Minnesota Timberwolves former owner Glen Taylor reportedly did everything he could to stop the sale of the team.

The Minnesota Timberwolves have seen their past two seasons end in the Western Conference finals. The Timberwolves are taking aim at a breakthrough this season and begin the task on Wednesday night when they visit the Portland Trail Blazers.

Timberwolves predicted to bench former All Star in hopes of reaching NBA title originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. In the Western Conference, there's little margin for error. Teams need to get their lineups right and make the correct decisions.

The Wolves kick off another highly-anticipated season on Wednesday. Will this be the year they break through to the Finals?

Now, onto this season’s six bold predictions: There was no massive offseason roster shakeup this season for Minnesota, which returns seven of its top eight players and is backfilling the rest of the rotation with guys who were on the roster.

Bookies.com says add those figures up, and a family of four can expect to spend $354.05 on a live Timberwolves hoop experience. Breaking it down further, that's $272.90 for tickets, $10 for parking, $31.02 for four hot dogs, $25.30 for a pair of beers and $14.54 for two pops.

Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards spoke about needing to face this challenge in order to get to the NBA Finals this season.