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The Minnesota Timberwolves will return from the NBA All-Star break later this week, with eyes on their third-straight Western Conference Championship appearance and dreams of the organization’s first-ever trip to the Finals.
Whether or not that happens has everything to do with All-Star MVP Anthony Edwards taking the next step in his development, and newly acquired Ayo Dosunmu fitting in the way president of basketball operations Tim Connelly foresaw when he acquired him prior to the NBA trade deadline earlier this month.
Most of the 26 regular season games remaining on the Wolves’ 2025-26 schedule will be broadcast, per usual, on FanDuel Sports Network North… even though new owners Marc Lore and Alex Rodriguez likely won’t be paid for them… at least not until future bankruptcy proceedings come to an end.
FanDuel Sports Network is not paying the Minnesota Timberwolves anymore
According to Michael Rand (Star Tribune), none of the NBA teams currently under the FanDuel Sports Network umbrella have been paid since the start of the new year. That’s at least two missed payments for the Minnesota Timberwolves plus 12 other teams.
NBA teams have not been paid rights fees in January or February, and the league is negotiating with creditors to receive at least partial payments. Barring the last-minute emergence of a path forward for Main Street, it appears the Wolves, Wild and Lynx will be looking for a new local broadcast partner in their next regular seasons…
Rand’s article was posted after FanDuel Sports Network’s parent company Main Street Sports filed an official WARN notice to the city of Minneapolis, signaling their plans to close up shop after two more months of business.
Coincidentally, that’s approximately the same time that both the Minnesota Timberwolves and Minnesota Wild regular seasons are set to end.
Timberwolves and Wild must find new TV provider
The Twins have already moved onto Twins.TV This will be their second season broadcasting games on their own. Going into 2026-27, it appears the Wolves and Wild will be looking elsewhere for a new broadcasting partner, as well.
Their options include over-air local stations, creating their own network or combining with the Wild and other local teams to create a Minnesota-wide regional sports network that won’t be operated by an outside company.
In other words, it feels like we are in the year 2000 all over again.
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