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• Celtics sweep Knicks in regular-season series as Kristaps Porzingis, Jayson Tatum outplay Karl-Anthony Towns, Jalen Brunson
Takeaways from Tuesday's game between the Knicks and Boston Celtics, a 119-117 New York loss in overtime....2025
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• Karl-Anthony Towns, OG Anunoby lead way as Knicks demolish Hawks on eve of Jalen Brunson’s likely return

The Knicks are welcoming Jalen Brunson on a high....2025
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• NBA awards picks for 2025 MVP, Rookie of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, and more

Photo by Joshua Gateley/Getty Images Here are our NBA awards picks for the 2025 season. The 2024-2025 NBA season will mostly be remembered for something that happened off the court. Luka Doncic getting traded from the Dallas Mavericks to the Los Angeles Lakers will never make sense no matter how many times fans see him in purple and gold. Dallas’ epic collapse in the wake of the deal will ...2025
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• Tiny Nick’s Gambling Picks: 04/02
Locks NBA (1 Unit) NY Knicks @ Cleveland Cavaliers -3 First Quarter (-110; Odds via Caesars): 6:00 PM CT on ESPN This is a really tough spot for the Knicks to be in. They just played last night, and now have to travel to face a team they don’t match up well with, and might be minus Karl-Anthony Towns on top of it all....2025
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• Knicks’ Karl-Anthony Towns sits due to knee soreness: ‘day to day’

The Knicks showed plenty of bark without their KAT....2025
• Five best NBA prop bets, odds for Sunday, March 30: Karl-Anthony Towns, Jalen Green predictions, odds and more

SportsLine's computer model has revealed five free NBA prop picks for Sunday after evaluating the latest NBA odds...2025
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• NBA awards picks for 2025 MVP, Rookie of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, and more
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• Karl-Anthony Towns proves he’s the biggest Assassin’s Creed fan in the world with pregame tunnel fit

Photo by Logan Riely/NBAE via Getty Images Despite his best efforts to blend in, we saw right through Karl-Anthony Towns’ disguise. Listed at seven feet and 248 pounds, Karl-Anthony Towns is already one of the largest players in the NBA. But while there may be bigger players than him in the league, his pregame fit on Wednesday night proved that there is no bigger Assassin’s Creed fan in th...2025
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• Knicks' Karl-Anthony Towns available vs. Lakers after missing game due to personal reasons

After missing Tuesday's game due to personal reasons, Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns is off the injury report and available for the start of the team's West Coast road trip....2025
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• Knicks’ Ariel Hukporti suffers knee injury in his first start of season

With Karl-Anthony Towns unable to play Wednesday night, rookie center Ariel Hukporti made the first start of his NBA career. But he couldn’t make it through the entire game....2025
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• Mitchell Robinson To Return Within The Next Week

New York Knicks center Mitchell Robinson is closing in on making his season debut. Robinson should return within the next week to the Knicks lineup. Robinson has competed in several full scrimmages recently. The Knicks have one more scrimmage set up for Robinson early this week, then the center is hoping to be cleared following that. New York has been without Robinson since Game 1 of their second-...2025
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• Karl-Anthony Towns’ late heroics propel shorthanded Knicks to overtime win over Bulls

Even with Josh Hart added to the street-clothes crew with a knee injury, they kicked off their final stretch of 28 regular-season games by pulling out a gritty, 113-111, overtime decision....2025
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• You’ll Be in My Hart: A Valentine for everyone’s favorite Knicks guard

Photo by Elsa/Getty Images An ode to Josh Hart, who is playing (and posting) his way into being all of New York’s Valentine. It’s All-Star weekend, the Knicks are a threat looming near the top of the East — despite not moving on the insurance veteran big I hope the team won’t desperately need in a few months — but on Valentine’s Day, love is in the air here in New York. There is so much in...2025
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• 6 NBA teams who can win the 2025 Finals, ranked by their championship chances

Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images Only a handful of teams can realistically win the 2025 NBA championship. Let’s rank ‘em. The NBA is in its parity era, and it’s made the race of the championship more wide open than it’s been at any point in the league’s existence. NBA history is littered with dynasties, but those days might be over: no team has won back-to-back championships since Kevin ...2025
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• Joel Embiid Believed To Be Currently On Untradeable Contract

