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Brown Bag it, Baby
With less than a month to go before the NBA trade deadline, the rumor mill is starting to heat up, particularly for two notable Western Conference teams. Michael Scotto of Basketball Insiders reported on Friday that the LA Clippers pitched a …
Karl-Anthony Towns forgot for a second who he was dealing with, but he was quickly reminded about it. Towns’ Minnesota Timberwolves lost to Joel Embiid’s Philadelphia 76ers in overtime on Tuesday night. The following day, Embiid boasted …
Joel Embiid is a living legend. First he beats you on the court, then he snatches your soul on social media. Take what happened with him and Karl-Anthony Towns for instance. Embiid’s 76ers beat Towns’ Timberwolves on Tuesday 118-112 in …
Big men are a dying breed … except when they aren’t. Hail to this era of seven-footers who dribble like guards, jump like pogo sticks, and shoot their shots from deep like drunk texts at 3 AM. And here are the ten bigs leading that charge …
The mother of all NBA seasons is almost here. So as you finalize your League Pass subscriptions, complete your fantasy drafts, and prepare the guacamole for your watch parties, take some time to ponder the true meaning of the season — …
Let’s just go right ahead and state the obvious here: this is not your father’s Western Conference. Not anymore. Gone are the days of sophisticated battles of equal parts brains and brawn. Dead and buried are the cordial, gentlemanly …
Karl-Anthony Towns is feeling himself heading into his third NBA season. In a recent interview with Marc J. Spears of The Undefeated, the Minnesota Timberwolves big man said he believes he can be the best player in the league. “My confidence …
Karl-Anthony Towns has quite the hot take about his Minnesota Timberwolves for next season. In an interview with Peter Walsh of SLAM Online that ran on Monday, Towns said that he expects the team to make a deep run in the 2018 postseason. “I …
If Kyrie Irving is on the trade market, then Jimmy Butler and Karl-Anthony Towns want the Timberwolves to get involved. In an lengthy article discussing Irving’s meeting with the Cleveland Cavaliers to request a trade, ESPN’s Brian …
Minnesota Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns is trying to start the greatest young big man rivalry that never was. Towns was the latest basketball star to react to his NBA 2K18 rating this week, and upon hearing that he had received a 91, his …
The All-NBA teams were announced on Thursday and, as usual, there were a few snubs. Among them was Karl-Anthony Towns. In his second NBA season, Towns averaged 25.1 points (on 54 percent shooting), 12.3 rebounds, and 1.3 blocks per game for the …
Leave it to Crunch the Wolf to drive a wedge between the Minnesota Timberwolves and the family of their franchise center. According to Michael McCann of SI’s The Crossover on Friday, Karl Towns Sr, the 54-year-old father of reigning Rookie of …
The Kentucky men’s basketball team has struggled over its last several games, and even a win wasn’t enough to satisfy John Calipari on Tuesday night. Unhappy with his team’s performance in a 92-85 victory over LSU, Calipari did not …
The Minnesota Timberwolves are regarded by many as a team on the rise, and it’s an assessment that Karl-Anthony Towns very much agrees with. The second-year big man hosted an impromptu Q&A session on Twitter Thursday night, and he was …
Karl-Anthony Towns won over fans for the best showing at the NBA Draft Lottery on Tuesday. Towns, the reigning NBA Rookie of the Year, represented his Minnesota Timberwolves at the lottery. Around his neck he was wearing the wedding band of the late …
It looks like the Rookie of the Year Award will be headed to Minnesota for a second consecutive year. According to a report by ESPN’s Marc Stein on Sunday, the Wolves will hold a news conference on Monday morning where they are expected to …
