Month: July 2013
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https://twitter.com/Highway_30/status/362307578400735233 https://twitter.com/Highway_30/status/362312694612770819 It’s Playoffs Week at the Howard Pulley Pro-Am. I had yet to make it over to Eagan this summer for the state’s best offseason run. My dad called to tell me he’d be there. Still, I was…
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The roster is mostly set. (C’mon, Pek, sign that dotted line…) The coaching staff seems to be in place, replete with a (David) Adelman for Billy Bayno swap and Shawn Respert proxying for the late Pete Newell as the Wolves…
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CASPIAN KANG: Reddit & Internet Integrity Jay Caspian Kang’s “Should Reddit Be Blamed for the Spreading of a Smear?” is a must-read for anyone who cares about the news, but is especially on-point for bloggers and blog readers. Highly rec’d.
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Not Shawn Respert. From hoopshype’s interview with Respert: Which player did you work with the most in Minnesota? Maybe Ricky Rubio? SR: I worked a little bit with Ricky Rubio but the main guys I worked with were the post players…
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Craig Kilborn’s decision to step away from hosting “The Late Late Show” remains the biggest tragedy in television history. From his time spent as a SportsCenter anchor to hosting The Daily Show to his move to CBS where he followed…
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From ESPN TrueHoop’s assessment of the Las Vegas Summer League’s top rookies, here’s Justin Verrier’s take on Shabazz Muhammad: Shabazz Muhammad, Timberwolves 8.5 PPG, 2.2 RPG, 0.8 APG, 41 FG%, 38 3P% Muhammad The good: The fit is there. Muhammad…
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Sublime, Doing Time This is the time of year when you appreciate basketball’s aesthetic pleasures. You step back, take a deep breath, and revisit the finer things. You know, the crossovers. The dunks. And the treys. And I’d be remiss…
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Vegas Isn’t the Only Summer League Don’t sleep on the Drew League. Apart from having a really cool name, it also has a very cool vibe: lots of cred among the pros, more street ball than you can shake a…
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Bobcats Teaching MKG How to Shoot Via Matt Moore/CBS Eye On Basketball, the Charlotte Bobcats have hired Mark Price. His job? Teach Michael Kidd-Gilchrist how to shoot a basketball. According to the article, the goal is to blow it up…
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Farewell Transmission, Magnolia Electric Co. The Timberwolves lost their first Vegas Summer League game on Saturday to the D-League Select team, 83-81. The basketball wasn’t pretty. There was no Ricky Rubio. There was no Kevin Love. There was really no one.…
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It unfolded yesterday in a manner of minutes: Raptors, I'm told, making strong play to hire Bill Bayno away from Timberwolves' bench to add him to Dwane Casey's staff in Toronto — Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) July 12, 2013 Then this:…
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With news of Bayno’s departure to Toronto and Dwane Casey’s staff, this is worth re-posting. Will have a new post up soon.
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The Wolves are reportedly on the verge of acquiring veteran wing (and former T-Wolves lottery pick) Corey Brewer. Apparently it will be a three-year deal worth somewhere in the neighborhood of $15-million. So now you’re looking at a rotation that…
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I just spent fourteen dollars and ninety-nine cents to watch glorified pickup basketball on my computer. LeBron James clinched his second consecutive championship on June 20, Shabazz Muhammad [eventually] put on his new Minnesota hat on June 27, and Chase…
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[A] new regime has new philosophies. Barring an unforeseen health catastrophe, point guard Ricky Rubio will get the maximum five-year contract extension offer next summer, the first time he’s eligible to sign. –Doogie Wolfson in his latest column at 1500espn.…
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The natural reaction to Flip Saunders’ decision to effectively replace Andrei Kirilenko with Kevin Martin is this: Good for offense, but BAAAAAAAAAD for defense. While I don’t fully trust individual defensive statistics — it’s far too much of a team…
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Slim Shady Kevin Martin is the newest member of the Minnesota Timberwolves Insane news about Kevin Martin. He’s a Wolf. 4 years, 28 million. Wow.* What does the Martin deal mean for the Wolves? A bunch of things. First, management…
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Adrian Woj was a busy man, today. On the Timberwolves front, there was first this: Chase Budinger has reached agreement on a three-year, $16 million deal to return to Minnesota, league source tells Y! Sports. — Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July…
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https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/status/351916266426081280 J.J. Redick would be — among realistic possibilities — a GREAT addition to the Timberwolves roster. His ability to not only catch and shoot, but do it while cutting hard off of a pick is the sort of thing…