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Minnesota Timberwolves Star Anthony Edwards Spoke Way Too SoonAnthony Edwards is a little bit cocky, but he might've spoken way too soon about becoming the face of the NBA after one strong playoff performance....

Anthony Edwards is Starting to Bite Off More Than He Can ChewMinnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards talks a big game, but the youngster better live up to the hype that he brings upon himself and deliver an NBA Title....

Are the Minnesota Timberwolves for real or <em>American Fiction</em>?It’s Oscars Week, which feels like as good a time as any to draw up the NBA storylines and characters which could double as Oscar nominees.The Minnesota Timberwolves’ deceptive season has been one of the hottest topics in the West so let’s start there....

This week in the NBA & WNBA March 09, 2024

Need any more evidence that Gilbert Arenas’ bellyaching about Europeans and foreigners ruining basketball with their sweet outside strokes is all hot air? I’ll give you one: Josh Giddey. Now that his legal woes appear to be in the rearview mirror, the whispers about his liabilities in the Oklahoma C...

Latest problem with Josh Giddey; Dame Lillard finally steps up; Dalton Knecht and Reed Sheppard on verge of history

Minnesota and New York listened to the NBA on load management and guess what happened

The NBA’s annual battle of attrition that precedes the playoffs struck again as Minnesota Timberwolves big man Karl-Anthony Towns is out indefinitely with a torn meniscus. It’s the same ailment that forced Philadelphia Sixers center Joel Embiid to the sidelines, and one that should be treated with a...

15 NBA players we wish competed in the Slam Dunk Contest

The NBA Slam Dunk Contest is on life support. The G-League’s Mac McClung has won the contest for a second year in a row. Despite Boston’s Jaylen Brown attempting to bring stars back to the iconic event, his dunks were relatively unimpressive. ...

If you can’t trust Anthony Edwards, you can’t trust the Timberwolves

I’m not anti-analytics, because data matters, but there’s no way to factor in things like your best player missing tipoff because he was a late arrival, or a coach pulling his second-best player when he’s on pace for a 70 burger. The Minnesota Timberwolves are a very good basketball team, by record,...

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anthony-edwards - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights | DeadspinNBA defenses can't keep up with the record-setting highest-scoring offenses

Complaints about NBA defensive intensity have littered sports debate television, podcasts, and columns all season. As of Tuesday, the top five teams in offensive rating will have the five highest marks in that category in NBA history. Six players have scored 60 or more points this season. Luka Donči...

by Stephen Knox|

|Wed Feb 28 2024

Might be time for Trae Young to get shoved out of the Hawks' nest

It’s tough to know when to know when to throw in the towel on an era, but the bruised and bloodied Trae Young era Atlanta Hawks are beginning to look like they should throw in the towel. The Hawks are now six years into Young’s tenure as their cornerstone and all they have to show for the rollercoa...

by DJ Dunson|

|Tue Feb 27 2024

Vince Carter spilled the beans on a $1 million dunk contest

Many of the festivities were up for discussion following the NBA’s All-Star Weekend, with none more talked about than the slam dunk contest. Former dunk champion and current TNT NBA analyst, Vince Carter, appeared on “Run it Back” on Fanduel TV and confirmed a legendary rumor. Carter said he was app...

by Criss Partee|

|Mon Feb 26 2024

The Minnesota Timberwolves are the NBA’s best redemption story

The Minnesota Timberwolves’ bounce back from their 2023 nadir has been the NBA’s most remarkable redemption story. The Association may have discontinued its Comeback Player of the Year award, but the Twin Cities’ finest would deserve consideration if that were not the case. Before October, the outlo...

by DJ Dunson|

|Fri Feb 23 2024

5 increasingly unhinged solutions to the NBA All-Star Game

As the NBA has observed its golden era of efficiency proliferate from more streamlined offenses to load management run amok, elements of the league have fallen by the wayside. Marquee hoopers play fewer minutes, fewer games and now they barely expend energy or cross halfcourt during All-Star Weekend...

by DJ Dunson|

|Tue Feb 20 2024

Jordan Poole has been revealed; Kyle Kuzma loses his marbles; Steph Curry nails 100-footer from tunnel

If every NBA player were awarded a mulligan season in their career, this would be the one Jordan Poole would choose to erase and make sure no one ever spoke of again. Entering the 2023-24 campaign, Poole’s first in Washington, there were high hopes of what could be alongside Kyle Kuzma. We’re just a...

by Deadspin Bot|

|Sat Feb 17 2024

Minnesota is giving off that sham No. 1 seed vibe that the Utah Jazz had a few years ago

Next to the OKC Thunder, the Minnesota Timberwolves have been one of the biggest surprises of the NBA campaign. They’ve been in control of or hovering near first place in the Western Conference for much of the season. But we may have seen a little bit of foreshadowing brought to us by Clippers star ...

by Criss Partee|

|Wed Feb 14 2024

The NBA 'superstar' landscape has shifted

There is no greater conduit for NBA hyperbole than the conversation around “superstars.” To have a rational, substantive debate, there must first be basic groundwork for what constitutes superstar status. First, the bad news: former Finals MVPs Kevin Durant, Steph Curry, LeBron James and Kawhi Leona...

by Staff Report|

|Tue Jan 23 2024

Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown need a two-man game

The best duo in the NBA put on a show against the best team in the East on Friday night. Denver’s 102-100 win over Boston snapped the Celtics’ perfect mark at TD Garden this season, and 27-game home-winning streak overall. Nikola Jokić and Jamal Murray combined for 69 points, 20 rebounds and 14 assi...

by Sean Beckwith|

|Sat Jan 20 2024

Who's the best at each position in the NBA? We have answers

Before you jump down our throat for ranking by position in a positionless NBA, take a deep breath. It’s fun. So, let it happen, and let’s talk hoops. The rest of the world is catching up to America’s basketball dominance. Out of the five positions, four of our picks are not from America. On the flip...

by Staff Report|

|Fri Jan 19 2024

What do you think about that lousy Rudy Gobert trade now?

From the moment it happened in the summer of 2022, the Minnesota Timberwolves’ acquisition of Rudy Gobert from the Utah Jazz looked like an all-time terrible trade. But suddenly, the Timberwolves have the NBA’s second-best record, the best in the West, and the best defensive rating at 108 this seaso...

by Staff Report|

|Tue Jan 16 2024

Kim Mulkey & LSU's diversity flap; Who's on NBA trade block?; Steve Kerr is wrong about Draymond Green

Kim Mulkey has consistently shown us where she stands on social matters. She leans to The Right, which is her right. But when 83 percent of your team are women of color, it’s on you to answer for how your employer’s decisions will affect them. - Carron J. Phillips Read More...

by Deadspin Bot|

|Sat Jan 13 2024

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