Minnesota Timberwolves Unveil New Logo Before 2008 Draft

After a losing, albeit doing it in a feisty manner, for most of the 2007-08 season, the Minnesota Timberwolves are turning over a new leaf. At least with respect to their logo which will change as they head into their 20th season of professional basketball (and which you can see in big picture form above).

The Timberwolves secondary logo has been completely re-designed. The new logo features a Timberwolf in front of a treeline howling at the moon, which is depicted as a basketball. The new secondary logo pays homage to the original Timberwolves logo with the return of a basketball in the logo's background. Prior to a basketball being incorporated in the new secondary logo, the Wolves were one of only five teams in the NBA which did not have a basketball depicted in either their primary or secondary logo. The newly-designed secondary logo will make its public debut tonight at the 2008 NBA Draft as it will adorn the hat of the Timberwolves' first-round draft pick.

I'll give props where props are due -- the new logo is certainly sweeter than the last one. It's got way more howly panache than the last logo and the wolf looks equally as dangerous as before (hint: it didn't, at least not like this.) Coupled with the color scheme and it's two thumbs up all around. Well played, Wolves.