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• These three players could become key rotational pieces for the Timberwolves in 2025-26
Ahead of free agency, there were rumors that Naz Reid would leave the Timberwolves. The team quickly shut down those rumors after they gave Reid a five-year, $125 million contract. By re-signing Reid, Minnesota was unable to keep Nickeil Alexander-Walker. He was picked up by the Hawks via a sign-and-trade with the Timberwolves. Additionally, Josh […] The post These three players could becom...2025
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• The Wolves’ Young Players Must Step Up Amid Their Rotation Shuffle
The Minnesota Timberwolves have demonstrated their intent to retain their core next season by re-signing Julius Randle and Naz Reid to extensions before the free-agency signing period opened. Still, Minnesota’s roster will look different next year. The Wolves lost Nickeil Alexander-Walker, a core rotational player, to the Atlanta Hawks....2025
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• Naz Reid ruined Pacers' hardball negotiations

The Pacers thought they could play hardball with Myles Turner. Then, Reid's new deal reset the market for free-agent centers....2025
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• 4 NBA free agency winners and 3 losers after wave of 2025 player movement

Photo by Katelyn Mulcahy/Getty Images Let’s hand out the biggest winners and losers in free agency. NBA free agency remains ongoing, but at this point most of the top players have come off the board. Next season’s NBA championship picture is already taking shape, and there are some clear winners and losers from the offseason. The reigning champion Oklahoma City Thunder will head into next ...2025
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• NBA 2025 Free Agency: June 30 Recap

Even after several of this year’s top free agents – including James Harden, Kyrie Irving, Naz Reid, Julius Randle, and Fred VanVleet – reached contract agreements with their respective teams well before the first day of free agency, it was still an eventful June 30 in the NBA, with news of deals coming in both […]...2025
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• NBA free agent live tracker: Every deal and trade of 2025 summer in one spot

Photo by Katelyn Mulcahy/Getty Images Let’s keep track of every move of 2025 NBA free agency. It feels like only yesterday that the Oklahoma City Thunder were crowned 2025 NBA champions, but the offseason flurry already has the basketball world moving on to next year. The 2025 NBA Draft has come and gone with instant grades, winners and losers, and a way-too-early 2026 mock draft. Now it’s...2025
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• 4 NBA free agency winners and 3 losers after wave of 2025 player movement
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• NBA Free Agency Rumors: Timberwolves will officially lose key player + latest on Lakers, Warriors

Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images LeBron James potentially soft-launching a trade request isn’t the only notable news that came out before NBA free agency officially begins. With the official start of NBA free agency just a little over 24 hours away, let’s dive into some of the latest rumors and reporting around what various players and teams will do when it opens. Wolves say...2025
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• College basketball’s 6 biggest winners and losers from NBA Draft withdrawal deadline

Here the biggest winners and losers from the 2025 NBA Draft college withdrawal deadline. The strength of the 2025 NBA Draft class was always going to be threatened by the NIL money flowing through college basketball. Now that college players have the opportunity to make millions per season and offer themselves up to the highest bidder via the transfer portal at the end of every year, the allure of...2025
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• Ranking NBA’s final 4 teams in 2025 Playoffs by most likely to win it all

Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images Let’s rank the four teams left standing in the 2025 NBA Playoffs. The Boston Celtics’ dream of repeating as champions is dead, the best player in the world has been eliminated, and the No. 1 seed the East is already on vacation. The second round of the 2025 NBA Playoffs was full of carnage, and no one could have anticipated the last four teams left standing....2025
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• Draymond Green ‘Sick’ of League & Officials ‘Agenda’

Draymond Green is now just two techs away from getting suspended in the playoffs, after picking up a technical during a dead-ball situation in a 117–93 win Game 2 loss against the Timberwolves. The tech happened when Green flailed his arms after getting fouled by Naz Reid. Reid fell, the play went to review, and […] The post Draymond Green ‘Sick’ of League & Officials ‘...2025
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• NBA Playoffs’ final 8 teams ranked by their 2025 championship chances

