2012-13 Schedule Announced Thursday

Post #1 » by **Klomp** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 3:44 pm

“@MNTimberwolves: NBA TV will announce the 2012-13 @NBA regular season schedule on Thursday, July 26 at 6 p.m. CT. #Twolves”

Foye · Post #2 » by **Foye** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 3:53 pm

N1ce.

Can't wait for next season.

theGreatRC · Post #3 » by **theGreatRC** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 3:57 pm

We better ger some games on national tv. At least 2 on tnt

Post #4 » by **Klomp** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 3:59 pm

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.

cpfsf · Post #5 » by **cpfsf** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 4:00 pm

I have a strong suspicion Minnesota will lead the NBA in B2B games. We're #1, We're #1, We're #1

[RCG] · Post #6 » by **[RCG]** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 4:10 pm

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

cpfsf · Post #7 » by **cpfsf** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 4:19 pm

[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

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

TMo519 · Post #8 » by **TMo519** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 4:51 pm

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.

theGreatRC · Post #9 » by **theGreatRC** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 6:26 pm

I'm actually 1000% sure that Wolves @ Blazers will be a TNT game.

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

Post #10 » by **Klomp** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 8:13 pm

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

Post #11 » by **Basti** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 8:23 pm

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.

kmgarnett21 · Post #12 » by **kmgarnett21** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 8:27 pm

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

Post #13 » by **Klomp** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 8:39 pm

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.

theGreatRC · Post #14 » by **theGreatRC** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 8:54 pm

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.

Post #15 » by **Calinks** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 9:45 pm

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.

[RCG] · Post #16 » by **[RCG]** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 10:03 pm

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.

Ugly0598 · Post #17 » by **Ugly0598** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 10:27 pm

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.

[RCG] · Post #18 » by **[RCG]** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 10:33 pm

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

Post #19 » by **Klomp** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 11:22 pm

[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

[RCG] · Post #20 » by **[RCG]** » Wed Jul 25, 2012 11:38 pm

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 :-?