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• Why Is Minnesota’s Defense So Discombobulated?
The Minnesota Timberwolves defense limits opponents’ shots at the rim with aplomb. It’s well-versed at switching on screens and being flexible with matchups. It can also beat opponents down the floor to prevent easy buckets in transition. Just not all at once. The Wolves had the best defense in the NBA last year by a large margin. Rudy Gobert and Co....2024
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• 10 NBA takeaways after 10 games of the season, starring Nikola Jokic, Celtics, Knicks, and more

Photo by Cole Burston/Getty Images Here are our 10 biggest takeaways from the new NBA season so far. The 2024-25 NBA season is underway, and it’s already proven to be full of surprises. The Philadelphia 76ers and Milwaukee Bucks were supposed to be fringe championship contenders, but so far both are among the worst teams in the league. The Dallas Mavericks and Minnesota Timberwolves were s...2024
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• Karl-Anthony Towns: I Feel Like I'm A Better Version Of Myself

Karl-Anthony Towns has had a good start to the season with the New York Knicks as he's back to playing center full time for the first time in two years. "I don't just lose the ability to play the five," Towns said on Friday when asked about being back at center. Towns says his play is "just being able to do what I did a lot of years at the five." "I feel I'm a better version of myself," Towns said...2024
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• Rudy Gobert Is A Modern-Day Gladiator
Russell Crowe bellowed, “Are you not entertained? Are you not entertained? Is this not why you are here?” to a silent crowd after quickly defeating four of his opponents as Maximus in the 2000 blockbuster film Gladiator....2024
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• Should you panic or be patient with Gobert, Simons and the rookie class?
Andre Snellings explains whether to move on or wait it out on Rudy Gobert, Anfernee Simons and several rookies....2024
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• The Edwards-Randle Pairing Is Already Better Than Anticipated
It took Anthony Edwards ten games to record his first dunk in 2022. Until that point, he averaged 23.2 points on 45.7% from the floor. Still, many were concerned that his lack of explosiveness around the rim was attributed to a poor fit next to Rudy Gobert. Gobert didn’t play in the game where Edwards dunked for the first time, only feeding into that belief....2024
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• 10 NBA takeaways after 10 games of the season, starring Nikola Jokic, Celtics, Knicks, and more
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• Every NBA team ranked by its 2025 championship chances to start season

Photo by Jacob Kupferman/Getty Images Let’s rank every team in the NBA by their 2025 championship chances to start the season. The start of a new NBA season is the ultimate time for optimism. Every team is undefeated, and each organization’s season-long goals are still within reach. The NBA is fully entrenched in its parity era. The league has had a different champion each of the last six ...2024
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• Dunc'd On: 2024-25 Season Outlooks: Philadelphia 76ers with Derek Bodner + Minnesota Timberwolves with Jon Krawczynski

Derek Bodner of PHLY is our guest to discuss one of the most anticipated seasons in Sixers history. Can Joel Embiid be the same player after knee surgery? Is there even more in the tank from Tyrese Maxey this year? What exactly are the Sixers getting with Paul George at this stage of his career? How will Nick Nurse build out the rotation behind the big 3? Can any of their less-heralded players em...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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• Tim Connelly Wants Wolves To Keep Rudy Gobert 'For A Long Time'

Minnesota Timberwolves president of basketball operations Tim Connelly joined Darren Wolfson for an interview from the Minnesota State Fair. Connelly touched on a wide range of topics, including Wolves center Rudy Gobert. Gobert is eligible to sign a contract extension with Minnesota. Without getting into specifics, the Wolves front office leader said he hopes Gobert is with the team for years to ...2024
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• 8 NBA teams that can win the 2025 championship

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images These are the only teams that can win the 2025 NBA championship. Defining success in the NBA always comes back to preseason expectations. Some teams are just trying to get better in the regular season and advance a round further in the playoffs, while others are hoping not to fall too far behind their rivals. There’s already a class of teams whose best c...2024
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• France benched Rudy Gobert to save its Olympics basketball run

Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images France benched Rudy Gobert to pull off two huge upsets in the Olympics. Rudy Gobert has been the star player during the best years in the history of France men’s basketball. With Gobert as its starting center, France won a silver medal in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics and 2022 Eurobasket, and took home bronze in the 2019 FIBA World Cup. Even as ...2024
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• Rudy Gobert injures his left ring finger but should be available for semifinal vs. Germany
Last match against Canada, it was quite the surprise not to see Rudy Gobert in France’s starting lineup. Apparently, the Minnesota star is currently dealing with an undisclosed injury on his left ring finger, and was only able to compete during three minutes of his nation’s quarterfinal victory in the Paris Olympics. French coach Vincent […] The post Rudy Gobert injures his left...2024
• Rudy Gobert Has MRI On Left Finger Injury

Rudy Gobert is dealing with an undisclosed left ring finger injury, he revealed following France's win over Canada on Tuesday. Gobert played just three minutes in the game for "several reasons." "There were several reasons why I didn't play, between the matchups but also what can happen in training, with the injuries," said Gobert. France coach Vincent Collet confirmed that Gobert had an MRI on th...2024

• The NBA Draft’s 60 best prospects in 2024, ranked

Photo by Emrah Yorulmaz/Anadolu via Getty Images Here’s our final top-60 big board for the 2024 NBA Draft. The 2024 NBA Draft feels like the weakest class to enter the league in a decade. You have to go back to 2013 for the last time a draft had such a distinct lack of starpower at the top, but that class also offers some valuable lessons for this one. Anthony Bennett was a shocking No. 1 ...2024
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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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• NBA Friday Roundup: Damian Lillard's 51 Points Trip History-Hunting Warriors
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2024
"Rudy Gobert implies NBA referees are influenced by gambling after making money sign at officials"

2023
"Rudy Gobert says NBA is conspiring against Wolves as part of big-market playoff agenda: 'It's just so obvious'"

2022
"Jazz center Rudy Gobert fined $25,000 for using profanity in interview after Game 4 win over Mavericks"

2021
"After these announcements, Frenchman Rudy Gobert […] The post Pau Gasol gets heartfelt message from Rudy Gobert after retiring from Spanish national team appeared first on ClutchPoints."

2020
"Donovan Mitchell is the second Jazz player to test positive for contracting the coronavirus, sources told ESPN, joining Rudy Gobert, whose diagnosis led to the postponement of Wednesday's game against the Thunder."

2019
"Heat's Derrick Jones Jr. puts Rudy Gobert on a poster with one of the nastiest dunks you'll ever see"

2018
"Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert returns from knee injury"

2017
"The post Rudy Gobert Injures Knee on First Playoff Possession appeared first on SLAMonline."

2016
"To his credit, the 19-year-old guard took the prank in stride:Booker is probably just happy he didn't get the same treatment Dion Waiters or Rudy Gobert did back in their rookie years."

2015
"Lillard finished that play with a tomahawk jam over Utah center Rudy Gobert."

2014
"Memphis Grizzlies backup forward Vince Carter stepped into a time machine Monday night, raining down a ferocious dunk over 7-foot-2 Rudy Gobert of the Utah Jazz."

• 10 NBA takeaways after 10 games of the season, starring Nikola Jokic, Celtics, Knicks, and more
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• The Wolves Are Conquering Frontcourt Spacing Issues Again
The national media heavily scrutinized the Minnesota Timberwolves when they traded most of their draft capital for Rudy Gobert two years ago. Some of the negativity arose from the price paid for Gobert. But much of the dialogue surrounded Minnesota’s spacing and fit of two 7-footers in Gobert and Karl-Anthony Towns within the front court....2024
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• Northwest Notes: Gobert, Reid, Braun, Jokic, Blazers
Rudy Gobert recognized that if he opted into his player option that would have been worth close to $47MM this offseason, it would have hindered the chances of the Timberwolves re-signing key pieces in Naz Reid, Nickeil Alexander-Walker and Julius Randle. That’s why, according to The Athletic’s Jon Krawczynski, he sought after a “win-win” deal […]...2024
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• RealGM Radio: Kyle Neubeck On The Sixers, Keith Smith On The Latest Contract Extensions

