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• West Postseason Picture Set After Clippers, Nuggets, Wolves Win
After endless possibilities over the past week in the Western Conference, its postseason picture finally became clear Sunday evening. The Denver Nuggets nabbed the fourth seed by defeating the Houston Rockets. The Minnesota Timberwolves avoided the Play-In Tournament by defeating the Utah Jazz. Then, the game with the most hype coming in delivered. The Los […] The post West Postseason Pictur...2025
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• 2025 NBA Playoffs: First-Round Matchups Set As Regular Season Concludes

The Oklahoma City Thunder secured homecourt advantage for the duration of the playoffs with their 68-14 record and NBA-best +12.9 Net Rating. The Cleveland Cavaliers and Boston Celtics were bunched together in second and third in both record and Net Rating. The best matchups of the first round figure to be the Los Angeles Lakers against Minnesota Timberwolves less than a year after Luka Doncic fac...2025
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• Wolves’ Anthony Edwards Gets Tech Rescinded, Can Play Sunday
Anthony Edwards had a technical foul picked up on Friday rescinded by the NBA. It would have been his 18th of the season, resulting in an automatic suspension. As a result of the league’s announcement, Edwards can now play in the Minnesota Timberwolves’ final game of the regular season against the Utah Jazz. Per the […] The post Wolves’ Anthony Edwards Gets Tech Rescinded, ...2025
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• Anthony Edwards Eligible To Play Sunday After NBA Rescinds Technical Foul

The NBA has rescinded the technical foul that Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards received on Friday night. That means Edwards will be eligible to play in the Wolves final game on Sunday. That has importance, as Minnesota is still fighting for playoff position in the Western Conference. Edwards had received his 18th technical foul in the Wolves win on Friday. That would have seen him serv...2025
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• NBA Rescinds Technical Foul For Anthony Edwards Making Him Eligible To Play Sunday

The NBA has rescinded the technical foul that Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards received on Friday night. That means Edwards will be eligible to play in the Wolves final game on Sunday. That has importance, as Minnesota is still fighting for playoff position in the Western Conference. Edwards had received his 18th technical foul in the Wolves win on Friday. That would have seen him serv...2025
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• Suns’ Bradley Beal: We need to be ready for offseason changes

Bradley Beal didn’t duck the noise on Friday night. He’s heard the speculation surrounding his future with the Phoenix Suns, and as the curtain closed on the team’s home schedule, the veteran guard addressed it with familiar candor. “It doesn’t bother me, man,” Beal told reporters following the Suns’ 108-98 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves. […] The post Suns’ Bradley Beal: We need t...2025
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• Wolves’ Anthony Edwards Gets Tech Rescinded, Can Play Sunday
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• Anthony Edwards Eligible To Play Sunday After NBA Rescinds Technical Foul
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• NBA Rescinds Technical Foul For Anthony Edwards Making Him Eligible To Play Sunday
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• Timberwolves’ Anthony Edwards Suspended For Finale After 18th Technical Foul
Minnesota Timberwolves star guard Anthony Edwards was issued an NBA-high 18th technical foul of the season for using profanity to complain about a call in Friday’s 117-91 home win over the Brooklyn Nets, prompting an automatic suspension for the regular-season finale against the Utah Jazz on Sunday. NBA Players Must Serve A One-Game Suspension For […] The post Timberwolves’ Antho...2025
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• Anthony Edwards To Be Suspended For Regular Season Finale
The Minnesota Timberwolves have a lot to play for on Sunday afternoon. The Wolves need a win to avoid playing in the Play-In Tournament. That's a win Minnesota will have to get without Anthony Edwards. On Friday, Edwards received his 18th technical foul of the season. Edwards is now set to be suspended for Sunday afternoon's regular season finale. Players are suspended for a game when they pick up...2025
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• Report: Mavericks were ‘frustrated’ Luka Doncic didn’t travel and rehab calf injury with team
According to NBA insiders Christian Clark, David Aldridge, Sam Amick and Fred Katz of The Athletic, the Dallas Mavericks were “frustrated” that Luka Doncic didn’t travel and rehab his calf injury with the team. Doncic suffered a serious calf injury on Christmas against the Minnesota Timberwolves. He rehabbed in Dallas with his medical team instead […] The post Report:...2025
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• In return, Porter's 'energy' sparks Bucks' rally
Returning from a 25-game suspension, Milwaukee's Bobby Portis helped the Bucks erase a 24-point, fourth-quarter deficit en route to a 110-103 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves Tuesday, telling reporters after "it was a very surreal moment for me."...2025
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• Nets Coach Jordi Fernandez Takes Blame For Anthony Edwards Injury Scare
Minnesota Timberwolves forward Anthony Edwards was forced to leave the game against the Brooklyn Nets after a freak injury in the second quarter. Edwards had attempted a three-pointer from the right corner when he steadily stepped back and to his right. Nets head coach Jordi Fernandez was patrolling the sidelines when Edwards inadvertently landed on […] The post Nets Coach Jordi Fernandez Ta...2025
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• Nets' winning streak snapped in 105-90 wire-to-wire loss to Timberwolves
Anthony Edwards shook off an injury scare and finished with 28 points to lead the Minnesota Timberwolves past the Brooklyn Nets 105-90 on Thursday night for their fourth straight win....2025
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• Minnesota’s Odd Quirk Should Concern Their Playoff Opponents

