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![Are the Minnesota Timberwolves for real or <em>American Fiction</em>?](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/88620b88495e80bc5f99c1e42fb7e5ce.jpg)
![Minnesota and New York listened to the NBA on load management and guess what happened](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-600/517018a09183a57b119e70716b959d4f.jpg)
![Minnesota and New York listened to the NBA on load management and guess what happened](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/517018a09183a57b119e70716b959d4f.jpg)
![15 NBA players we wish competed in the Slam Dunk Contest](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-600/2b58e434e47e0266893a1eb2aa476a40.jpg)
![15 NBA players we wish competed in the Slam Dunk Contest](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/2b58e434e47e0266893a1eb2aa476a40.jpg)
![Are the Minnesota Timberwolves for real or <em>American Fiction</em>?](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/88620b88495e80bc5f99c1e42fb7e5ce.jpg)
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 character...
![What matters most about Rudy Gobert’s money signs is he meant it](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/56aeba5b53568e961eb91c57fd62b0c9.jpg)
What matters most about Rudy Gobert’s money signs is he meant it
Renowned aggravator Rudy Gobert pissed off another group of people Friday night, and though getting ...
![Minnesota and New York listened to the NBA on load management and guess what happened](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/517018a09183a57b119e70716b959d4f.jpg)
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 Timberwolv...
![15 NBA players we wish competed in the Slam Dunk Contest](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/2b58e434e47e0266893a1eb2aa476a40.jpg)
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 s...
![If you can’t trust Anthony Edwards, you can’t trust the Timberwolves](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/8fd8516db3647845d31d95342c12b46d.jpg)
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 ...
![It's make or break for the Los Angeles Clippers](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/53bbe81d6c8208b5e73426b88dd9d93f.jpg)
It's make or break for the Los Angeles Clippers
Curses run deep. They fester in bloodlines, foundations and scorched Earth and are lamented in prose...
![Gilbert Arenas xenophobic NBA rant is the nonsense JJ Reddick warned us about](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/e7aaaf74af19dce9f844f136db012356.jpg)
Gilbert Arenas xenophobic NBA rant is the nonsense JJ Reddick warned us about
Why anyone listens to former Memphis Grizzlies guard Gilbert Arenas is beyond me. He could be an ent...
![The NBA’s UFC card was loaded Friday night](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/7d1ec67c720be7681fe093e21d27cb9e.jpg)
The NBA’s UFC card was loaded Friday night
In a surprise act for the NBA in February, there was some life in a couple of regular season games F...
![The Minnesota Timberwolves are the NBA’s best redemption story](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/89f20a32fcdee0fc1b89ec75780d20e5.jpg)
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 red...
![Ranking the major sports networks from most elitist to Fox Sports](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/ea8f097660450c26ad2a092cc40eb33f.jpg)
Ranking the major sports networks from most elitist to Fox Sports
Prestige and journalism shouldn’t go hand-in-hand together. Sure, there are outlets with enough hist...
![Who is Mr. Franchise for each NBA team in the 21st century?](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/460c41124c72a4620e37e2f5101a76ec.jpg)
Who is Mr. Franchise for each NBA team in the 21st century?
Michael Jordan will always be synonymous with the Chicago Bulls. Same thing for Magic Johnson with t...
![Minnesota is giving off that sham No. 1 seed vibe that the Utah Jazz had a few years ago](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/409b15f8d95602d4597c0a9835cab088.jpg)
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 NB...
![The NBA 'superstar' landscape has shifted](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/f4bfbd1a737fa8970c2957f3fb776c55.jpg)
The NBA 'superstar' landscape has shifted
There is no greater conduit for NBA hyperbole than the conversation around “superstars.” To have a r...
![Blame Michael Jordan for Krause widow disgrace; Rudy Gobert trade finally paying off; Lakers need Zach LaVine](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/82975ad8693e6637ac6ef6c4f5ce6c6d.jpg)
Blame Michael Jordan for Krause widow disgrace; Rudy Gobert trade finally paying off; Lakers need Zach LaVine
Michael Jordan won a widow getting booed. My colleague Stephen Knox covered this yesterday, the booi...
![What do you think about that lousy Rudy Gobert trade now?](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/a23c93845abe77663bdf08a424a63daf.jpg)
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 G...
![Here's to Golden State learning to age gracefully](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/1016525a762fc2a2e1bab7ddc021e787.jpg)
Here's to Golden State learning to age gracefully
Golden State is probably permanently entrenched as a middle-of-the-pack team. There are no renovatin...
![Steve Kerr has it all wrong about Draymond Green's return](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/eaf4b42bb49aedff31ae039527b61dae.jpg)
Steve Kerr has it all wrong about Draymond Green's return
One chapter in the Draymond Green saga is closing and a new one is beginning. He was reinstated by t...
![Youth is wasted on the young, unless you are these NBA teams](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/7a78bc90c6da2bf00672feea1ca75629.jpg)
Youth is wasted on the young, unless you are these NBA teams
So, who has the hottest young talent in the league? We’re analyzing the five teams who have built th...
![IDIOT OF THE YEAR 2023: The complete rankings](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/35bec2c0b3231d4a5f9245e6ab37c9ed.jpg)
IDIOT OF THE YEAR 2023: The complete rankings
Welcome to the grand finale of Deadspin’s IDIOT OF THE YEAR festivities. Here’s hoping 2024 will be ...
![A-Rod set to become majority owner of Timberwolves, Lynx](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/2c9aee913c45da6930107c5119c4a5fa.jpg)
A-Rod set to become majority owner of Timberwolves, Lynx
A-Rod’s transition from tape-measure shots to three-point bombs seems to be complete....