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NBA free agency has been swinging over the several days. Plenty of big moves got the headlines, such as Jalen Brunson signing with the New York Knicks. Then other stories exploded, such as the massive extensions handed out to stars, the Kevin Durant trade saga, and other major completed trades such as Rudy Gobert heading to the Minnesota Timberwolves. With all […] READ MORE
Ricky Rubio signed with the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday. The two sides agreed to a 3-year contract worth $18 million, or $6 million per season. This contract ties him down through the 2024-2025 season. Ricky Rubio Signs With the Cleveland Cavaliers Over his 11-year NBA career, Rubio has played for the Minnesota Timberwolves, Utah Jazz, […] READ MORE
The Los Angeles Lakers are coming off one of the worst seasons in franchise history. This Lakers team could possibly be the most underachieving team in NBA history. With names like LeBron James, Anthony Davis, Carmelo Anthony and Russell Westbrook, the last thing on anyone’s mind was missing the playoffs. The lottery pick they would […] READ MORE
It’s no secret that the 2020-21 season hasn’t treated the Minnesota Timberwolves very well. For starters, Karl-Anthony Towns ruled out with a wrist injury after only 2 games. This forced Ryan Saunders to dig deep into the bench for frontcourt production. Fortunately, 6-foot-9 power forward Jarred Vanderbilt was waiting for an opportunity to prove himself. […] READ MORE
If the NBA bubble is any indicator, the Phoenix Suns may be on the brink of playoff contention. They’re undefeated in four games thus far, and could potentially find themselves in the West’s eighth seed play-in games. The odds, however, are still stacked against them with a healthy Portland Trail Blazers squad lingering around. Regardless […] READ MORE
Following a four-month hiatus as a result of COVID-19, the NBA is getting ready for a long-anticipated league restart. Beginning on July 31st, the top 22 teams will compete at Disney World’s Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando. Given that there will be a secured “bubble”, concerns over the spread of COVID-19, and no […] READ MORE
The Minnesota Timberwolves all-decade team has some really good talent in the frontcourt. Despite an NBA Most Improved Player, Kevin Love, and back-to-back NBA Rookie of the Year awards by Andrew Wiggins and Karl-Anthony Towns, the 2010s were a decade to forget for the franchise. Minnesota made the playoffs just one time, the 2017-18 season, when they […] READ MORE
Late round NBA fantasy selections are the most rewarding. You get to take a shot in the dark and hope that it turns into a home run. If not, the player can simply be dropped to waivers. Players like Pascal Siakam, Caris LeVert, and Buddy Hield were late-round picks last year that became great fantasy […] READ MORE
The 2019 FIBA World Cup has just concluded and we got a glimpse of the basketball landscape for the upcoming NBA season and next summer’s Olympic games. This summer has proven that the rest of the world has caught up with the United States in the development of the sport and how global the game […] READ MORE
The Minnesota Timberwolves have been around in the land of a thousand lakes since 1989. They have 961 wins to 1451 loses. That’s a 38 percent winning percentage. In the 30 years in the National Basketball Association, the Timberwolves have nine playoff appearances. The longest playoff run that they have made was to the Western […] READ MORE