Season of promise lies ahead for Minnesota Timberwolves
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Minnesota Timberwolves' Ricky Rubio, right, goes up against Brooklyn Nets' Deron Williams last year in Minneapolis.
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The Minnesota Timberwolves play their first game of the regular season tonight at home against Orlando. The Wolves have missed the playoffs for the last nine seasons, but this year's team is inspiring more optimism than usual. For awhile now, we have relied on basketball analyst extraordinaire Britt Robson to give us the straight dope on the Timberwolves. MPR's Cathy Wurzer spoke with him about the season ahead.
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