Tuesday, January 17th, 2012
Minnesota Timberwolves forward Kevin Love is in in line for a big extension and obviously the team wants to get something done with its franchise cornerstone. According to reports, Minnesota is preparing to offer Love a four-year deal worth $60 million and that will probably happen within the next few ...
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Friday, August 26th, 2011
While some NBA players are playing basketball in various leagues to stay in shape during the current lockout, Kevin Love took a different path. The Minnesota Timberwolves power forward has decided to try his hand at beach volleyball. The early results were not encouraging.
Love and his partner Hans Stolfus participated ...
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Thursday, July 14th, 2011
As we've mentioned before, Minnesota Timberwolves general manager David Kahn is a bit of a buffoon. On Tuesday he yet again gave credence to that opinion of him.
During his press conference to announce the firing of Kurt Rambis, Kahn mentioned the names Ricky Rubio and Brad Miller. Normally that wouldn't ...
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Monday, June 27th, 2011
David Kahn's Minnesota Timberwolves have done it again. The T'wolves had what may have been the most baffling draft night since...well, since their last draft night. Minnesota drafted Derrick Williams with the No. 2 pick, then proceeded to make five separate, equally puzzling trades.
Let's recap them here:
-Acquired Brad Miller, the ...
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Thursday, June 23rd, 2011
Much has been made concerning several trades the Los Angeles Lakers have explored recently. More specifics of those discussions have been made public over the past few hours.
The biggest splash concerned a potential trade with the Minnesota Timberwolves that would have brought Kevin Love and the No. 2 pick in ...
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Wednesday, June 15th, 2011
As we all know by now, Spanish point guard Ricky Rubio has finally agreed to join the Minnesota Timberwolves next season. So now the question becomes, what will the 20-year-old actually give Minnesota?
Judging by his numbers with FC Barcelona, not much.
Rubio has been hyped ever since he turned pro at ...
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Friday, May 27th, 2011
In news that has us shaking our heads, the Houston Rockets have agreed to hire Kevin McHale as their new head coach. So the Rockets have gone from Rick Adelman - a respected tactician who has gotten an incredible amount out of his players - to a guy with a ...
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Thursday, May 19th, 2011
Minnesota Timberwolves president David Kahn raised some eyebrows Tuesday night when he implied that the NBA draft lottery was fixed. Now he claims the comments were meant to be taken as tongue-in-cheek remarks after a disappointing night.
Kahn said that the lottery always seems to have a great story, like last ...
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Thursday, April 14th, 2011
Now that the regular season is over, the NBA universe can turn its attention to the playoffs, which start on Saturday. But for fans of the 14 non-playoff teams, the focus is now on the upcoming NBA Draft and the offseason. With that in mind, the percentages for the upcoming ...
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Thursday, April 7th, 2011
After nearly two years of "will he or won't he" speculation we may finally be able to see Spanish sensation Ricky Rubio in the NBA. Rubio, who was drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves with the No. 5 pick in the 2009 NBA Draft, has been playing for FC Barcelona for ...
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