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Charlie Walton: I am told that Will Barton, an 11-year NBA veteran wing, will be joining the Timberwolves' coaching staff this season in a player development role. Barton was an assistant coach with the Iowa Wolves last season and with this year's Summer League team. Tim Connelly was the General Manager of the Denver Nuggets when they traded for Barton in 2015. Barton spent roughly eight years in Denver, all of which came under Connelly.
Ayo Dosunmu on why he wanted to stay in Minnesota: ‘This is always where I wanted to be at. I knew once I got traded here that this was home for me, and they welcomed me. The fans welcomed me, the coaching staff welcomed me, and my teammates welcomed me. So I always knew that Minnesota was the place I wanted to be at. So it's just a blessing that I'm able to come back and continue my career here because this is where I want to be and I feel like this is where I'm accepted the most.’
Christopher Hine: After 8 years covering the Timberwolves, I’m off to my next step — covering the 76ers for the @PhillyInquirer .
Amid active sign-and-trade interest from the Los Angeles Lakers and Cleveland Cavaliers, along with the possibility of re-signing with the Atlanta Hawks, another suitor has expressed interest in free agent forward Jonathan Kuminga. After missing out on their pursuit of LeBron James, the Minnesota Timberwolves have also expressed interest in Kuminga with their starting power forward spot up for grabs and their $6.06 million taxpayer mid-level exception available for the taking, league sources told HoopsHype.
Jaylen Clark: "These are devices that we have in our gym. They tell our strength coaches and dietitians and everybody that monitoring tells them when we need to go ahead and relax on running or relax on doing, coming back at night and shooting and focus on recovering, because they track how much we run, how much energy we're exerting, how fast we go. Based on our data that's collected by this, that can help us in telling us if we need to prioritize recovery or if we're chilling for the night."
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Jaylen Clark: "I never pay for parking. This may sound actually insane, but I probably had like $2,000 worth of parking tickets during my time at UCLA. It was actually insane. I'm about to roll the dice again. I'm not paying for that parking ticket. They're going to have to get me in blood."
The five-year deal was announced Thursday morning and marks a big shift in the way Timberwolves fans will watch games when they are not at the arena. Wolves games will now be streamed exclusively on DAZN’s app and will not be available on cable or satellite television. There is a mutual opt-out after the first year of the deal, but Timberwolves CEO Matthew Caldwell said he hopes this is the beginning of a long-term relationship with DAZN (pronounced da-ZONE).
DAZN: Today, DAZN and @Timberwolves announced a local media rights partnership that will provide fans with an entirely new flexible viewing experience. This direct-to-fan streaming offering will make DAZN the franchise’s exclusive home for Timberwolves basketball throughout its local broadcast territory, providing access to Timberwolves games and broader team content through a new team-branded subscription service. Fans can also enjoy 15 free games available during the regular season.
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WHAT STARTED WITH James' longtime friend and agent, Rich Paul of Klutch Sports, having conversations with 27 teams, as he told ESPN, and then whittling them to a final five -- the 76ers, Cavaliers, Miami Heat, Golden State Warriors and Minnesota Timberwolves -- ended with the veteran with the ball in his hands looking for the last shot to cap an already Hall of Fame career.
DAZN will become the exclusive digital home of the MSG and YES networks this fall, in a breakthrough announcement Wednesday that is a likely precursor to deals with seven more NBA teams in the coming days and weeks. While paying undisclosed rights fees and sharing advertising revenue, DAZN will stream all non-national game broadcasts for MSG’s Knicks, Rangers, Islanders, Devils and Sabres and YES Network’s Yankees and Nets -- effectively a takeover of the entire Gotham Sports direct to consumer app. In addition, multiple NBA sources told SBJ that DAZN is close to acquiring full exclusive local broadcast rights next season for the T’Wolves, Cavaliers, Pacers, Spurs and Grizzlies, as well as DTC-only arrangements with the Magic and possibly the Hornets.
Tommy Beer: Most points in the clutch in the playoffs over the past three years combined: 1. Jalen Brunson: 143 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 84 3. Tyrese Haliburton: 48 4. Anthony Edwards: 43 5. Nikola Jokic: 36 6. Cade Cunningham: 35
LaMelo Ball is allegedly leaving Charlotte with some unpaid debts. Court records viewed by The California Post on Tuesday show Ball was sued Monday — just weeks after he was traded from the Hornets to the Timberwolves — over accusations he owes a North Carolina landlord more than $100,000 in missed rent checks. According to a copy of the lawsuit, Ball and Agape Property Management Group entered into an agreement in December 2020 for the NBA player to rent two swanky units in a fancy uptown Charlotte condominium complex.