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Revisionist history: KG, Iverson could have been Wolves teammates
Former Philadelphia star guard Allen Iverson was amenable to a trade to the Timberwolves in 2006, in order to team up with Kevin Garnett.
South Metro
Short sale of home brings felony charges for ex-Gopher basketball star, wife
The charges accuse Sam Jacobson of orchestrating a short sale of his Apple Valley house to his future wife, who quickly flipped it for a $176,000 profit.
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Will LeBron James play for USA in 2020?
Jerry Colangelo says the rest of the world needs to get its act together. Basketball Insiders' Steve Kyler & Noah Coslov react to that & discuss what Team USA may look like at the 2020 Olympics.
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U.S. men's basketball team not dominant, but gold within reach
For a team that is undefeated, this tournament has been a relative struggle, but the coaching staff has found player combinations that have led to improved defensive performance.
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LaVine shows off 'unlimited' airtime starring in Nike commercial
LaVine's most recent dunk stunt – though, surely it isn't real – jumping off a crashing car to take an alley-oop is featured in one of Nike's new "Unlimited You" campaign commercials.
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Rubio gets chance to impress Thibodeau in Rio
Timberwolves guard Ricky Rubio, playing for Spain in the Olympics, will face Tom Thibodeau, an assistant coach for Team USA, in the semifinals.
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Zach LaVine: 'We're trying to rebuild the Timberwolves franchise'
LaVine told Sports Illustrated that he and the Wolves' other young stars Karl-Anthony Towns and Andrew Wiggins have built a special bond.
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Team USA cruises into men's basketball semifinals with win over Argentina
The Americans climbed out of an early hole with their work on defense.
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U.S. men's basketball barely winning, let alone dominating
Defensive gaffes have plagued the gold medal favorites in Rio. The latest three-point victory came against a French team that played without star point guard Tony Parker.
Wild
Fan dilemma: Wild and Wolves share 41 game days this season
The Wolves, who released their schedule Thursday, and Wild play on the same date a whopping 41 times this season — half the 82-game schedule for both teams. Included in that are 14 shared home dates, meaning they will directly compete during more than one-third of their home dates.
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Sunday Q&A: Wolves announcer Dave Benz
Benz chatted about the Olympic experience with the Star Tribune's Michael Rand
Ricky Rubio, who has never dunked in an NBA game, dunked in the Olympics
Ricky Rubio won't be challenging teammates Zach LaVine or Andrew Wiggins to any dunk contests, but it was a legitimate slam.
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Big time: Wolves play on Christmas Day, 19 network games
The team's home opener will be Tuesday, Nov. 1, against the Memphis Grizzlies.
Wolves' Kris Dunn says he's healthy after concussion in Summer League
Dunn, who is in New Jersey with other first-year league players for the NBA's Rookie Transition Program, said, "I feel great. I'm back on court."
Wolves announcer Dave Benz is calling the Rio Olympics -- from Connecticut
Dave Benz, who does TV play-by-play of Timberwolves games, got a last-minute call to work the Olympics. He found out nine days before Friday's opening ceremonies that NBC needed his services
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Team USA preps for unbeaten Australia
Australia isn't expected to beat the Americans, or necessarily stay close, but in this lopsided competition they are one of a few teams considered to have an outside chance of testing the U.S. when the teams play at 5 p.m. Wednesday.
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Rubio scores three points, fouls out in Spain's loss to Brazil
Timberwolves point guard Ricky Rubio contributed another unproductive game as Spain lost 66-65 to Brazil on Tuesday afternoon.
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Wolves' seven-game preseason includes two games at Target Center
Games at Target Center are Oct. 19 vs. Memphis and Oct. 21 against Charlotte.
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Jimmy Butler helps kick-start USA to rout of Venezuela
The Bulls star fired up his team following a ho-hum opening period.
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- Gilgeous-Alexander's 33 points lead Thunder past Pelicans 124-92; OKC takes 2-0 lead
- Herro scores 24, Heat hit franchise playoff-record 23 3s to beat Boston and even series 1-1
- Minnesota's Naz Reid wins NBA's Sixth Man of the Year award, edging Malik Monk in close vote
- Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving lead Mavs over Clippers 96-93 to tie series as Kawhi Leonard returns
- Pascal Siakam leads resurgent Pacers offense in 125-108 victory that evens series with Bucks
- Pacers' Haliburton says fan directed racial slur at his younger brother during playoff game
- Suns guard Grayson Allen aggravates ankle injury vs. Timberwolves. Phoenix falls into 0-2 hole
- Timberwolves take 2-0 lead on Suns behind 25 points and ace defense from Jaden McDaniels
- Kawhi Leonard returns to the Clippers' lineup for Game 2 against Luka Doncic and the Mavericks
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