Here’s the video of the back-and-forth between Jimmy Butler and Karl-Anthony Towns late in the fourth quarter.
If you listen closely, you can hear KAT say “call Rachel Nichols.”
What if Tim Connelly strategically overpaid for Rudy Gobert in an attempt to destroy the trade market and prevent other Western Conference teams from loading up?
Chess > checkers
Saying this, then scoring 8 points on 3 shots and losing in a must-win game with playoff implications against one of the most aggressively tanking NBA starting fives ever assembled is the type of stuff that loses you every bit of credibility as a leader
KAT: “I got a lot of things to say tomorrow at practice. I'm gonna go in there and do what I gotta do, speak up for our team. I know the words I say will help us win games. So I'm just trying to do that. That's all I'm gonna say. Keep it in the locker room.”
No, I have no idea
Minnesota Timberwolves G Mike Conley Jr. has agreed on a two-year $21 million extension, Steven Heumann and Jess Holtz of
@CAA_Basketball
tell ESPN. The Timberwolves keep Conley Jr. out of summer free agency and in backcourt thru 2025-2026.
Jamal Murray getting fined $100k is pretty weak considering Rudy Gobert got fined $100k for flashing the money gesture at Scott Foster, and the money gesture was the least problematic thing Murray did last night.
Ed Malloy gives three charge calls to the Nuggets after Michael Malone cries for calls
Aaron Gordon has drawn two of them, and was moving to the left on both calls
Complete ref show in this quarter buoying the Nuggets in the non-Jokić minutes
The Timberwolves have been a punching bag in the NBA for years.
Now that the punching bag is beginning to punch back, other fans, teams, and the league in general cannot comprehend getting a dose of their own medicine.
Zach Lowe: “I don’t think I’ve ever seen a player of Russell Westbrook’s caliber endure so much targeted humiliation at one game from an opponent as he did in Minnesota”
Mike Conley, Nickeil Alexander-Walker and three second-round picks.
Now, you wouldn't trade either player, or the picks for D'Angelo Russell straight up.
Tim Connelly deserves a statue.
#NeverForget
that the Timberwolves (basically) turned Robert Covington, James Johnson, and Jarrett Culver into:
Malik Beasley
Jarred Vanderbilt
Patrick Beverley
Taurean Prince
Jaden McDaniels
Leandro Bolmaro
Pretty, pretty good.
Jaden McDaniels was a team-leading +19 in just 25 minutes today.
While Anthony Edwards will get a majority of the fame after his first playoff game (and deservedly so), don't forget the play of the Timberwolves "other" second year rising star.
Safe to say that'll be the last time Draymond Green asks Anthony Edwards what he's going to do about it.
Since Dray talked trash to Ant at 5:25 (GSW down 98-86)...
Ant has 10 points on 3/5 FG and is 4/4 from the FT line.
Goodnight 🫡
The Philadelphia 76ers have already taken 14 more free throw attempts than the Timberwolves and the game doesn’t even officially start for nine more hours.
Anthony Edwards on MJ comparisons: "I just want them to stop. He's the greatest to ever play basketball. And I'm so far from it."
@Complex
: "Could MJ guard you?"
Anthony Edwards: "Hell nah! No."
2024-25 projected Timberwolves lineup:
PG: Bronny James
SG: Anthony Edwards
SF: Jaden McDaniels
PF: LeBron James
C: Karl-Anthony Towns
Feel bad that Leandro Bolmaro will have to come off the bench, but that’s just how politics work in the NBA.
The mutual respect the Timberwolves and Nuggets fanbases have for each other and the opposing team is a joy to see
Real hoops respects real hoops
The champs vs the newcomers
Jokić vs Ant
Can’t wait
Big question coming out of tonight:
Will the national media FINALLY give Karl-Anthony Towns any shred of credit for what he's done in the playoffs?
Great defense on KD + super efficient offense vs Phoenix, now doing it on Jokić and the Nuggets.
Huge minutes from 32
Now that everyone is asleep…
Tim Connelly essentially traded…
D’Angelo Russell
Taurean Prince
For
Mike Conley
Nickeil Alexander-Walker
Leonard Miller
Monte Morris
Pretty impressive roster management with big salary and draft asset constraints
It is impossible not to be over the moon happy for Jaden McDaniels.
The Wolves have been wanting this all season, and he's bringing it at the perfect time.
Put the Trade Machine away and stop trying to find a PF to play alongside Karl-Anthony Towns.
The Timberwolves already have that guy and his name is Jarred Vanderbilt.
Timberwolves center Naz Reid has agreed on a new three-year, $42 million deal with a player option, his agents Sean Kennedy and Jeff Schwartz of
@excelbasketball
tell ESPN. Undrafted out of LSU, Reid had his best season with 11.5 points and 4.9 rebounds.
So the Cavs traded a player who made All-NBA, three FRPs and two swaps for Donovan Mitchell and lost in 5... to a lower-seeded team they were favored to beat.
Wonder if everyone will keep the same energy they had for a Wolves squad that was injured and lost to the 1 seed
Anthony Edwards in Team USA's 99-91 win over Germany:
🇺🇸 Game-high 34 points in 34 minutes
🇺🇸 7/13 2PT | 4/8 3PT | 8/8 FT
🇺🇸 6 rebounds
🇺🇸 2 assists
🇺🇸 Only 1 turnover
🇺🇸 2 blocks
🇺🇸 Led U.S. on 23-5 run to win the game
Kevin Durant on making Rudy Gobert and Karl-Anthony Towns work defensively: “Rudy’s gotten extremely better at guarding perimeters, guarding posts, guarding the rim. So you can’t just throw ‘em in actions expecting them to just give in. I think we’ll be strategic with what we do”
They said the 2-big lineup would never work
Mike Conley, Nickeil Alexander-Walker and three second-round picks
Ant, Jaden, KAT, Mike, coaching staff extensions
New Naz Reid contract
GIVE TIM CONNELLY HIS FLOWERS
If we’re brainstorming a list of people that dislike Glen Taylor who could come onto the court tonight to help jumpstart the Timberwolves, may we suggest…
Kevin Garnett.