Let’s rank the last eight teams standing in the 2025 NBA Playoffs by their chances of winning it all. The first-round of the 2025 NBA Playoffs proved the difference between the regular season and the postseason. The games were slower and more physical, with offensive rebounding and the turnover battle often being spotlighted as possessions came at a premium. Depth and youth also reigned supreme, w...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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• Update: Five Players Suspended After Pistons-Timberwolves Brawl
The NBA has suspended five players following Sunday night’s skirmish between the Detroit Pistons and Minnesota Timberwolves. Pistons center Isaiah Stewart faces the harshest penalty, a two-game suspension, due to his history of unsportsmanlike conduct. Teammates Marcus Sasser and Ron Holland II were each given one-game suspensions. Minnesota’s Donte DiVincenzo and Naz Reid also receive...2025
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• Five players suspended, Isaiah Stewart for two games, for roles in Pistons, Timberwolves altercation
Detroit's Ron Holland II and Marcus Sasser, and Minnesota's Naz Reid and Donte DiVincenzo each got one game....2025
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• Isaiah Stewart Suspended Two Games; DiVincenzo, Holland, Reid, Sasser Get One-Game Bans

The NBA has issued the following suspensions following Sunday's altercation between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Detroit Pistons. The incident began when Ron Holland II committed a defensive foul on Naz Reid with 8:36 remaining in the second quarter of the Timberwolves' 123-104 victory over the Pistons on March 30 at Target Center. Following that foul, Reid pointed at and confronted Holland. Ho...2025
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• Ranking NBA’s final 4 teams in 2025 Playoffs by most likely to win it all
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• 5 NBA players who could be the next Dyson Daniels

Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images Dyson Daniels’ emergence in a new role with the Atlanta Hawks made us wonder: Which other players could be stars in their role hidden in plain sight? Due to the sheer scale of international soccer, there are regularly not enough opportunities for developing players on good teams. The leagues solved this problem by creating an elaborate loan system, wh...2024
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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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"An altercation between Naz Reid and Ron Holland boiled over on Sunday"

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"Timberwolves forward Naz Reid was named the 2023-24 NBA Sixth Man of the Year on Wednesday night."

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"5 attempts per 100 possessions Number 21 Naz Reid is a stretch-five who shot 34."

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"He was initially […] In the absence of the Timberwolves’ twin towers, Naz Reid has stepped up - Hoops Habit - Hoops Habit - NBA News, Rumors, Analysis, Opinion and Stats"

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"Via Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN: Minnesota's Anthony Edwards and Naz Reid have cleared Covid protocols too, sources tell ESPN."

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"The Minnesota Timberwolves will sign undrafted LSU big man Naz Reid to a two-way contract, Shams Charania of The Athletic tweets."

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"The post LSU-Bound Naz Reid Looks To Follow In The Footsteps Of Another Jersey Great appeared first on SLAMonline."

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"The post Class of 2018 Five-Star Recruit Naz Reid Showing Out on AAU Circuit appeared first on SLAMonline."

• These three players could become key rotational pieces for the Timberwolves in 2025-26
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• 4 NBA free agency winners and 3 losers after wave of 2025 player movement
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• NBA 2025 Free Agency: June 30 Recap
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• NBA free agent live tracker: Every deal and trade of 2025 summer in one spot
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• NBA Free Agency 2025: 5 Best Forwards Available
What once looked like a mouth-watering forward free agent class has been whittled down pretty quickly. First, LeBron James opted into the final year of his deal. That was followed by the news both Julius Randle and Naz Reid will be signing extensions with the Minnesota Timberwolves. Right at his deadline, Bobby Portis has declined […] The post NBA Free Agency 2025: 5 Best Forwards Available ...2025
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• NBA Free Agency Rumors: Timberwolves will officially lose key player + latest on Lakers, Warriors
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• Julius Randle, Wolves Agree To Three-Year, $100M Contract