Ten hours before the Minnesota Timberwolves’ regular season finale against the Denver Nuggets on Tuesday, word came down from the league that the Wolves would be without Donte DiVincenzo and Naz Reid. They received one-game suspensions for their roles in the brawl that ensued against the Detroit Pistons on Sunday....2025
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• Indiana Fever’s huge announcement puts pressure on other WNBA teams

Photo by Joe Buglewicz/Getty Images The Fever are the latest WNBA team to announce they are building their own state-of-the-art practice facility. The Indiana Fever announced on Thursday they will officially be building a $78 million, 108-square-foot practice facility in downtown Indianapolis. The facility — which will be ready ahead of the 2027 season — will include two courts, a weight ...2025
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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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• Sean Rooks, 76ers Assistant and Former NBA Player, Dies at Age 46
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• Justin Bieber Hangs with Patriots After Clippers Game, Dooms Team's Season
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"The Golden State Warriors got the help they needed from the Minnesota Timberwolves on Thursday night."

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"Submitting one of the greatest statistical games of his career, Davis put up a mindblowing 27 points, 25 rebounds, 5 assists, 7 steals and 3 blocks as the Lakers defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves 120-109 at home."

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"The Denver Nuggets closed out their first-round playoff series at home Tuesday with a 112-109 Game 5 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves."

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"The Lakers hosted the Minnesota Timberwolves and led for most of the first half."

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"The pair got into a heated exchange on the bench during Wednesday’s bout against the Minnesota Timberwolves."

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"The Golden State Warriors have agreed to send D’Angelo Russell to the Minnesota Timberwolves in exchange for Andrew Wiggins, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reports."

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"Below is a running diary of the Lakers’ game against the Minnesota Timberwolves, taking you through game day from start to finish."

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"Jimmy Butler returns Friday to play against the Bulls for the first time since last June’s trade to the Minnesota Timberwolves."

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"Below is a running diary of the Lakers’ game against the Minnesota Timberwolves, with comments drawn from Mike Trudell’s @LakersReporter Twitter account, as well as others from the Lakers, to ensure you’re covered from start to finish."

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"Below is a running diary of the Lakers’ matchup against the Minnesota Timberwolves, with comments drawn from Mike Trudell’s @LakersReporter Twitter account to ensure you’re covered from start to finish."

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"28 at home against the Minnesota Timberwolves."

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"Ditto for Andrew Wiggins, who's now set to toil away in relative obscurity for the nondescript Minnesota Timberwolves."

• NBA play-in tournament rules, explained for 2025, with updated standings for tight races

Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images Here’s an explainer on the NBA play-in tournament and the current standings. The NBA play-in tournament has been used to determine the final playoff teams in each conference since being adopted by the league during the bubble. The current iteration of the play-in tournament has a format that’s easy to understand, and puts extra pressure on teams to maxim...2025
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• Tim Connelly, Matt Lloyd On Nuggets' List Of Basketball Operations Candidates

When the Denver Nuggets begin their search for a new president of basketball operations, they are expected to have Tim Connelly and Matt Lloyd on their list of candidates. Connelly has an opt-out in his contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves, but the new ownership group of Marc Lore and Alex Rodriguez are expected to do what it takes to retain him. Connelly left the Nuggets in 2022 to run the fr...2025
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• Nuggets to explore possibility of reuniting with Wolves’ Tim Connelly as GM?

