Chris Hine

Julius Randle’s quest to play all 82 will continue after coming in as questionable with back spasms. The team says he is available for this afternoon’s tipoff in Denver.

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I think there’s a difference between being the villain to NBA Twitter/Reddit/Bluesky/Reddit and being the villain to the average/casual fan. The latter matters more to the overall strength of the league. I don’t think they are there yet

Said it before but one of the best things that could happen for the NBA the next few years is that the Thunder become the villains of the league. Sports need villains to thrive. They’re gradually morphing into one

Thank you for this. This is what the job is and should be, but it's not often what gets rewarded in this media climate.

Ant The first in-depth look at the Minnesota Timberwolves rising star, from his backstory to his mindset, and the relationships that fueled his drive to greatne...

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Thanks so much. It’s a breath of fresh air coming over here and having more reasoned discussions and seeing them taking place as opposed to the other place

Way too kind. Thank you

Wrote a few more words about it: www.startribune.com/anthony-edwa...

Julius Randle finds an inner peace in his routine with Wolves While recovering from an injury last season, he made great advances in taking care of his mental health and has found a new attitude.

This piece gets at some of that. www.startribune.com/julius-randl...

appreciate that!

Whenever there’s speculation about the relationship between Ant and Finch I think of this chapter in Chris’ book that details it.

Thank you!

This rules lol

One note on Anthony Edwards and Chris Finch ... they've been here before more than a few times. This is from the book:

“The play before, Finchy… he was like ‘pass the ball’, and I just told him:

You don’t want me to pass the ball, you want me to shoot it”

- Anthony Edwards on this moment with Chris Finch

Ant said on the postgame interview it was Finch telling him to pass the ball when he took the midrange on the possession prior. Wanted to tell Finch he wants the ball in Ant’s hands lol.

I wonder, and this is me just wondering, the last half court set prior to the three was a Julius post up. Perhaps Ant was reminding Finch to put the ball in his hands?

Interesting reaction caught on TV from Anthony Edwards toward Chris Finch after that last shot. Edwards seemed ticked at Finch over something.

Jaden almost let the intrusive thoughts win on that ball toss.

NOW the game has started for the Timberwolves. Probably needed that scuffle.

Kyle Anderson will return to Timberwolves for NBA’s stretch run Anderson was a key member of the 2024 Western Conference playoff run, and was waived by the Memphis Grizzlies.

Story: www.startribune.com/minnesota-ti...

Confirmed Shams' report that Kyle Anderson will be bought out by Memphis and will be signing with the Timberwolves. The Wolves are getting the band back together. Could maybe be there Sunday vs. Denver.

Anthony Edwards fined $25,000 by the league for “throwing the game ball with force into the spectator stands” at halftime against Portland, the league says.

You encounter something new every day! And it is! You'll see the light.

As I've gotten older, I've come to appreicate different types of writing across different genres (pop music writing isn't easy! I've tried!), and I do give bonus points for people who make music that is both good artistically and mass appealing. It's why I love Carole so much.

One of the issues with the Rock Hall was they were too narrow for many years not opening the doors to more people being inducted every year. They always tried to stick to around 5. Why they couldn't let that number go up to like 10 a year I'll never know.

If only there was a way to support myself doing both!

Yep. The "Who Cares about the Rock Hall" podcast did a good job a while back breaking down that she also wore her feminitiy and LGBTQ+ allyship on her sleeve during her career, titling albums "Butterfly" and "Rainbow" and that likely didn't help her credibility among the traditional rock folks.

We love that you have an open mind! I'm also the world's biggest Carole King stan, love singer-songwriter stuff from the 70s and I have no problem putting Carole and Mariah together in the same room when it comes to the greatest songwriters of all time.