Minnesota Timberwolves Rumors
Get a free trial Former Timberwolves player Chris Johnson signed with Taiwanese team New Taipei Kings for the 2024-25 season.
Pelle Larsson broke a tie by scoring from the lane in overtime to give Miami a 120-118 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Monday and hand the Heat their first NBA summer league championship. “Coach [Dan Bisaccio] drew up a great play we’ve run in practice a bunch of times,” Larsson said. “They did a good job guarding it. We have shooters everywhere and they want to help, and I just made it.” This was the highest-scoring game in championship history and just the second one to go into overtime. The Los Angeles Lakers’ 110-98 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers in 2017 had the previous record for total points in the summer league final. Just the year before, the Chicago Bulls defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves 84-82 in the only other final to reach OT.
Michael Scotto: The Detroit Pistons added Gianluca Pascucci to their front office, sources told @hoopshype. Pascucci and Pistons President Trajan Langdon worked together with the Nets. Since then, Pascucci was an assistant general manager for the Timberwolves and spent last season with the Bulls pic.twitter.com/5yobk8EoVh
Evan Sidery: With the NBA set to discuss potential expansion within the next few months, conference realignment will become a discussion point. Las Vegas and Seattle are the heavy favorites, which means two current teams would be moved over to the Eastern Conference. The Grizzlies, Pelicans and Timberwolves become the most realistic options.
Rumblings were already circulating in Vegas that the Timberwolves are under strong consideration to play both on Opening Night — in the Western Conference game that follows Boston’s TBA ring-night season opener on TNT on Oct. 22 — as well as on Christmas Day.
Josh Lewenberg: Canada holds off a late run from Puerto Rico & wins its final tune-up, 103-93. Another gem for FIBA Dillon Brooks, who had 21 pts. Lyles & NAW each had 15, SGA & Barrett with 14 apiece. They’ll close exhibition 2-1 & tip off the Olympic tournament vs Giannis/Greece on Saturday.
ClutchPoints: Reporter: “[It was] almost a miracle win for South Sudan, but you managed to stay there. What was the key for [Team USA]?” Anthony Edwards: “LeBron James.” (via @cesaremilanti) pic.twitter.com/BJPaVbg2lD
Nick DePaula: Anthony Edwards debuts a new “USA” AE 1 Low pic.twitter.com/TLu6ZZraYo
In a team stacked with legends of the game like Steph Curry, LeBron James, and Kevin Durant, there’s also space for the future generation, with Anthony Edwards and Tyrese Haliburton. “We love that, to have some of the young guys in a pipeline now and on the team so that they can be part of the next group. But we didn’t think of that when we put the team together, we just put the best group possible. We’re just trying to win”, Steve Kerr commented about it. “We’re getting a sense of a combination that we like. The Bam [Adebayo] and AD [Anthony Davis] step off the bench has been brilliant, we will stay with that. Joel [Embiid] is gonna start”, he then added about his team’s frontcourt.