Julius Randle and the Minnesota Timberwolves have agreed to a three-year contract worth $100 million. Randle will opt out for next season in order to sign the new deal with Minnesota. The contract will carry a player option for the 2027-28 season. Randle was acquired by the Wolves ahead of last season in the trade that sent Karl-Anthony Towns to the New York Knicks. The Timberwolves have now locke...2025
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• Pistons, Hawks Contenders To Sign Nickeil Alexander-Walker

Nickeil Alexander-Walker has emerged as one of the better free agents available this offseason. The Detroit Pistons and Atlanta Hawks are contenders to sign Alexander-Walker. Both teams would likely offer deals starting near or at the Non-Taxpayer MLE amount of $14.1 million. The Minnesota Timberwolves luxury tax and apron status means that Alexander-Walker could be available this summer for more ...2025
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• Pistons Were Preparing To Make Offer For Naz Reid In Free Agency

The Detroit Pistons were preparing to create enough cap space this summer to make an offer for big man Naz Reid. However, Reid has agreed to a five-year, $125 million contract to stay with the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Pistons may consider making a run at Memphis Grizzlies restricted free agent big man Santi Aldama. Detroit would like to add a stretch big to their frontcourt group. Wolves guard ...2025
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• Pistons, Clippers Eyeing Nickeil Alexander-Walker?
After the Timberwolves reached a five-year, $125MM contract agreement with big man Naz Reid on Friday, there’s a “growing belief” that they’ll bring back power forward Julius Randle on a new multiyear deal as well, reports Jake Fischer of The Stein Line (Substack link). That might make Nickeil Alexander-Walker the odd man out in Minnesota, […]...2025
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• Julius Randle, Wolves Agree To Three-Year, $100M Contract
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• Naz Reid Always Said He Was Staying
Just before 1:00 am on April 26, Naz Reid and Jaden McDaniels sat side by side after a 116-104 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers. The Game 3 victory gave the Minnesota Timberwolves a 2-1 series lead, with Game 4 forty-eight hours later at the Target Center. Reid had performed well, going 4 for 7 from the field for an efficient 11 points....2025
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• Naz Reid, Wolves Agree To Five-Year, $125M Contract

Naz Reid has agreed to sign a five-year, $125 million contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves. Reid is declining his $15 million player option for the 2025-26 season to sign the new contract. Reid, who is represented by Sean Kennedy, will have a player option in Year 5 as part of the new contract. Reid signed a three-year, $42 million contract in June 2023. Reid averaged 14.2 points, 6.0 rebounds...2025
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• Nickeil Alexander-Walker Less Likely To Remain With Wolves Than Julius Randle, Naz Reid
The Minnesota Timberwolves have three key free this offseason in Julius Randle, Naz Reid and Nickeil Alexander-Walker. The Wolves could theoretically keep all three players, but keeping both Randle and Reid appears more likely than also retaining Alexander-Walker along with them. Alexander-Walker's value around the NBA has increased significantly over the past two seasons with the Wolves. "The Ti...2025
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• 6 Kevin Durant trade packages from his biggest suitors, ranked by best fit

Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images Where will KD land? Here the trade packages to consider for the Suns. For months, the worst kept secret in the NBA has been that Kevin Durant is going to get traded as soon as the offseason arrives. With the 2025 NBA Finals nearing a conclusion and the NBA Draft right around the corner on June 25, the Phoenix Suns are zeroing in on offers for Durant, and a conc...2025
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• Naz Reid Expected To Decline $15M Player Option

