most b2b2b games in the NBA.

Re: 2012-13 Schedule Announced Thursday

Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 4:51 pm
by TMo519
Of course, there are no b2b2b games with the full schedule, but yeah, we'll probably get a load of b2bs simply cause of our location compared to the conference we're in, as if that subject hasn't been brought up here a couple times :)

I would hope we get at least a couple TNT games and a few ESPN games honestly. I mean, for a while, people were declaring the Wolves THE NBA League Pass squad to watch, so schedule them later in the year when Rubio should be back and it should at the very least be entertaining to watch.

Re: 2012-13 Schedule Announced Thursday

Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 6:26 pm
by theGreatRC
I'm actually 1000% sure that Wolves @ Blazers will be a TNT game.

1. The whole Batum thing
2. Roy returning to Portland

Re: 2012-13 Schedule Announced Thursday

Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 8:13 pm
by Klomp
theGreatRC wrote:I'm actually 1000% sure that Wolves @ Blazers will be a TNT game.

1. The whole Batum thing
2. Roy returning to Portland

3. Kevin Love goes home

Re: 2012-13 Schedule Announced Thursday

Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 8:23 pm
by Basti
Klomp wrote:
theGreatRC wrote:I'm actually 1000% sure that Wolves @ Blazers will be a TNT game.

1. The whole Batum thing
2. Roy returning to Portland

3. Kevin Love goes home

4. It's a West Coast game which starts very late and TNT likes to show many late West Coast games. The Warriors have had an unuasal (and in my opinion undeserved) high number of nationally televised games.

Re: 2012-13 Schedule Announced Thursday

Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 8:27 pm
by kmgarnett21
I predict we'll get 5 nationally televised games (not counting NBAtv)

2 on ESPN (@ OKC, BOS)
3 on TNT (@ POR, @ Utah, @ LAL) -- all west coast games

Re: 2012-13 Schedule Announced Thursday

Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 8:39 pm
by Klomp
kmgarnett21 wrote:I predict we'll get 5 nationally televised games (not counting NBAtv)

2 on ESPN (@ OKC, BOS)
3 on TNT (@ POR, @ Utah, @ LAL) -- all west coast games

Clippers more likely than Lakers.

Re: 2012-13 Schedule Announced Thursday

Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 8:54 pm
by theGreatRC
Basti wrote:
Klomp wrote:
theGreatRC wrote:I'm actually 1000% sure that Wolves @ Blazers will be a TNT game.

1. The whole Batum thing
2. Roy returning to Portland

3. Kevin Love goes home

4. It's a West Coast game which starts very late and TNT likes to show many late West Coast games. The Warriors have had an unuasal (and in my opinion undeserved) high number of nationally televised games.


5. Kahn and Olshey will fight to the death at center court during half time.

Re: 2012-13 Schedule Announced Thursday

Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 9:45 pm
by Calinks
You guys are so optimistic. Getting on TNT is very hard. I swear the pick 10 teams or so and that's it. They run those same teams into the ground all season long with a few periphery teams.

I think wolves will be one of those periphery teams. We might get one game on TNT and even that is not certain. I feel like we have a strong chance primarily for 3 reasons. 1. Rubio is electric. 2. We played well for much of last season. 3. Roy's return.

That should be enough to get us a game. I don't know if it will be against Portland. I doubt it. I'm not sure Portland is sexy enough for TNT. They generally want playoff teams, a superstar player, or multiple star players. Portland has Aldridge but I don't think it's enough. Now I don't know how the hell Golden State keeps getting TNT games and hopefully they get cut back or out of the picture completely.

I think the Hornets will get a game or more because of Davis Rivers. Houston may also see a game or two due to Linsanity.

Now when it comes to ESPN, I could see us having 2-4 games pretty easily. NBA TV will also look to put us on quite a bit. If ESPN only takes two wolves games then NBA TV will probably run 3-4. TNT may run 1. I defintley expect a wolves vs clippers game or two. We had exciting games last season and Love vs Griffin is always a story. They can then run with Rubio vs Paul too.

Re: 2012-13 Schedule Announced Thursday

Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 10:03 pm
by [RCG]
Calinks wrote:You guys are so optimistic. Getting on TNT is very hard. I swear the pick 10 teams or so and that's it. They run those same teams into the ground all season long with a few periphery teams.

I think wolves will be one of those periphery teams. We might get one game on TNT and even that is not certain. I feel like we have a strong chance primarily for 3 reasons. 1. Rubio is electric. 2. We played well for much of last season. 3. Roy's return.

That should be enough to get us a game. I don't know if it will be against Portland. I doubt it. I'm not sure Portland is sexy enough for TNT. They generally want playoff teams, a superstar player, or multiple star players. Portland has Aldridge but I don't think it's enough. Now I don't know how the hell Golden State keeps getting TNT games and hopefully they get cut back or out of the picture completely.

I think the Hornets will get a game or more because of Davis Rivers. Houston may also see a game or two due to Linsanity.

Now when it comes to ESPN, I could see us having 2-4 games pretty easily. NBA TV will also look to put us on quite a bit. If ESPN only takes two wolves games then NBA TV will probably run 3-4. TNT may run 1. I defintley expect a wolves vs clippers game or two. We had exciting games last season and Love vs Griffin is always a story. They can then run with Rubio vs Paul too.


We're not going to get as many games as the Lakers or Clippers, that's for sure but we should get a couple games.

And Mark Jackson was a TNT analyst - now coach of the Warriors, there may be something going on there.

Re: 2012-13 Schedule Announced Thursday

Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 10:27 pm
by Ugly0598
Jackson was an ESPN analyst.

But, I hope the T-Wolves get some national TV games, they will be my favorite team to watch outside of the Jazz. Would be cool to see T-Wolves @ Jazz on a TNT national game, with AK being in Minnesota now.

Re: 2012-13 Schedule Announced Thursday

Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 10:33 pm
by [RCG]
UtahJazzFan88 wrote:Jackson was an ESPN analyst.

But, I hope the T-Wolves get some national TV games, they will be my favorite team to watch outside of the Jazz. Would be cool to see T-Wolves @ Jazz on a TNT national game, with AK being in Minnesota now.


http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gameon/post/2011/09/mark-jackson-warriors-coach-drug-ringleader-braithwaite/1
Mark Jackson, the former TNT analyst and new coach of the Golden State Warriors

Re: 2012-13 Schedule Announced Thursday

Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 11:22 pm
by Klomp
[RCG] wrote:
UtahJazzFan88 wrote:Jackson was an ESPN analyst.

But, I hope the T-Wolves get some national TV games, they will be my favorite team to watch outside of the Jazz. Would be cool to see T-Wolves @ Jazz on a TNT national game, with AK being in Minnesota now.


http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gameon/post/2011/09/mark-jackson-warriors-coach-drug-ringleader-braithwaite/1
Mark Jackson, the former TNT analyst and new coach of the Golden State Warriors

That's wrong, he only worked for ESPN / ABC

Re: 2012-13 Schedule Announced Thursday

Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 11:38 pm
by [RCG]
Klomp wrote:
[RCG] wrote:
UtahJazzFan88 wrote:Jackson was an ESPN analyst.

But, I hope the T-Wolves get some national TV games, they will be my favorite team to watch outside of the Jazz. Would be cool to see T-Wolves @ Jazz on a TNT national game, with AK being in Minnesota now.


http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gameon/post/2011/09/mark-jackson-warriors-coach-drug-ringleader-braithwaite/1
Mark Jackson, the former TNT analyst and new coach of the Golden State Warriors

That's wrong, he only worked for ESPN / ABC


Hmm. No more reliable news sources I guess :-?