The Phoenix Suns continue to make difficult decisions surrounding the team’s status at point guard. If the team isn’t being goaded into trading Steve Nash, it’s throwing a pile of money Goran Dragic’s way. And now, Phoenix has opted to place Kendall Marshall, their rookie facilitator outside of the rotation. According to Michael Schwartz of [...]
October 25, 2012
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No one can replace Kevin Love, but the Minnesota Timberwolves are going to have to try. At least for now. Which means David Kahn, owner Glen Taylor and company will have to take to the free agent ranks to find a versatile forward who can at least provide a capable body until Love returns from [...]
October 23, 2012
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Kevin Love is arguably more important to his team’s offensive success than any other player in the league. Which is why the Minnesota Timberwolves are screwed. According to Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports, Love suffered a broken right hand and will be out 4-6 weeks: Minnesota Timberwolves star Kevin Love has suffered a broken right [...]
October 18, 2012
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August 23, 2012 – Mohamed Abdihakim I have an abashedly biased appreciation for stats guys. There are multiple possible reasons for this. Maybe it’s because I’m a numbers guy and operate with the same sophistication. Or, and infinitely more likely, i’m constantly amazed by how the work that statisticians do often bewilders me and makes [...]
August 23, 2012
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July 6, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors We told you about Brandon Roy announcing that he felt healthy for the first time in a couple years and wanted to make an NBA comeback. Only a few short weeks later it appears, according to multiple sources, that Roy has reached a verbal agreement on a two [...]
April 18, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors This lockout shortened season has been a rollercoaster ride of excitement and highlight reel plays. As the season has wore on it has been looking more and more likely that the NBA’s Most Valuable Player Award will be going to either Lebron James or Kevin Durant. I’m not [...]
March 27, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors We’ve been treated to a few amazing NBA games this week. Sunday night for one, we got a quadruple OT thriller between the Jazz and Hawks. But by far the best game this past week was the Double OT slugfest between the Thunder and Timberwolves. [...]
March 19, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors I guess Kevin Love really misses Ricky Rubio. Who knows, but maybe that’s what he told Barea during the Wolves timeout last night when they were getting beat by the Kings. Whatever was said between the two it got pretty heated when Barea launched into a tirade at [...]
March 19, 2012
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March 8, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors It’s been a while since Minnesota had an NBA basketball team to be excited about. And there was probably never a more exciting time in TWolves history than the early days of Kevin Garnett and NY point guard prodigy Stephon Marbury. In October 1997 Slam Magazine published Ish [...]
March 8, 2012
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March 1, 2012 – R.S. De France As the Los Angeles Lakers blew-out the Minnesota Timberwolves, who were short All-Star Kevin Love, 104-85, the Lakers are looking better than many think. Coming off 27 points in the All-Star Game, Kobe Bryant led the way with 31 points, 8 assists, and 7 rebounds. Pau Gasol and [...]
March 1, 2012
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