The Kroenke family is expected to explore the possibility of reuniting with Tim Connelly, the former Denver Nuggets president of basketball operations who left in May 2022 to lead the Minnesota Timberwolves’ front office, per NBA insiders Sam Amick and Tony Jones of The Athletic. Connelly holds an opt-out clause in his contract for this […] The post Nuggets to explore possibility of reunitin...2025
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• Calvin Booth Fired As GM Of Nuggets

The Denver Nuggets have fired Calvin Booth as general manager. Booth was on an expiring contract after signing an extension in 2022. Booth took over as general manager of the Nuggets in 2022 after the departure of Tim Connelly to the Minnesota Timberwolves....2025
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• Nuggets Fire Michael Malone, Elevate David Adelman To Interim Head Coach

The Denver Nuggets have fired Michael Malone and elevated David Adelman as interim head coach. Malone is the winningest head coach in Nuggets' history and helped guide the team to the NBA championship in 2023. Denver has lost four consecutive games beginning with a 140-139 double overtime loss last Tuesday to the Minnesota Timberwolves. In September, Zach Lowe reported there were "rumblings" that ...2025
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• Wolves, Heat, Knicks, Spurs, Rockets Among Potential Trade Partners For Kevin Durant

There are several teams who are expected have interest in a Kevin Durant trade this offseason as the Phoenix Suns will likely work together on his exit. The Suns have had a disappointing pair of seasons since adding Bradley Beal to their star core of Durant and Devin Booker. While the Golden State Warriors were among the most notable teams to pursue a trade for Durant at the deadline, there was a...2025
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• Report: Kevin Durant was open to getting traded to Timberwolves, Knicks, Rockets, Heat, Spurs at trade deadline
According to NBA insider Shams Charania of ESPN, Kevin Durant was open to getting traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves, New York Knicks, Houston Rockets, Miami Heat or San Antonio Spurs at the trade deadline. Durant remained with the Phoenix Suns, who had a deal in place to send KD to the Golden State Warriors before […] The post Report: Kevin Durant was open to getting traded to Timbe...2025
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• Glen Taylor Agrees To Finalize Sale Of Wolves To Lore-Rodriguez

Glen Taylor has agreed to move forward with his sale of the Minnesota Timberwolves and Minnesota Lynx to the Marc Lore-Alex Rodriguez group at the same $1.5 billion price the side agreed upon in 2021. Taylor will not appeal an arbitrators' ruling from February that ruled in favor Lore-Rodriguez in a dispute over the sale contract. The NBA has initiated the transfer process and will conduct a board...2025
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• The Pistons-Timberwolves fight proves Detroit basketball really is back

Photo by David Berding/Getty Images The NBA is better when the Pistons are fighting (and good) The Pistons are in the midst of one of the most remarkable turnarounds in NBA history. After winning 14 games last season, they’ve won 42 and counting this year and are well on their way to the 2025 NBA Playoffs. Detroit has established itself as the team NOBODY wants to mess with, despite being...2025
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• Marc Lore Prioritizing Tim Connelly Extension Once He Takes Control Of Wolves

Marc Lore has made it a priority to sign Tim Connelly to a contract extension once he assumes full control of the Minnesota Timberwolves, sources tell ESPN. Lore and Alex Rodriguez have yet to gain control of the Wolves despite an arbitration ruling in their favor over Glen Taylor. Connelly agreed to an amendment in his contract last year that pushed his opt-out to this offseason. The Wolves signe...2025
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• Wolves’ Anthony Edwards Gets Tech Rescinded, Can Play Sunday
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• The Wolves (Eventually) Walked In Memphis
Julius Randle was trying to keep a straight face while discussing the Minnesota Timberwolves’ season-defining 141-125 road win over the Memphis Grizzlies. “We held them to three points for a long time,” Randle said, talking about the Wolves defense as Anthony Edwards shouted in the background. “Yeah, I’m the best in the world,” Edwards yelled off-camera. “Go tell all the girls....2025
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• NBA play-in tournament rules, explained for 2025, with updated standings for tight races
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• Timberwolves' 52-point third quarter creates more chaos in West

