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| Timberwolves G Brown to return next season |
NBA Basketball |
06/30/2009 |
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| Minneapolis, MN (MySportsbook) - Minnesota Timberwolves guard Bobby Brown decided to exercise his player option on his contract for next season, the club announced on Tuesday. The 24-year-old, who was signed as a free agent by Sacramento after not being taken in the 2008 NBA Draft, was sent to the Timberwolves with forward/center Shelden Williams for Calvin Booth and Rashad McCants in February. Brown, a product of Cal State Fullerton, appeared in 68 contests in his rookie campaign, posting averages of 5.3 points a |
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| NBA Draft Update |
NBA Basketball |
06/26/2009 |
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| NBA Draft. Round One: 1. Los Angeles Clippers - Blake Griffin (PF, Oklahoma); 2. Memphis Grizzlies - Hasheem Thabeet (C, Connecticut); 3. Oklahoma City Thunder - James Harden (SG, Arizona State); 4. Sacramento Kings - Tyreke Evans (SG, Memphis); 5. Minnesota Timberwolves - Ricky Rubio (PG,Spain National Team); 6. Minnesota Timberwolves - Jonny Flynn (PG, Syracuse); 7. Golden State Warriors - Stephen Curry (SG, Davidson); 8. New York Knicks - Jordan Hill (PF, Arizona); 9. Toronto Raptors - DeMar DeRozan (SG, U-S-C); |
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| Mavs get Calathes from Minnesota |
NBA Basketball |
06/26/2009 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - In a draft-day deal, Dallas acquired the 45th overall pick, guard Nick Calathes, from the Minnesota Timberwolves in exchange for the future second round pick of the Portland Trail Blazers that the Mavericks obtained in a trade on June 24, 2009. Calathes just finished his sophomore year at the University of Florida. In 2008-09, the point guard averaged 17.8 points and 6.4 assists per game. |
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| Nuggets get Lawson from Timberwolves |
NBA Basketball |
06/25/2009 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - The Denver Nuggets acquired the rights to draft pick Ty Lawson from the Minnesota Timberwolves in exchange for a future protected first-round selection. Lawson, a point guard from the University of North Carolina, was taken at No. 18 overall in Thursday night's draft. He was the ACC Player of the Year this past season, averaging 16.6 points with 6.6 assists. The 5-foot-11 sparkplug also captured the Bob Cousy Award as the nation's top point guard. Lawson, after missing the ACC Tournam |
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| Clippers take Griffin with top pick |
NBA Basketball |
06/25/2009 |
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| many accomplishments in 2008-09, Thabeet was named First Team All- American by the NABC and was the Big East Co-Player of the Year. In addition, he was the NABC National Defensive Player of the Year and Big East Defensive Player of the Year in each of the past two seasons. Oklahoma City will pick third and Sacramento fourth. The Minnesota Timberwolves will have picks five and six, one coming after they finalized a trade on Wednesday with Washington, a deal that sent guards Randy Foye and Mike Miller to the Wizards. |
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| T-Wolves acquire No. 5 pick in draft, 3 players from Wiz |
NBA Basketball |
06/24/2009 |
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| Minneapolis, MN (MySportsbook) - The Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday acquired the No. 5 pick in this year's draft, center Etan Thomas, and forwards Darius Songaila and Oleksiy Pecherov from the Washington Wizards in exchange for guards Randy Foye and Mike Miller. With the move, the T-Wolves now have a league-high four first-round picks (Nos. 5, 6, 18 and 28) and two top-ten picks for the first time in franchise history. "This draft offers us an opportunity to begin transforming the Timberwolves into a team poi |
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| 2009 NBA Mock Draft: It's Blake and bad weather |
NBA Basketball |
06/22/2009 |
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| uite a bit of trade talk here with Milwaukee and Dallas among the teams mentioned looking to move up. Hill was one of the most improved players in college this past year and has ideal size and length for an NBA power forward. Think: Chris Bosh. 6. - Minnesota Timberwolves - Stephen Curry (Davidson), Combo Guard - It's pretty clear that new Timberwolves basketball chief David Kahn is looking to move up, as the Wolves have glaring needs at center and point guard. A potential deal mentioned has Minnesota sending the six |
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| McHale out in Minnesota |
NBA Basketball |
06/17/2009 |
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| Minneapolis, MN (MySportsbook) - The Minnesota Timberwolves have decided that head coach Kevin McHale will not be back next season. "I would like to thank Kevin McHale for his many years of service to the Timberwolves organization," said Wolves owner Glen Taylor. "When we hired David Kahn as our President of Basketball Operations, I gave him my full support to make an evaluation and decision regarding our coaching situation. I know that David made a careful analysis and this decision was made with the best interes |
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| Lynx promote Gillom to head coach; Zierden resigns |
Womens Basketball |
06/03/2009 |
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| lom as his replacement. Zierden stepped down to join the Washington Wizards staff under new head coach Flip Saunders. This will be Zierden's third time working with Saunders. Prior to joining the Lynx, Zierden spent time with the Detroit Pistons and Minnesota Timberwolves in the NBA. In his two seasons with the Lynx, Zierden compiled a 26-42 record. Gillom joined the Lynx as an assistant under Zierden in 2008 and was responsible for assisting the team's scouting efforts, talent evaluation, and player development. Pre |
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| Report: Lynx head coach Zierden to resign |
Womens Basketball |
06/03/2009 |
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| s Star Tribune reports Zierden resigned to join the coaching staff of the Washington Wizards. The Lynx have a news conference scheduled for noon (et) Wednesday to make the announcement. This will be Zierden's third time working with Wizards head coach Flip Saunders. Prior to joining the Lynx, Zierden spent time with the Detroit Pistons and Minnesota Timberwolves in the NBA. In his two seasons with the Lynx, Zierden compiled a 26-42 record. The Lynx are scheduled to open their 2009 season on Saturday against Chicago. |
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