Naz Reid is expected to decline his player option worth $15 million and become a free agent, according to Jake Fischer of The People's Insider. Reid averaged 14.2 points and 6.0 rebounds this season. Wolves' teammate Julius Randle also has a player option heading into the summer, while Nickeil Alexander-Walker will be a free agent. The Wolves plan to be aggressive in upgrading its roster over thi...2025
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• College basketball’s 6 biggest winners and losers from NBA Draft withdrawal deadline
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• Ranking NBA’s final 4 teams in 2025 Playoffs by most likely to win it all
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• Northwest Notes: Reid, Edwards, Caruso, Blazers
After winning the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year award last season, Timberwolves big man Naz Reid placed fifth in 2024/25, earning just a single first-place vote. But he played a similar role in Minnesota this season, establishing new career highs in points (14.2), rebounds (6.0), and assists (2.3) per game. As Jon Krawczynski of […]...2025
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• Wolves’ Kevin Durant trade offer would be a huge overpay if true

Photo by Kelsey Grant/Getty Images The Wolves should be careful not to put too much on the table for Kevin Durant. Kevin Durant is going to be traded, and it could happen at any minute. The Phoenix Suns have been parsing through offers for the superstar scorer on the brink of his 37th birthday. Durant reportedly has a preference to go to the San Antonio Spurs, and he’s also interested in j...2025
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• Wolves’ Naz Reid Refuses To Relax Despite Comfortable 2–1 Lead vs. Stephen Curry-Less Warriors
Naz Reid urges focus as Timberwolves take 2-1 lead over Warriors. Minnesota eyes Game 4 win with Curry out and momentum on their side....2025
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• The Wolves Are Slowing Things Down To Grind Out Wins
Naz Reid spoke on what it took to steal a win in Golden State after Saturday night’s 102-97 rock fight to take a 2-1 series lead. “Defense. Defense,” Neid said. “Stuff happens, not gonna play perfect for 82-plus games, so you have to figure out how to dog the game out and win it.” Naz would bring up defense again when reflecting on the game moments later....2025
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• Predicting one breakout player for each NBA team in 2024: Western Conference Edition

Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images The start of the NBA season is here, so let’s predict one breakout player from each Western Conference team ahead of the 2024-25 campaign. Editor’s Note: This is the Western Conference edition of our series on breakout player candidates for each NBA team in the 2024-25 season. The Eastern Conference edition can be read here. Every year, each team op...2024
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• 10 Knicks-Timberwolves trade winners and losers from stunning Karl-Anthony Towns deal

Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images Here are 10 winners and losers from the blockbuster trade between the Knicks and the Timberwolves. The NBA was hit with a monster trade between two legitimate championship contenders just days before most of the league’s teams report to training camp for the new season. Karl-Anthony Towns is now a member of the New York Knicks. Julius Randle and Donte ...2024
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• Grading Knicks-Wolves blockbuster trade sending Karl-Anthony Towns to New York

Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images Let’s grade the Knicks-Timberwolves trade that sends Karl-Anthony Towns to New York. The new NBA season is almost here, but the offseason still had one last flurry of fireworks before close. The New York Knicks are acquiring Karl-Anthony Towns from the Minnesota Timberwolves in exchange for Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo, and a protected ...2024
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• An ode to Karl-Anthony Towns, the most annoying guy in the NBA

Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images Karl-Anthony Towns made us cheer, cry and cringe during the 2024 NBA playoffs. In 2022, after walking off the court like Eva Perón as portrayed by Madonna, after finishing seventh in the West and bowing out with an unremarkable, 2-4 first round loss to the Memphis Grizzlies, Minnesota Timberwolves Center Karl Anthony Towns took out a one-page ad that...2024
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• WATCH: Timberwolves-Pistons fight spills into stands as multiple players, coaches earn ejections

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• The top-75 NBA free agents in 2023, ranked
Let’s rank the top free agents in the NBA. Young NBA superstars don’t hit free agency like they used to, but championships can still be won or lost with signings in the offseason. This summer’s free agent crop is headlined by several big-name veterans expected to hit the open market, and includes plenty intriguing talents available at a variety of price points. When we did this list a year ago, J...2023
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• Wolves, center Reid agree on 3-year, $42M deal

