{"id":535422,"date":"2026-09-28T15:05:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T13:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=535422"},"modified":"2026-09-28T15:05:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T13:05:22","slug":"timberwolves-emerge-as-candidate-to-move-to-eastern-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/timberwolves-emerge-as-candidate-to-move-to-eastern-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Timberwolves emerge as candidate to move to Eastern Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NBA expansion to 32 teams could send the Minnesota Timberwolves to the Eastern Conference. According to The Athletic\u2019s Jon Krawczynski, the expansion committee is expected to consider Minnesota, Memphis and New Orleans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Wolves\u2019 strongest argument centers on divisional geography. Joining Milwaukee, Chicago and either Indiana or Detroit in a new Central Division would reduce travel, late road games and inconvenient start times for local fans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A move east would weaken Minnesota\u2019s growing rivalries with Denver and Oklahoma City while reducing games against the Lakers and Warriors. Adam Silver wants clarity on expansion by the end of 2026, but no realignment decision has been made.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The expected addition of Seattle and Las Vegas could shift Minnesota east, with Memphis and New Orleans also under consideration<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":371773,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[399],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-535422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/02\/Minnesota-Timberwolves.jpg","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=535422"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":535425,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535422\/revisions\/535425"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/371773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=535422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=535422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=535422"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=535422"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=535422"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=535422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}