Tuesday's Page 2 tipsheet

February 28, 2017 at 5:30AM
Sacramento Kings' Rashad McCants walks off the court after injuring his ankle during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Charlotte Bobcats on Wednesday, March 18, 2009, in Charlotte, N.C. McCants had 30 points in their 104-88 loss. (AP Photo/Rick Havner)
McCants (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

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KNOW THIS

Former Wolves players keep getting added to the roster of the BIG3, a professional 3-on-3 basketball league slated to debut this summer. The latest: 2003 first-round pick Ndudi Ebi. He joins, among others, Latrell Sprewell, J.R. Rider, Rashad McCants and Shane Heal.

WATCH THIS

Get used to seeing the Wild a lot in the next month-and-a-half. Minnesota is about to enter a stretch of 20 games in 35 days to close the season. Tuesday is "only" the second leg of a back-to-back at Winnipeg (7 p.m., FSN).

RANDOM FANDOM

"Since special teams is one of the Vikings strengths and the receiving corps is a position that's in need of upgrading, it seems to make sense that the Vikings would resign (Cordarrelle Patterson).

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"We at Indignant Minnesotan fully endorse #SundaySalesMN because once it's passed we'll never have any reason to go to Wisconsin ever again."

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Wide receiver Cordarrelle Patterson walks off the field after practice during minicamp in Eden Prairie. ] (Leila Navidi/Star Tribune) leila.navidi@startribune.com BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Vikings minicamp held on Tuesday, June 14, 2016 in Eden Prairie.
Patterson (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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