Naz Reid and the Minnesota Timberwolves have agreed on a three-year, $42 million deal with a player option, his agents told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski....2023
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• Timberwolves, C Naz Reid agree to 3-year, $42 million contract: Why the timing is key
The Minnesota Timberwolves and center Naz Reid have agreed to a three-year, $42 million contract with a player option, his agent Sean Kennedy from Excel Sports confirmed to The Athletic on Sunday. ESPN first reported the news. Here’s what you need to know: Reid, 23, signed with the Timberwolves in 2019 as an undrafted free agent out of LSU. He averaged a career-high 11.5 points on 53.7 perc...2023
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• Reid edges Monk in closest-ever NBA 6th Man vote

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• Wolves' Naz Reid named NBA Sixth Man of the Year, and he was ironically helped by strong stretch as starter

Reid helped the Timberwolves earn a No. 3 seed in the Western Conference...2024
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• Timberwolves’ Naz Reid wins 2024 NBA Sixth Man of the Year
Minnesota Timberwolves center Naz Reid was named the 2024 NBA Sixth Man of the Year, the league announced Wednesday. Reid earned 45 first-place votes and 352 total points, narrowly beating out the Sacramento Kings’ Malik Monk, who had 43 first-place votes and 342 total points. Milwaukee Bucks forward Bobby Portis Jr. — the third finalist — earned five first-place votes and 81 total points. ...2024
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• LSU-Bound Naz Reid Looks To Follow In The Footsteps Of Another Jersey Great

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• Dr. A's weekly risers and fallers: Naz Reid, Jordan Poole make the list

Who are the fantasy basketball players on the rise? Whose fantasy value is falling? Steve Alexander lays it all out for you in his weekly look around the NBA....2023
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• 4 NBA free agency winners and 3 losers after wave of 2025 player movement
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• NBA free agent live tracker: Every deal and trade of 2025 summer in one spot
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• Julius Randle, Wolves Agree To Three-Year, $100M Contract
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• Pistons, Hawks Contenders To Sign Nickeil Alexander-Walker
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• Nickeil Alexander-Walker Less Likely To Remain With Wolves Than Julius Randle, Naz Reid
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• Wolves’ Kevin Durant trade offer would be a huge overpay if true
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• 6 Kevin Durant trade packages from his biggest suitors, ranked by best fit
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• Pistons reportedly interested in adding Myles Turner, Naz Reid after first playoff appearance since 2019

The Pistons want to add a stretch five this summer, and have their eyes on options in Indiana and Minnesota...2025
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• ‘If You Want To Be in a Winning Position…’ – Naz Reid Breaks Silence on Timberwolves Future Ahead of NBA Free Agency
Naz Reid opens up about his NBA future, balancing starting ambitions with team success after Timberwolves’ playoff exit....2025
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• NBA Hawk-Eye technology changed 2 huge calls in playoffs for the better

Aaron Gordon’s buzzer-beater dunk was made possible by new NBA technology changing reviews The NBA signed an agreement with Hawk-Eye tracking technology in March of 2023 in an attempt to bring more accuracy to replay reviews. Hawk-Eye had already revolutionized soccer as the company behind VAR, with automated offside and goal line calls being adopted by FIFA, while also replacing line judges at ma...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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• 5 NBA players who could be the next Dyson Daniels
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• 10 Knicks-Timberwolves trade winners and losers from stunning Karl-Anthony Towns deal
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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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• Minnesota Vikings News and Links, 21 May 2024

Photo by Mike Mulholland/Getty Images When will the Minnesota Vikings extend Justin Jefferson? Well, I think the Justin Jefferson contract extension will probably be in the “news” up until it gets done right? He definitely should get more than A.J. Brown who received 32M per year in his new deal. Brown has 379 receptions for 5,947 yards and 42 TDs through 5 seasons. JJ has 392 receptions f...2024
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• ‘Get it done’: An inside look at how the Timberwolves secured Naz Reid at the free agency buzzer
Inside the moves and front office thinking that led to a deal that secured one of Minnesota's key pieces for the future....2023