Host Wes Goldberg is joined by Kyle Neubeck of PHLY Sports and Keith Smith of Spotrac. Goldberg and Neubeck discuss the NBA's investigation into Joel Embiid and the Philadelphia 76ers, plus takeaways from their opening night loss against the Milwaukee Bucks. Smith joins to talk about the contract extensions that did and did not happen this week including Jalen Green, Alperen Sengun, Jalen Suggs, J...2024
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• Timberwolves Agree to Three-Year Extension With Rudy Gobert
The Minnesota Timberwolves have agreed to a three-year contract extension with their reigning Defensive Player of the Year, Rudy Gobert. The deal is for reportedly $110 million. As a result, the French big man will decline his $46.6 million player option for 2025-26 which gives the Timberwolves more flexibility and some longer-term flexibility for Gobert […] The post Timberwolves Agree to Th...2024
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• The Wolves Doubled Down On Their Defensive Identity With the Gobert Extension

In a surprising move before their first game Tuesday night, the Minnesota Timberwolves agreed to a contract extension with their four-time Defensive Player of the Year winner Rudy Gobert. Shams Charania broke the news minutes before the season’s opening night tip-off against the Los Angeles Lakers. The Timberwolves had locked Gobert in for at least two more seasons. Gobert had a $46....2024
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• Anonymous NBA Player Rips Rudy Gobert: ‘How Does This Guy Keep Getting Paid?’
According to NBA insider Shams Charania of ESPN, the Minnesota Timberwolves signed Rudy Gobert to a three-year, $110 million contract extension. Gobert declined his $46.6 million player option for the 2025-26 season and received a new contract and one NBA player — who wants to stay anonymous — doesn’t understand how the Timberwolves big man […] The post Anonymous NBA ...2024
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• Rudy Gobert agrees to three-year, $110 million contract extension to stay in Minnesota

The four-time Defensive Player of the Year is the anchor in the paint for the Timberwolves....2024
• Rudy Gobert, Wolves Agree To Three-Year, $110M Extension
Rudy Gobert and the Minnesota Timberwolves have agreed to a three-year, $110 million extension. Gobert is declining his $46.6 million player option for 25-26 and will receive a completely new contract that gives the Wolves more flexibility and longer term security for him. Gobert has a player option for Year 3 of the extension. Gobert also will have a trade kicker in his new deal. The Wolves acqui...2024
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• Sources: Wolves extend Gobert for 3 years, $110M
Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert has reached a three-year, $110 million contract extension, sources told ESPN on Tuesday night....2024

• 10 NBA takeaways after 10 games of the season, starring Nikola Jokic, Celtics, Knicks, and more
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• The Edwards-Randle Pairing Is Already Better Than Anticipated
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• Can Julius Randle Get Buy-In From Wolves Fans?
With 10:06 left between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Los Angeles Lakers in the third quarter, Anthony Davis shot a pair of free throws with his team ahead by 16 points. Julius Randle was lined up across from Rudy Gobert, with Rui Hachimura to Gobert’s right and Austin Reaves to Randle’s left. Reaves acted like he would run back on defense as Davis shot his second free throw....2024
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• Timberwolves Agree to Three-Year Extension With Rudy Gobert
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• Every NBA team ranked by its 2025 championship chances to start season
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• Dunc'd On: 2024-25 Season Outlooks: Philadelphia 76ers with Derek Bodner + Minnesota Timberwolves with Jon Krawczynski
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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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• People Continue To Criticize Rudy Gobert For the Wrong Reasons
At this stage of his career, Rudy Gobert has become accustomed to consistent criticism. His four Defensive Player of the Year awards have garnered plenty of talking points, with many often misunderstanding him as a player. People’s arguments have always been too heavily weighed on the aesthetics of his game rather than his true impact....2024
• France benched Rudy Gobert to save its Olympics basketball run
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• Olympics’ final 4 men’s basketball teams, ranked by gold medal chances in Paris