Joel Embiid has had an injury plagued 24-25 season and expects to undergo surgery on his knee this offseason. Because the Sixers signed Embiid to a three-year, $193 million extension before the season, he has gone from perennial MVP candidate to being on one of the riskiest contracts in the NBA. "Yes, absolutely," said Brian Windhorst when asked if the Sixers have a Joel Embiid problem. "Because, ...2025
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• NBA's New CBA Reducing Number Of 'True Max Salary Players'

The NBA and NBPA avoided a hard cap with its latest collective bargaining agreement, but the environment has severely restricted how teams allocate resources due to the onerous first and second apron and the penalties they entail. Not only are many middle class players impacted, but it is already creating a situation where the number of players who are thought of as worthy of a max contract has be...2025
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• The NBA’s 11 best young cores, ranked by their future championship potential
Let’s rank the best young cores in the NBA. The future always seems so far away in the NBA until it’s not. It wasn’t long ago that Boston Celtics duo Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, Denver Nuggets tandem Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray, and Phoenix Suns trio Devin Booker, Mikal Bridges, and Deandre Ayton made up the league’s best young cores. Only a few years later, all three teams have appeared in t...2023
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• How Nikola Jokic became the best basketball player in the world
Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images Nikola Jokic’s hard journey to becoming the best basketball player in the world fully paid off. Putting a label on Nikola Jokic’s game has long been a nearly impossible challenge for evaluators. Jokic himself might be the only person to effectively do it. As he was leaving home in the northern part of Serbia to enter the 2014 NBA Draft, Jo...2023
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• The Rudy Gobert trade is on the verge of being an all-time NBA disaster
The conversation around Rudy Gobert is only getting louder. The Lakers triumphed over Timberwolves to begin the 2023 NBA play-in tournament on Tuesday night, with what should have been Dennis Schröder’s dagger corner three against the Minnesota, capping a brilliant second half. The Wolves would eventually lose in overtime, handing in an unmemorable bummer performance, sending them to a life or dea...2023
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• Lost in Kobe's Shadow, Russell, Randle Offer Lakers Vision of Bright Future
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• Meet NBA Draft Prospect Mario Hezonja, Europe's Kobe Bryant Wannabe
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"Karl-Anthony Towns was dealing with something off of the court as he missed the Knicks' 114-102 loss to the Warriors on Tuesday."

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"The Knicks and Timberwolves are working through the framework of a trade involving Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo for Karl-Anthony Towns, league sources confirmed to ESPN on Friday night."

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"He had a team-high 29 points, while Karl-Anthony Towns added 26 points and 11 rebounds."

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"After […] The post Timberwolves star Karl-Anthony Towns reacts to Andrew Wiggins winning title with Warriors appeared first on ClutchPoints."

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"Andrew Wiggins in an athletic freak, and he showed exactly that as he embarrassed his former Minnesota Timberwolves teammate Karl-Anthony Towns with a poster."

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"The mother of Timberwolves star Karl-Anthony Towns has died due to complications from the coronavirus, her family announced Monday."

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"Karl-Anthony Towns trade rumors: Warriors monitoring situation as Wolves star reportedly unhappy in Minnesota"

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"Victor Oladipo, Karl-Anthony Towns and Kristaps Porzingis are among players heading to their first All-Star Games as the NBA announced the reserves on Tuesday."

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"The post Karl-Anthony Towns Punches Klay Thompson’s Layup appeared first on SLAMonline."

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"Karl-Anthony Towns delivered a strong message Wednesday night about his Rookie of the Year candidacy heading into the NBA All-Star break, dominating the visiting Toronto Raptors in a 117-112 win."

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"6 minutes in five games with the Wolves last season shouldn't increase, because the power forward position just got new life with the addition of Number 1 overall draft pick Karl-Anthony Towns."

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"Meanwhile, between Willie Cauley-Stein, Aaron Harrison, Andrew Harrison, Dakari Johnson, Marcus Lee, Trey Lyles, Alex Poythress and Karl-Anthony Towns, the Wildcats could have as many as eight first-round picks."

