New Addition - Surge (Iowa Energy)

The Minnesota Timberwolves recently acquired the Iowa Energy as their D-League affiliate.  There had been plenty of talk and rumors about the Wolves wanting a D-League affiliate, the question was, where that team would play.  Plenty of talk about starting a team in Rochester, Duluth or Sioux Falls, ultimately the Wolves bought the Iowa Energy.  This isn't the first Minnesota related bobblehead I have from the Energy - as they did a Ricky Rubio bobblehead a couple seasons ago.  This new addition is of their mascot, Surge.  Pretty cool and rare bobble and am happy to add it to the collection!

Ricky Rubio Bobblehead Night

In order to get the latest Timberwolves bobble, you'll have to head down to Target Center later today and pick it up.  Ricky Rubio Bobblehead Night is tonight as the Wolves host the Knicks.  This bobble is sponsored by Cherry Berry (interestingly enough, its the only 1 of the set of 5 that has a sponsor plaque on it).  This is Rubio's second Wolves giveaway bobble (the first was given to Season Ticket Holders a few years ago).  The Iowa Energy (former D-League affiliate of the Wolves) gave away a Rubio mini bobblehead last season.

Rare Rubio Bobblehead

In March 2014, the Iowa Energy a NBA-D League team (and at the time an affiliate of the Timberwolves) did a Mini Ricky Rubio bobblehead giveaway.  I learned about this giveaway a month or two prior and knew I wouldn't be able to go.  I connected with a couple people who are part of TWolves Army (and seriously, if you don't know anything about them, click their name, simply awesome Wolves fans) as they were putting together a travel bus to go to the Rubio bobblehead giveaway game.  After some time, I made a deal with a member of TWolves Army and the bobblehead would be part of my collection.  It's a mini - so its fairly brittle and isn't made really really well, but a cool bobblehead nonetheless.  It was limited to the first 1000 people, which makes it a pretty hard to come by bobblehead.