Skalij/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Let’s rank the final four teams in the men’s basketball tournament at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Twelve teams entered the men’s basketball tournament at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Now only four remain. The United States, Germany, France, and Serbia advanced to the semifinals on Tuesday in a thrilling day of action that included big upsets and historic ...2024
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• 10 NBA takeaways after 10 games of the season, starring Nikola Jokic, Celtics, Knicks, and more
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• Nikola Jokic called out Timberwolves’ play, and Minnesota’s stars couldn’t believe it

The Wolves jokingly accused Nikola Jokic of being a spy after he called out their fourth quarter play. The Denver Nuggets and Minnesota Timberwolves are quickly building one of the NBA’s best rivalries. There’s so much shared DNA between the two franchises, starting with lead executive Tim Connelly jumping to Denver to Minnesota after laying the foundation for the Nuggets’ 2023 championship team. ...2024
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• Nuggets' Braun rues taunting Gobert after dunk
The Nuggets' Christian Braun took the blame after his celebration after a dunk caused a confrontation with Rudy Gobert, leading to double technical fouls that halted Denver's momentum....2024
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• Rudy Gobert And the Wolves Need To Send TNT A Message On Tuesday

After Rudy Gobert won his fourth Defensive Player of the Year award on May 7, he joined the Inside the NBA crew on TNT. It was a joyous time for Gobert. He missed Game 2 of the second round against the Denver Nuggets because his girlfriend gave birth the day prior....2024
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• Dunc'd On: 2024-25 Season Outlooks: Philadelphia 76ers with Derek Bodner + Minnesota Timberwolves with Jon Krawczynski
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• Karl-Anthony Towns made incredible gesture to Timberwolves writer after Knicks trade

Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images Karl-Anthony Towns made a wonderful gesture to a young fan on his way out of Minnesota. Karl-Anthony Towns practically lived his entire adult life in Minnesota. Since being selected by the Timberwolves with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2015 NBA Draft, Towns was a franchise pillar with the Wolves through thick and thin. Towns entered the o...2024
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• 10 Knicks-Timberwolves trade winners and losers from stunning Karl-Anthony Towns deal
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• Grading Knicks-Wolves blockbuster trade sending Karl-Anthony Towns to New York
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• Charles Barkley saying the WNBA is ‘petty’ and ‘jealous’ of Caitlin Clark is a wild lack of self-awareness

Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images On “The Bill Simmons Podcast,” Charles Barkley had a hilariously hypocritical critique of how the WNBA has welcomed Caitlin Clark. Charles Barkley has become one of the most popular and well-liked sports media personalities across the NBA and sports in general in recent years. Most of that is due to him being a direct contrast to the modern cliche talk...2024
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• 8 NBA teams that can win the 2025 championship
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• Sources: Mitchell now second Jazz player with virus
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• Donovan Mitchell Tests Positive For Coronavirus
A second Utah Jazz player has tested positive for coronavirus, Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN reports, as Donovan Mitchell officially joins Rudy Gobert with the illness. While Gobert had been on the team’s injury report prior to the Wednesday night game that was ultimately postponed, Mitchell was not and had been playing consistently for the Jazz […] The post Donovan Mitchell Tests Positiv...2020
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• Damian Lillard Blows by Defender to Dunk on 7'1" Rudy Gobert, Does Stank Face
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• DeMar DeRozan Throws Down Vicious Dunk on Rudy Gobert (VIDEO)
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• 'NBA Live 16' Demo Features Player Avatars That Look Nothing Like Them
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• Utah Jazz C Rudy Gobert Owns Twitter Troll with 'Dragon Ball Z' Reference
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• Sources: Jazz center Gobert has coronavirus
The NBA didn't say which Jazz player tested positive for COVID-19, but sources told ESPN that it is center Rudy Gobert....2020
• Jimmy Butler Reportedly Wins Most Improved Player Award for 2014-15 NBA Season
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• Dr. A's weekly risers and fallers: Jaden Ivey, Rudy Gobert 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....2024
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• 2015 NBA Rising Stars Challenge Features USA vs. World Format
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• Why Is Minnesota’s Defense So Discombobulated?
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• 10 NBA takeaways after 10 games of the season, starring Nikola Jokic, Celtics, Knicks, and more
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• Nikola Jokic called out Timberwolves’ play, and Minnesota’s stars couldn’t believe it
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• Rudy Gobert Agrees To Three-Year, $110MM Extension With Timberwolves