• NBA awards picks for 2025 MVP, Rookie of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, and more
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• Karl-Anthony Towns proves he’s the biggest Assassin’s Creed fan in the world with pregame tunnel fit
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• Report: Timberwolves offered Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo to Suns for Kevin Durant
According to NBA insider Michael Scotto of HoopsHype, the Minnesota Timberwolves offered Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo to the Phoenix Suns for Kevin Durant. The Timberwolves were one of the many teams who tried to acquire Durant at this year’s NBA trade deadline. Minnesota traded Karl-Anthony Towns to the New York Knicks for Randle and […] The post Report: Timberwolves...2025
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• Draymond Green’s disgusting lie about Karl-Anthony Towns was made even worse by his reaction to the truth

Draymond Green spread misinformation about Karl-Anthony Towns, and refused to take accountability. Draymond Green went on his podcast and told the world a lie about why Karl-Anthony Towns missed the New York Knicks’ game with the Golden State Warriors earlier this week. Green said Towns missed the game because he didn’t want to face Jimmy Butler — his former teammate who he once beefed with as mem...2025
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• Knicks Eyeing TJ Warren, Others For Open Roster Spot

For the first time this season, the Knicks are in position to sign a 15th player to their roster. That’s because New York has been operating under a restrictive hard cap since acquiring Karl-Anthony Towns in October, leaving it with just $540,127 in available cap space. A veteran free agent signing on a rest-of-season minimum […] The post Knicks Eyeing TJ Warren, Others For Open Roster...2025
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• Moses Brown, T.J. Warren, Chuma Okeke On Knicks’ Radar
For the first time this season, the Knicks are in position to sign a 15th man. New York has been limited by a restrictive hard cap since acquiring Karl-Anthony Towns in October and currently has $540,127 in wiggle room below that second-apron cap, as we detailed earlier this month. As of Friday, a rest-of-season minimum-salary […]...2025
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• Report: Knicks Were Interested In Trading For Joel Embiid Before Getting Mikal Bridges And Karl-Anthony Towns
According to NBA insider Jake Fischer, the New York Knicks were interested in trading for Joel Embiid before getting Mikal Bridges and Karl-Anthony Towns. Knicks president Leon Rose used to be Embiid’s agent at CAA. “Once upon a time, Philly presumably could have extracted every draft pick that New York possessed before it splurged on […] The post Report: Knicks Were ...2025
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• The Warriors’ trio of centers will decide their fate in the NBA Playoffs

Photo by Noah Graham/NBAE via Getty Images The Warriors centers can’t be placeholders if they’re to make another championship run The year is 2000. Planes haven’t fallen from the air, but people sure seem to be tumbling as the Indiana Pacers are facing the Los Angeles Lakers in the Finals. In Game 2, the Pacers’ starting Center Dale Davis fouls out. Backup center Sam Perkins fouls out. Thi...2025
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• Nickeil Alexander-Walker Could Be Out Of Wolves' Price Range In Free Agency

The Minnesota Timberwolves would like to re-sign Nickeil Alexander-Walker in free agency as his comes off a two-year, $9 million deal, but his new contract could be exorbitant for the franchise to match. Some league executives project Alexander-Walker as signing for as high as $20 million per year on average, which is well above the mid-level exception. Alexander-Walker was considered an afterthou...2025
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• Wolves Called Teams Trying To Get Under Second Apron As Part Of Kevin Durant Pursuit

