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Create-a-caption: One ball for every point guard - Ball Don't Lie - NBA - Yahoo! Sports

wyn — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:11:33 -0000

Create-a-caption: One ball for every point guard - Ball Don't Lie - NBA - Yahoo! Sports

Caption contest on Ball Don't Lie featuring Jonny Flynn and Wayne Ellington

The Blowtorch got their hands on the Wolves' Draft Board from last night.

wyn — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:32:28 -0000

The Blowtorch got their hands on the Wolves' Draft Board from last night.

The Minnesota Timberwolves have traded second-round pick Nick Calathes to the Dallas Mavericks for...

wyn — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:47:43 -0000

The Minnesota Timberwolves have traded second-round pick Nick Calathes to the Dallas Mavericks for a 2010 second-round pick and cash considerations.

Minnesota trades guard Nick Calathes to Mavericks

Counting down the hours until tonight's NBA draft, Timberwolves president of basketball operations...

wyn — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:10:55 -0000

Counting down the hours until tonight's NBA draft, Timberwolves president of basketball operations David Kahn said on Dan Patrick's radio show this morning that forward Kevin Love isn't going anywhere.

"We will not trade Kevin Love tonight," Kahn said.

Kahn: No Love trade tonight - Minnesota Timberwolves

The car, in which Evans was a passenger and from where the fatal shot was fired, was driven by his...

wyn — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:49:31 -0000

The car, in which Evans was a passenger and from where the fatal shot was fired, was driven by his cousin, Tyreke Evans, a standout basketball player this past season for the University of Memphis. He was also a star at the now-defunct American Christian School.

Tyreke Evans was not charged in connection with the case and had been expected to testify in his cousin’s behalf, but has not been present during any of the county court proceedings.

Jamar Evans sentenced in deadly 2007 shooting - The Delaware County Daily Times : Serving Delaware County, PA(DelcoTimes.com)

I've just been informed by a source close to the situation that the Wizards and Etan Thomas have...

wyn — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:21:04 -0000

I've just been informed by a source close to the situation that the Wizards and Etan Thomas have taken care of the paperwork that was required for them to be able to proceed in completing the trade with Minnesota.

Mike Jones at the Washington Times

Kevin Love's media skills aren't limited to breaking news on Twitter. The Timberwolves' rookie...

wyn — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:39:15 -0000

Kevin Love's media skills aren't limited to breaking news on Twitter.

The Timberwolves' rookie forward was among the NBA players who participated in a mock draft for ESPN The Magazine.

Here are Love's choices for the Wolves' three first-round picks and comments.

6. Brandon Jennings, PG, Italy

Love: "We need a good 3, but since DeMar (DeRozan) and (James) Harden are off the board, I like Brandon. I admire his passing, and I've been on the good -- and bad -- end of ones that resulted in dunks. Plus, he's a lefty, which makes him unorthodox and a tough matchup."

18. Austin Daye, F, Gonzaga

Love: "Austin's got potential. He's a guy you can gamble on, like Anthony Randolph in Golden State. His upside is, at 6'10", he's going to get better."

28. Josh Heytvelt, PF/C, Gonzaga

Love: "Being from the Northwest, I've seen Josh play. He can help as an inside presence and give us depth in our frontcourt rotation."

Yikes, glad Love's not drafting for the Wolves.
via Pioneer Press

The Washington Wizards have acquired Minnesota Timberwolves guards Randy Foye(notes) and Mike...

wyn — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:24:21 -0000

The Washington Wizards have acquired Minnesota Timberwolves guards Randy Foye(notes) and Mike Miller(notes) for Etan Thomas(notes), Oleksiy Pecherov(notes) and Darius Songaila and the fifth pick in Thursday’s NBA draft, a league executive with knowledge of the deal told Yahoo! Sports.

Washington-Minnesota made trade - NBA - Yahoo! Sports

The wildcard in all this are the Minnesota Timberwolves, who could throw a wrench in things by...

wyn — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:55:08 -0000

The wildcard in all this are the Minnesota Timberwolves, who could throw a wrench in things by trading up to #2 to take Ricky Rubio. Sources say that Rubio’s camp has warmed up significantly to David Kahn and the Timberwolves organization as of late, and that they would not be opposed to him landing there. The catch is that the rookie scale salary slot of the #6 pick would not be sufficient in terms of satisfying Rubio’s gigantic buyout from DKV Joventut, so Kahn would have to trade into the top three to make that happen.

At this point, Kahn is holding firm on not putting Kevin Love on the table for the right to move up in the draft, and is instead trying to acquire another pick to entice Memphis to swap with them. As other media outlets have reported, they are targeting Washington’s #5 pick, but are only offering some combination of Randy Foye, Mike Miller and the #18 pick, which probably won’t get it done.

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-According to an NBA source, super active Minnesota Timberwolves GM David Kahn has offered Mike Miller to the Los Angeles Clippers in exchange for Chris Kaman. The Clippers shot down that trade, but countered with Marcus Camby.

Draft Express Word on the Street, June 22nd

Larry Bird was at Target Center Monday morning. So was Danny Ainge. Flip Saunders, Rod Thorn, Daryl...

wyn — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:28:12 -0000

Larry Bird was at Target Center Monday morning. So was Danny Ainge. Flip Saunders, Rod Thorn, Daryl Morey, Jack Sikma and Randy Wittman were, too.

Kevin McHale was not.

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