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• Pelinka Confirms Upgrading Frontcourt Will Be High Priority For Lakers
Following their trade of Anthony Davis and their decision to void a deadline deal for Mark Williams, the Lakers knew for months that a lack of frontcourt depth was a problem. That issue came to the forefront in Game 5 of their first-round series vs. Minnesota, as Rudy Gobert and the Timberwolves dominated Los Angeles […]...2025
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• What Timberwolves Can Carry Into Round 2 After Running Through the Lakers

The Minnesota Timberwolves are headed back to the Western Conference semifinals, and they’re not just making history — they’re making a statement. Behind a stifling defense, a breakout performance from Rudy Gobert, and a well-timed dose of Anthony Edwards stardom, the Wolves closed out the Los Angeles Lakers with a 103-96 win in Game 5 […] The post What Timberwolves Can Carry Into Roun...2025
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• VIDEO: Watch Wolves Rudy Gobert post career highs in Lakers elimination
Wolves star Anthony Edwards walked into the post-game news conference shouting “Ant-Man, Superman, Lakers in five.” They had just beat the third-seeded Lakers 4-1 in the series and were advancing to the second round of the playoffs against all odds. The young Minnesota guard wanted to mock all those fans and experts who picked the […] The post VIDEO: Watch Wolves Rudy Gobert pos...2025
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• Hornets' Mark Williams trolls Lakers on social media after Timberwolves eliminate LA in dominant fashion

The Lakers nearly acquired Williams at the trade deadline, and they certainly could've used him against Rudy Gobert and Co....2025
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• Nobody was happier about the Lakers being eliminated than Mark Williams

There’s still bad vibes between Mark Williams and the Lakers. The Lakers season is over. Los Angeles was eliminated on Wednesday night in a 4-1 series loss to the Timberwolves in a game where Rudy Gobert absolutely went off with 27 points and 24 rebounds in the 103-96 win. If only the Lakers had someone in the middle. Someone who could have helped them on both ends of the floor. If only they had s...2025
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• NBA playoffs 2025: Timberwolves eliminate Lakers behind 20-20 game from Rudy Gobert
Rudy Gobert had the best playoff game of his career, at a very bad time for the Lakers....2025

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• NBA Playoffs teams ranked by their 2025 championship chances

Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images Ranking every 2025 NBA Playoffs team by their chances to win it all The 2025 NBA Playoffs are here with three big favorites and a pool of contenders ready to play the spoiler. The Boston Celtics are trying to become the league’s first back-to-back champion since the 2017-2018 Golden State Warriors. Boston ran over the league on their way t...2025
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• NBA Playoffs predictions for 2025 bracket in every series, including the Finals

Photo by Zach Beeker/NBAE via Getty Images Let’s predict the 2025 NBA Playoffs The NBA Playoffs used to be boring, at least according to the skeptics. Upsets were few and far between, the best team was determined by who had the best individual player, and the best team almost always won. NBA fans endured four years of the Golden State Warriors vs. the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Finals....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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• Gobert returns as Wolves score season-high 141
Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert returned to action Sunday against San Antonio after a 10-game absence due to a lower back injury -- and joined in the team's highest-scoring game of the season....2025
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• Rudy Gobert, Mouhamed Gueye nearly hit by piece of falling Jumbotron at Target Center

A horn came crashing down to the court at the end of the first quarter of the Timberwolves’ win over the Hawks on Monday night....2025
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• Cooper Flagg is trending as one of the best NBA Draft prospects in modern history

Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images Cooper Flagg has somehow exceeded the stratospheric hype. The NBA had a premonition Cooper Flagg was bound for future superstardom long before he put on a Duke jersey. It was the NBA’s interest that convinced Flagg to reclassify, essentially skipping his senior year of high school to enroll in college at just 17 years old. It was at the NBA’s behest th...2025
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• Draymond Green’s wrestling move took down 2 Lakers, and he acted like it wasn’t a foul

Draymond Green was up to his usual tricks on Christmas. Stephen Curry and LeBron James gave us another classic chapter in their legendary rivalry on Christmas Day. The Los Angeles Lakers beat the Golden State Warriors, 115-113, on a driving layup from Austin Reaves in the final seconds, which capped an incredible shootout between the two legendary veteran superstars. As Curry and James put a sho...2024
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• Anthony Edwards blasts Timberwolves as ‘front runners’ with ‘agendas’ after latest loss

Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images Anthony Edwards teed off on the Timberwolves following a loss that dropped them to 12th place in the Western Conference. The Minnesota Timberwolves entered the season as a team looking to build on their dark horse Western Conference Finals run from last year, but are ending November just hoping to stay in the playoff hunt, and it’s safe to say f...2024
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• Rudy Gobert and Julius Randle beefing on court made Wolves unravel vs. Raptors

Photo by David Berding/Getty Images The Wolves were pointing fingers at each other as they melted down vs. the Raptors. The Minnesota Timberwolves enjoyed one of the finest seasons in franchise history last year, winning 56 games and advancing to the Western Conference Finals. The Wolves were seen as a young and ascendant team behind 23-year-old superstar Anthony Edwards, but with a big lu...2024
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• Nobody was happier about the Lakers being eliminated than Mark Williams
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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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"The Lakers nearly acquired Williams at the trade deadline, and they certainly could've used him against Rudy Gobert and Co."

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"Rudy Gobert implies NBA referees are influenced by gambling after making money sign at officials"

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

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

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"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."

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"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."

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

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"Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert returns from knee injury"

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

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"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."

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

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"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."

• Pelinka Confirms Upgrading Frontcourt Will Be High Priority For Lakers
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• Hornets' Mark Williams trolls Lakers on social media after Timberwolves eliminate LA in dominant fashion
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• Nobody was happier about the Lakers being eliminated than Mark Williams
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• NBA playoffs: Mark Williams hits Lakers with post-elimination emoji taunt after trade-deadline rejection

The Lakers sure could have used a player like Mark Williams against Rudy Gobert in Game 5....2025
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• NBA Playoffs overreactions for every series after 1 game of 2025 first round

Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images Let’s overreact to every first-round series of the 2025 NBA Playoffs after one game. The 2025 NBA Playoffs are underway, and some of the biggest storylines of the postseason are already coming into focus after one game in every first round series. The Oklahoma City Thunder showed why they are the favorites in the Western Conference by pulling off one of the...2025
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• Danny Wolf Leaves Michigan For 2025 NBA Draft

Danny Wolf will leave Michigan to declare for the 2025 NBA draft. Wolf is a projected first round pick and averaged 13.2 points, 9.7 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 1.4 blocks this season. "This season exceeded all expectations," Wolf said Wednesday. "We had an awesome year from a team standpoint. I didn't know what I was getting myself into with a brand-new roster and coaching staff, but Dusty May had...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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• 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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• 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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• Nobody was happier about the Lakers being eliminated than Mark Williams
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• Rudy Gobert, Julius Randle propel Timberwolves past Lakers and into second round

Rudy Gobert had 27 points, and the Timberwolves advanced in the NBA playoffs with a 103-96 win over the Lakers in Game 5 of their first-round series....2025
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• Rudy Gobert too much for small-ball Lakers, Timberwolves win 103-96 to take series 4-1, eliminate Lakers

Gobert had 27 points and 24 rebounds as the Timberwolves were too physical for the Lakers, in Game 5 and all series....2025
• NBA Fans React to the Lakers Elimination by the Timberwolves

The Lakers have been bumped in the first round by the Timberwolves and the NBA internet has some opinions. Minnesota defeated LA 103-96 in Game 5 to win the series 4-1. Rudy Gobert decided to have the best game of his life, dropping a playoff career high in points and rebounds (27 & 24), to […] The post NBA Fans React to the Lakers Elimination by the Timberwolves appeared first on Basket...2025
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• WATCH: Boogie Cousins calls Minnesota’s Rudy Gobert the most overrated player in the NBA
The Timberwolves were on the road Tuesday night to play the Lakers in Game 2 of the first round. In Game 1, Minnesota stunned Los Angeles and beat them 117-95. Against the Lakers in Game 2, the Timberwolves struggled as a team. They scored just 85 points in a loss to the Lakers. After the […] The post WATCH: Boogie Cousins calls Minnesota’s Rudy Gobert the most overrated player in the...2025
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• Danny Wolf Leaves Michigan For 2025 NBA Draft
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• Nets drop second straight after 117-91 loss to Timberwolves
Rudy Gobert matched his career high with 35 points and had 11 rebounds for Minnesota in a 117-91 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Friday night that put the Timberwolves on the brink of a top-six finish that would avoid the play-in games....2025
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• Why is the National Baseball Hall of Fame the most revered among sports?

Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images Very well might be a question without an answer. On Tuesday, the National Baseball Hall of Fame will announce its newest class of inductees. Here at Royals Review, our writers took a look at the ballot and voted a few weeks ago. That’s just one of—what?—hundreds, if not thousands, of articles across the land about the Hall of Fame and who will get the call. Like...2025
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• Cooper Flagg is trending as one of the best NBA Draft prospects in modern history
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• JJ Redick and Charles Barkley are now beefing over Inside the NBA coverage quality

Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images Charles Barkley did not mince words in response to a perceived slight about his show from the current Lakers head coach. NBA ratings were the highest on Christmas that they’ve been in five years, but in the weeks before, the media and online fans had to take part in their annual tradition of arguing about why the league’s ratings are down, whether it ma...2025
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• Anthony Edwards blasts Timberwolves as ‘front runners’ with ‘agendas’ after latest loss
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• Rudy Gobert and Julius Randle beefing on court made Wolves unravel vs. Raptors
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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• VIDEO: Watch Wolves Rudy Gobert post career highs in Lakers elimination
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• Nobody was happier about the Lakers being eliminated than Mark Williams
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• NBA playoffs 2025: Timberwolves eliminate Lakers behind 20-20 game from Rudy Gobert
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• Rudy Gobert makes playoff history in series-clincher

Rudy Gobert was universally mocked a year ago when Luka Doncic danced all over him and sent the Timberwolves packing. A year later, the Frenchman has redeemed himself....2025
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• Rudy Gobert, Julius Randle propel Timberwolves past Lakers and into second round
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• NBA Fans React to the Lakers Elimination by the Timberwolves
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• NBA playoffs: Timberwolves eliminate Lakers behind 20-20 game from Rudy Gobert
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• NBA playoffs: Mark Williams hits Lakers with post-elimination emoji taunt after trade-deadline rejection
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• NBA Playoffs overreactions for every series after 1 game of 2025 first round
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• NBA Playoffs odds, picks: Pistons contain Jalen Brunson, Luka Dončić hunts Rudy Gobert as Lakers cover at home

The NBA playoffs begin on Saturday...2025
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• The Warriors’ trio of centers will decide their fate in the NBA Playoffs
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• JJ Redick and Charles Barkley are now beefing over Inside the NBA coverage quality
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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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• 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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• LeBron James’ Warriors trade rumors mean more with free agency, Bronny James coming

Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports The Warriors calling the Lakers about a LeBron James trade is the start of another round of free agency speculation with his son Bronny potentially entering the NBA Draft. The Golden State Warriors and Philadelphia 76ers each called the Los Angeles Lakers to make a trade offer for LeBron James, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Both the Lakers and James w...2024
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• Raptors-Pacers trade grades for Pascal Siakam deal shows rare NBA win-win

Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images Grading the Pascal Siakam deal for both the Raptors and Pacers. The Toronto Raptors finally did it. After years of speculation about when and how the Raptors would blow up their middling roster, Toronto finalized its decision to embrace a rebuild by trading its only remaining link to its 2019 NBA championship team and one of its best players in franchise...2024
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• The Warriors need bold trade with locker room dysfunction, season on the brink

Cary Edmondson-USA TODAY Sports Steve Kerr has lost the Warriors’ young veterans The Golden State Warriors are sinking fast, and the franchise’s dynasty suddenly appears to be on its last legs. Golden State lost to the Denver Nuggets on Thursday after blowing an 18-point lead in the final seven minutes, capped by an absolutely incredible Nikola Jokic three-point heave at the buzzer. The lo...2024
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• Rudy Gobert crying on the bench after France loses gold to Kevin Durant-led Team USA at the Olympics
Rudy Gobert and Team France had a heartbreaking finish to their campaign at the Tokyo Olympics, losing to Kevin Durant and Team USA in the gold medal match, 87-82. Gobert and co. gave it their all against the Americans until succumbing in the closing moments of the game. After the final buzzer, the Utah Jazz […] The post Rudy Gobert crying on the bench after France loses gold to Kevin Durant...2021
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