The Minnesota Timberwolves' pursuit of Kevin Durant leading to the trade deadline was serious enough where they began calling rival teams to help facilitate a deal. The Wolves had to get under the NBA's second apron in order to aggregate contracts to acquire Durant and his $51 million contract. While Durant is more than a decade older than Anthony Edwards, the Wolves have operated with a sense of...2025
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• NBA awards picks for 2025 MVP, Rookie of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, and more
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• Knicks Notes: Towns, Hart, Robinson, McCullar, McBride
Knicks wing Josh Hart and All-Star center Karl-Anthony Towns both logged triple doubles during a historic performance against the reeling Mavericks on Tuesday night, writes Chris Herring of ESPN. Hart and Towns became the first New York players to simultaneously achieve the feat, Herring writes. In the 128-113 win, Towns notched 26 points, 12 rebounds […]...2025
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• Rookie Kevin McCullar Jr. scored his first NBA points in Knicks win vs. Mavericks
Tuesday evening was special for New York fans, as they witnessed two of their players record franchise history in a 128-113 victory over Dallas. Karl-Anthony Towns and Josh Hart became the first Knicks teammates to post triple-doubles in the same match. While Hart recorded his team-high ninth triple-double of the season, ending the home match […] The post Rookie Kevin McCullar Jr. scored his...2025
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• Towns, Hart Record Triple-Doubles In Same Game To Make Knicks History
Karl-Anthony Towns and Josh Hart both recorded triple-doubles against the Dallas Mavericks to create New York Knicks history. It marked the first time in franchise history that two Knicks players accomplished the feat. Towns finished with 26 points, 12 rebounds, and 11 assists while Hart collected 16 points, 12 rebounds, and 11 assists. Most importantly, […] The post Towns, Hart Record Tripl...2025
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• Karl-Anthony Towns proves he’s the biggest Assassin’s Creed fan in the world with pregame tunnel fit
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• Knicks flip script on Heat as Mikal Bridges, Karl-Anthony Towns come alive
After falling behind by 12 early, the Knicks outscored the Miami Heat by 26 points in the third quarter and Mikal Bridges led New York with 28 points in Monday's 116-95 win....2025
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• Karl-Anthony Towns shines but Draymond Green gets last laugh as Knicks fall to Warriors

SAN FRANCISCO — The nice guy won more battles but lost the game. Facing callous bully Draymond Green, Karl-Anthony Towns produced a game-high 29 points with a game-high 12 rebounds before fouling out with 6.1 seconds remaining. But the center, along with his Knicks teammates, faltered down the stretch and allowed Green the final taunt......2025
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• Karl-Anthony Towns to play against Lakers in huge Knicks boon

New York’s offense went flat without Towns in the 114-102 loss to the Warriors, managing just 21 points in the fourth quarter....2025
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• How Close Are the Wolves To Contending?
The Minnesota Timberwolves have had mixed results all year. Following the blockbuster Karl-Anthony Towns trade, where they acquired Donte DiVincenzo and Julius Randle from the New York Knicks, the Wolves have struggled to find consistent enough form to look anything close to the team they were last year....2025
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• The Warriors’ trio of centers will decide their fate in the NBA Playoffs
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• Karl-Anthony Towns proves he’s the biggest Assassin’s Creed fan in the world with pregame tunnel fit
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• Karl-Anthony Towns on Draymond Green's comments: 'I choose to approach that with love and not hate'

Towns missed last week's Knicks-Warriors game after the death of a family friend....2025
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• ‘You Guys Forget We’re Humans’ – Karl-Anthony Towns’ Teammate Calls Out Fans After Knicks Star’s Tragic Loss
Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns had a message for fans and the media after dealing with a loss in his family....2025
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• Draymond Green tries to walk back remarks about Karl-Anthony Towns missing game vs. Warriors

Green suggested it was because of Jimmy Butler. KAT was at a family friend's funeral....2025
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• Draymond Green’s disgusting lie about Karl-Anthony Towns was made even worse by his reaction to the truth
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• Draymond Green sorry for Karl-Anthony Towns' loss, says podcast comments were 'what I heard'

Green said Towns did not play because of Jimmy Butler, but Towns left the team after the death of a family friend....2025
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• Draymond Green Attempted To Clarify Comments About Karl-Anthony Towns Missing Game

Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green attempted to clarify and walk back his comments about why Karl-Anthony Towns missed a recent game against the Warriors. Green had previously said on his podcast that Towns missed the game because the Knicks were playing against Jimmy Butler and the Warriors. "Some would say (Towns) didn't play because Jimmy was in the building," Green said in the podcas...2025
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• Draymond Green makes baseless accusation about Karl-Anthony Towns’ Knicks absence

Karl-Anthony Towns called his absence “one of those moments where I had to be there for my family” after rejoining the team in Los Angeles....2025
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• Karl-Anthony Towns opens up on personal reasons absence as he returns to Knicks: ‘Had to be there’

