Minnesota Timberwolves Reveal the Worst Official Hashtag in Social Media History

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Minnesota Timberwolves #BringTheNice
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The 2024-25 NBA season is about to start and that means the Minnesota Timberwolves begin their latest conquest toward an NBA Finals birth, something they fell just short of accomplishing last season.

To allow them more flexibility, both now and in the future, President of Basketball Operations Tim Connelly dealt Karl-Anthony Towns to the New York Knicks a couple of weeks ago, in shocking fashion. He had another goal, however. A new identity. Out went KAT, a player most of the league sees as soft.

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In came Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo, two players who nobody in the league associates with the “S” word. Connelly and head coach Chris Finch wanted the 2024-25 version of the Minnesota Timberwolves to have a tougher, more rugged feel than what this franchise has put on the floor in the last decade plus.

It was the right move. The Wolves, as currently constructed, are better suited for a championship run than it was before the Karl-Anthony Towns trade went down. The shift in the Wolves playoff chances, according to ESPN BPI, post-trade, agree.

Let’s talk about the Timberwolves’ hashtag

#BringTheNice Minnesota Timberwolves at New York Knicks
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But… we might see those odds shift again, after what happened on Friday night. With every new major pro season, comes new (or old) official social media hashtags. The teams pick them, and when tweeted on X, a little logo for that team pops up next to the hashtag.

The Minnesota Vikings have #SKOL, the Wild have #mnwild and the Twins have #MNTwins. Those hashtags have been in place for a very long time. Other teams around the country, including the Timberwolves, prefer to change them each year.

Most years, the Wolves have gone with one of either #RaisedByWolves or #WolvesBack. Both are fine. Especially when you see what they picked for 2024-25. This year, the Minnesota Timberwolves chose a different hashtag… and it might be the worst one in hashtag history. Make sure you are sitting down for this…

#BringTheNice

Look, these hashtags are getting out of hand anyway. It’s time to put them away for good. We can configure social media search bars to look for relevant content instead of hashtags. This is 2024 (almost 2025). The hashtags had their moment, and it was over a decade ago.

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That doesn’t excuse the Minnesota Timberwolves choosing literally the opposite hashtag of what they are trying to be. If they wanted to #BringTheNice, they should have kept Karl-Anthony Towns around. Maybe traded for Andrew Wiggins.

Keep your MN “symbolism”

How does nobody in the boardroom making this decision stand up and say, ‘you know guys… I get what we are trying to accomplish here, but this ain’t it’. Yes, “Minnesota Nice”, you don’t have to sell me on the symbolism.

I get it. But there are a million different way to #symbolize local momentos. Bringing the nice isn’t how you win in professional sports where everyone is being paid millions of dollars to physically and mentally dominate their opponent.

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All hashtags are dumb, but I can get down with #Liftoff or #TakeNote. Even #DifferentHere. Fine. But #BringTheNice? It didn’t even take us 6 months to ruin “Bring Ya Ass”. Only in Minnesota, man…

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