The Timberwolves and center Rudy Gobert have agreed to a three-year, $110MM extension, Shams Charania of ESPN tweets. It’s an unexpected development, considering Minnesota traded away Gobert’s frontcourt partner, Karl-Anthony Towns, this offseason at the start of Towns’ max extension. Gobert, 32, is scheduled to make $43,827,587 this season on his current deal. He had […]...2024
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• Every NBA team ranked by its 2025 championship chances to start season
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• Dunc'd On: 2024-25 Season Outlooks: Philadelphia 76ers with Derek Bodner + Minnesota Timberwolves with Jon Krawczynski
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• Nuggets Notes: Towns, Saric, Gordon, Westbrook
With Karl-Anthony Towns now a member of the Knicks, the Timberwolves no longer present major matchup problems for the Nuggets, according to Bennett Durando of the Denver Post. Denver was eliminated by Minnesota in last season’s playoffs in part because of the Timberwolves’ big man duo of Towns and Rudy Gobert. The Nuggets’ starting lineup […]...2024
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• Karl-Anthony Towns made incredible gesture to Timberwolves writer after Knicks trade
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• 10 Knicks-Timberwolves trade winners and losers from stunning Karl-Anthony Towns deal
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• Grading Knicks-Wolves blockbuster trade sending Karl-Anthony Towns to New York
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• 10 NBA takeaways after 10 games of the season, starring Nikola Jokic, Celtics, Knicks, and more
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• Karl-Anthony Towns made incredible gesture to Timberwolves writer after Knicks trade
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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
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• 8 NBA teams that can win the 2025 championship
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• NBA Draft winners and losers: 4 teams who crushed it, 1 perfect fit, and 3 bad moments

Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images Here’s our 2024 NBA Draft winners and losers so far. For a class that didn’t have much excitement around it, the 2024 NBA Draft sure did produce a lot of interesting moments. There was Isaiah Collier falling to the bottom of the first round to the Utah Jazz, the Timberwolves making a bold trade into the top-10, Pistons going with a best player available st...2024
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• Wolves Hope To Avoid Trading Karl-Anthony Towns Despite Tax Implications

The Minnesota Timberwolves plan on retaining Karl-Anthony Towns despite the tax implications for the franchise, sources tell ESPN's Zach Lowe. Towns has long been connected to the New York Knicks if the Wolves ever decided to trade him, but their ability to make another major trade has effectively been eliminated following their acquisition of Mikal Bridges. Towns is a CAA client, represented by ...2024
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• The NBA Draft’s 60 best prospects in 2024, ranked
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• Rudy Gobert missed NBA Playoffs game for child birth 9 months after joking he lost virginity

Photo by David Sherman/NBAE via Getty Images Congrats on the sex, Rudy. Rudy Gobert missed Game 2 of the Wolves series against the Nuggets to be there for the birth of his child, but it’s the interesting timing of the birth that has people a little curious on Tuesday morning. That’s because nine months ago, almost to the day, he hit his first three pointer and had a curious quote about it....2024
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• New York Jets Flight Connections 4/24/24

Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images Bringing your daily links to the NFL’s New York Jets Good morning, Gang Green Nation. I hope you’re all having a great start to the day. Tomorrow is the official start of the NFL draft, and I don’t know about you, but I’m incredibly excited. The New York Jets find themselves in a good position, sitting at tenth in the draft. They have the potential to ...2024
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