Karl-Anthony Towns thanked the Knicks for their support after he missed Tuesday’s game to deal with the death of a family friend, Sarah Holtzman....2025
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• ‘Life Isn’t Always Fair’ – Karl-Anthony Towns’ Girlfriend Jordyn Woods Makes Emotional Statement After Losing Loved One
Karl-Anthony Towns' girlfriend Jordyn Woods takes time to appreciate fans in an emotional statement after the Knicks star missed his last game....2025
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• Towns' mother dies of COVID-19 complications
The mother of Timberwolves star Karl-Anthony Towns has died due to complications from the coronavirus, her family announced Monday. Jacqueline Cruz-Towns was 61....2020
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• Emotional Towns says mom in coma with virus
The Wolves' Karl-Anthony Towns said Tuesday night that his mother is in a medically induced coma with a coronavirus diagnosis and urged the public to take the pandemic seriously....2020
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• Karl-Anthony Towns, D'Angelo Russell Sign Contracts with Nike
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• Nike Signs Rookies Karl-Anthony Towns, D’Angelo Russell
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• Kevin Garnett Has Returned from Timberwolves' Past to Shape Franchise's Future
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• Karl-Anthony Towns, Andrew Wiggins & Zach LaVine Put on Dunk Show at Scrimmage
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• Karl-Anthony Towns Reportedly Told by Wolves He'll Be No. 1 Pick in NBA Draft
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• How KAT, Bridges have impacted fantasy values in NY, plus two futures bets to make on the Knicks
Andre Snellings looks at how things have shifted on the Knicks this season with the arrival of Karl-Anthony Towns and Mikal Bridges, and the impact it has on fantasy and betting....2025
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• NBA DFS: Karl-Anthony Towns and top picks for Feb. 13 FanDuel, DraftKings daily fantasy basketball lineups
Mike McClure, a DFS pro with almost $2 million in career earnings, gives optimal lineup advice...2019
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• NBA DFS: Karl-Anthony Towns and top picks for Feb. 7 FanDuel, DraftKings daily fantasy basketball lineups
Mike McClue, a DFS pro with almost $2 million in career earnings, gives optimal lineup advice...2019
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• NBA DFS: Karl-Anthony Towns and best picks for Jan. 27 FanDuel, DraftKings daily fantasy basketball lineups
SportsLine's Mike McClure, a DFS pro with almost $2M in winnings, gives optimal lineup advice...2019
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• NBA DFS: Karl-Anthony Towns and top picks for Jan. 25 FanDuel, DraftKings daily fantasy basketball lineups
SportsLine's Mike McClure, a DFS pro with almost $2M in winnings, gives optimal lineup advice...2019
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• NBA DFS: Karl-Anthony Towns and best picks for Jan. 20 FanDuel, DraftKings daily fantasy basketball lineups
SportsLine's Mike McClure, a DFS pro with almost $2M in winnings, gives optimal lineup advice...2019
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• Monday NBA Roundup: Kevin Durant's Return Propels Thunder Back to Elite Status
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• NBA awards picks for 2025 MVP, Rookie of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, and more
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• Five best NBA prop bets, odds for Sunday, March 30: Karl-Anthony Towns, Jalen Green predictions, odds and more
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• Draymond reveals KAT's blunt trash talk during heated matchup
Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green revealed what Neew York Knicks big man Karl-Anthony Towns told him during their heated matchup last weekend....2025
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• NBA DFS: DraftKings, FanDuel daily Fantasy basketball picks for Thursday, March 20 include Karl-Anthony Towns

SportsLine's Mike McClure, a daily Fantasy pro with more than $2 million in winnings, gives optimal NBA DFS lineup advice for Thursday, March 20...2025
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• Karl-Anthony Towns proves he’s the biggest Assassin’s Creed fan in the world with pregame tunnel fit
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• Deflating end of Knicks’ road trip raises concerning question that will follow them into playoffs

A tumultuous Knicks road trip ended Saturday night with Karl-Anthony Towns bolting to the locker room while his teammates were on camera hugging Draymond Green....2025
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• Why Draymond vs. KAT matchup is key to Warriors-Knicks outcome
Monte Poole explains why Saturday's Golden State Warriors vs. New York Knicks game will come down to the matchup between Draymond Green and Karl-Anthony Towns....2025
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• Karl Anthony-Towns Reacts to Draymond Green’s Nasty Rumor About Him
Karl Anthony-Towns has given his thoughts on the comments Draymond Green made about him missing their matchup last week against the Warriors. Green said Towns didn’t play because he didn’t want to go head-to-head with his former teammate, Jimmy Butler, who had a well publicised falling out with KAT in Minnesota. Towns had a mature […] The post Karl Anthony-Towns Reacts to Draymond Green̵...2025
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• How Draymond Green's apology to Karl-Anthony Towns made things even worse