Trailing early in the second half, the Minnesota Timberwolves were in danger of nearly guaranteeing themselves a fall to the play-in tournament. Then they rang up 52 points in the third quarter....2025
• Timberwolves vs. Grizzlies Predictions: Odds, recent stats, trends, and best bets for April 10
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• Timberwolves vs. Bucks Predictions: Odds, expert picks, recent stats, trends and best bets for April 8
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• Tiny Nick’s Gambling Picks: 04/08
Locks NBA (0.5 Unit) Minnesota Timberwolves/Milwaukee Bucks Over 222.5 (-110; Odds via Fanduel): 7:00 PM CT on Fanduel Sports North This total has come down a few points, into a range where I feel comfortable being on the over. Something like Giannis being downgraded from his probable status would obviously change things, but he appears to be good to go....2025
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• Swerve Strickland Rings The Bell For Philadelphia 76ers, Posts Same Statline As Joel Embiid And Paul George
AEW is in Philadelphia for AEW Dynasty, and Swerve Strickland was present for the Philadelphia 76ers home game against the Minnesota Timberwolves. Swerve was the bell ringer ahead of the game. He finished the game with the same stats as Joel Embiid and Paul George. -- @swerveconfident -- pic.twitter.com/yHQ3VWL0br — Philadelphia 76ers (@sixers) April 5, 2025 Ahead of his AEW World title match...2025
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• Timberwolves vs. 76ers Predictions: Odds, expert picks, recent stats, trends and best bets for April 5
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• Nets' winning streak snapped in 105-90 wire-to-wire loss to Timberwolves
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• Nuggets to explore possibility of reuniting with Wolves’ Tim Connelly as GM?
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• In return, Porter's 'energy' sparks Bucks' rally
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• Donte DiVincenzo Plans To Play For Italy At EuroBasket

Minnesota Timberwolves guard Donte DiVincenzo is planning to suit up for Italy at this summer's EuroBasket tournament. DiVincenzo said he's focused on the Timberwolves and completing the NBA season, but that things are moving along for him to play for Italy. After meeting with Italian national team staff and fellow NBAer Simone Fontecchio, DiVincenzo said he was in for this summer. "Chances of bei...2025
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• NBA mock draft 2025: Updated projection with 2 March Madness prospects rising, 1 falling

Photo by C. Morgan Engel/NCAA Photos via Getty Images March Madness has impacted our latest 2025 NBA mock draft. March Madness is the first time a big section of NBA fans check in on the top prospects in college basketball. This is a good year to do it: 19 of the 30 first-round picks in our last mock draft made the 2025 men’s NCAA tournament, and a bunch of them are still playing as the fi...2025
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• WATCH: Wolves Start Joe Ingles So Son Can See Him Play Live For First Time
Minnesota Timberwolves head coach Chris Finch made a wholesome gesture to start Joe Ingles against the New Orleans Pelicans Friday night. Why is it wholesome? Ingles’ wife Renae and their three children live in Orlando and made the trip to Minnesota for the week. Their son, Jacob, is autistic and watched his first in-arena game […] The post WATCH: Wolves Start Joe Ingles So Son Can See...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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• Julius Randle Is the Key To Minnesota’s Playoff Chances
Ryen Russillo joined Bill Simmons on his Feb. 24 podcast before Julius Randle returned. Simmons and Russillo were speculating about which team could make a run and close the season strong enough to carry momentum into the postseason and make a championship bid. Eventually, the Minnesota Timberwolves came up in the conversation....2025
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• The Dallas Mavericks are dead, and Nico Harrison killed them

Photo by Austin McAfee/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Mavericks’ epic downfall is heartbreaking but amazing to watch The Dallas Mavericks made a Cinderella run to the 2024 NBA Finals last season thanks to the brilliance of Luka Doncic and some sharp mid-season trades by lead executive Nico Harrison to build the team around him. Dallas entered the playoffs as the No. 5 seed, but pulle...2025
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• Lakers Superstar Luka Dončić Responds to His Father’s Viral Reaction to Rainbow 3-Pointer
Lakers superstar Luka Dončić reacted to his father's reaction after making his only 3-point shot against the Minnesota Timberwolves....2025
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• The Wolves Continue To Shock and Awe

