Kevin Garnett Is Not On Good Terms With The Minnesota Timberwolves

Kevin Garnett retired just before this season started, after 21 years in the NBA. He spent 12 of those with the Minnesota Timberwolves before decamping for Boston and Brooklyn. Garnett eventually returned to Minnesota to finish up his career, mentor the team’s stockpile of young players, and theoretically transition…

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Karl-Anthony Towns Just Keeps Wrecking Shit, Even If You Aren't Watching

By now it feels like a past life. But not long ago, games between the Timberwolves and Knicks were among the small pleasures of the early NBA season: heated clashes between two flawed teams that still tried hard, and more importantly, sported the NBA’s two most intriguing sophomores, both seven-footers with range. In…

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Ricky Rubio Is Rolling

It’s hard to believe that Ricky Rubio is still just 26 years old. Maybe that’s because, by virtue of the fact that he and Nikola Pekovic are the only two players on the Timberwolves’ roster that were there in 2011, he qualifies as something of a grizzled veteran on this team. Insomuch as NBA teams have talismans, he’s…

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Blazers-Timberwolves Game Canceled Due To Sweaty Hardwood

A few hours before the Timberwolves and Blazers were supposed to tip off in Minnesota, ominous reports about sweaty ice in the stadium started sprouting up. Damian Lillard and the rest of the Blazers cut their warm-ups short due to the wet floor, and Lillard later gave an interview where he called for the game to be…

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Now Let Us Heap Scorn Upon The NBA Trade Deadline Fuck-Ups

So the NBA trade deadline was a big dud, again. It featured one blockbuster deal—the New Orleans Pelicans just straight-up robbing the Sacramento Kings for DeMarcus Cousins—and then a handful of minor deals, none of which seem likely to shake up the standings all that much. That’s butt.

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