Green publicly mentioned the false rumor that Towns skipped the Knicks' Tuesday matchup with the Warriors to avoid Jimmy Butler....2025
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• Karl-Anthony Towns discusses reason for absence as he returns to Knicks

Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns was absent for Tuesday's tip with the Golden State Warriors for personal reasons and discussed what happened ahead of his return to the lineup....2025
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• Karl-Anthony Towns proves he’s the biggest Assassin’s Creed fan in the world with pregame tunnel fit
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• The Warriors’ trio of centers will decide their fate in the NBA Playoffs
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• Amen Thompson doesn’t need a jump shot to be an NBA star for Rockets

Photo by Brian Babineau/NBAE via Getty Images Amen Thompson is becoming a star on his own terms for the Rockets. It wasn’t hard to come up with a list of reasons for why Amen Thompson could bust in the NBA when he entered the 2023 draft. Amen and his twin brother Ausar took a novel path to the draft by bypassing college basketball for the upstart Overtime Elite league, where they played ag...2025
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• 30 players most likely to be moved at the NBA trade deadline

Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images Let’s jump around the league to find the players most likely to get relocated at the 2025 NBA trade deadline. In a now-annual tradition at SB Nation, we are scouring through the internet’s endless supply of NBA trade rumors and asking around our NBA team site network to ask our local experts (alongside some national analysis from yours truly) to see ...2025
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• Jimmy Butler is back to being the villain

Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images The veteran NBA star finds comfort wearing the black hat. It started, as it almost always does, with a tweet by Adrian “Woj” Wojnarowski, the former ESPN sports reporter. It was in the middle of October, in the afternoon, after Jimmy Butler’s infamous practice session, where he took the bench players on his then-team, the Minnesota Timberwolves, and beat ...2025
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• The Timberwolves ownership situation is a swirling debacle of drama

Photo by Jordan Johnson/NBAE via Getty Images This is such a mess. Any hopes for Timberwolves fans to be rescued from Glen Taylor’s ownership have now been squashed. Taylor announced on Thursday that the deadline passed for Alex Rodriguez and Marc Lore to become majority owner of the Wolves and Lynx, pulling the team off the market and ensuring it remained under Taylor’s control. The foll...2024
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• Anthony Edwards’ game-saving block is the NBA play of the year

Anthony Edwards’ game-saving block is arguably the most spectacular play of the NBA season. Anthony Edwards had just missed a free throw that would have given the Minnesota Timberwolves a three-point lead over the Indiana Pacers with seven seconds remaining in the fourth quarter on Thursday night. It was the first mistake of the final period for Edwards, who had willed the Wolves ahead with an ama...2024
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• Final 4 teams in the FIBA World Cup, ranked by likelihood of winning title

Photo by Ariana Saigh/Getty Images Let’s rank the last four teams standing in the FIBA World Cup by their chances of winning it all. The 2023 men’s FIBA World Cup started with 32 teams from around the globe all competing to prove it had the best basketball country on Earth. After two rounds of group play and the start of the knockout rounds in the quarterfinals, there are now only four tea...2023
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• Victor Wembanyama proved why Summer League hot takes are so dumb
Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images The Wemby whiplash was real as Summer League hot takes crumbled. Did you get the memo? Victor Wembanyama is the biggest bust in NBA history. No, wait, scratch that ... he’s actually incredible. The reactionary whiplash to the No. 1 overall pick was enough to break your neck this weekend, as Wemby went from struggling against the Hornets, shooting less tha...2023
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• Jamal Murray shines again as Nuggets advance to West semis: T-Wolves go down swinging in Game 5
The Denver Nuggets closed out their first-round playoff series at home Tuesday with a 112-109 Game 5 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves. Here’s what you need to know: Tied at 104 with just over a minute remaining, Nikola Jokic scored two big buckets to help Denver pull ahead and recorded a 28-point, 17-rebound, 12-assist triple-double. Jamal Murray led all scorers with 35 points on 5-of-9 ...2023
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