The Minnesota Timberwolves became the second team since 2002-03 to come back down 16 or more with 3:45 left in the quarter. They did against the No. 1 seed in the West on a back-to-back, led by an amalgamation of role players, who each had some of the biggest moments of their seasons. They also did it with their star player injured on the bench and missing three starters....2025

• Kobe Bryant Injury: Updates on Lakers Star's Recovery from Shoulder Surgery
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• Can the NBA Ever Replace Kobe Bryant?
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• Kevin Garnett Wants to Buy the Minnesota Timberwolves
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• Kevin Durant's Return Is Just What The NBA Needs In 2015-16
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• Kevin Garnett Purchases 1,000 Tickets for Timberwolves Fans to Show Appreciation
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• Timberwolves' Flip Saunders Dies at Age 60
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• Josh Smith Claims $6.9 Million Salary with Clippers Will Be 'Harder' on Family
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• Kevin Garnett's Return to Minnesota Gets the 'Coming Home' Treatment
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• 2025 NBA Playoffs: First-Round Matchups Set As Regular Season Concludes
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• Anthony Edwards Eligible To Play Sunday After NBA Rescinds Technical Foul
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• NBA Rescinds Technical Foul For Anthony Edwards Making Him Eligible To Play Sunday
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• Suns’ Bradley Beal: We need to be ready for offseason changes
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• Anthony Edwards To Be Suspended For Regular Season Finale
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• NBA play-in tournament rules, explained for 2025, with updated standings for tight races
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• Julius Randle Must Beat The Playoff Allegations
Minnesota Timberwolves fans will be happy to see the 2024-25 regular season end as soon as possible. There’s been some good, too much bad, and the ugliest loss of the season, blowing a 24-point fourth-quarter lead against the Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday. The postseason will be here, whether you like it or not, after the Wolves finish their regular-season schedule on Sunday against the Utah Jazz....2025
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• Nuggets Want Opportunity To Evaluate David Adelman Before Offseason Coaching Cycle

One of the reasons why the Denver Nuggets chose to fire Michael Malone before the end of the season was to have the opportunity to evaluate David Adelman in the head coach seat before the playoffs, sources tell ESPN. Adelman is expected to be a candidate for multiple head coaching vacancies this offseason with The Athletic identifying the Portland Trail Blazers as a possibility if they were to par...2025
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• How Warriors' NBA playoff seeding impacted by Timberwolves' win over Grizzlies
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• Tiny Nick’s Gambling Picks: 04/10
Locks NBA (0.5 Unit) Minnesota Timberwolves First Quarter Team Total Over 29 (-110; Odds via Fanduel): 8:30 PM CT on TNT This is a massive game for playoff seeding after the Wolves flushed the 4-seed down the drain in the 4th quarter on Tuesday. I swear this team’s potential outcomes this season range from losing to the 10-seed in the play-in, to making a finals appearance....2025
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• Suns’ Bradley Beal: We need to be ready for offseason changes
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• NBA mock draft 2025: Updated projection with 2 March Madness prospects rising, 1 falling
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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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• NBA trade deadline 2025 tracker for every deal as it’s announced

Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images We’re keeping track of every 2025 NBA trade deadline deal as they are announced in this post. The NBA seemed set for a quiet trade deadline in 2025 as a new Collective Bargaining Agreement tormented teams with multiple luxury tax aprons and more punitive restrictions for increasing payroll. So much for that. The NBA trade deadline started with fireworks w...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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• Knicks trade Julius Randle to Timberwolves for Karl-Anthony Towns in rare player swap between contenders

Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images This is about as out-of-nowhere as trades come. In one of the more shocking offseason Friday news dumps in recent NBA memory, the Minnesota Timberwolves are reportedly sending Karl-Anthony Towns to the New York Knicks for Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo and a protected first-round pick. Shams Charania and Jon Krawczynski of The Athletic br...2024
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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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• NBA in-season tournament courts, ranked from worst to best

The NBA is debuting new courts for the in-season tournament. Let’s rank ‘em. Like nearly every NBA fan, I reacted to my editor informing me that “The Mid-Season Tournament” is actually called “The In-Season Tournament”, and that it begins Friday rather than months from now, with complete and total shock. I was, however, delighted, because in addition to informing me of this, he asked if I wanted t...2023
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