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Risers and Fallers From the NBA Preseason, Including Scottie Barnes’s Pants

The first look at the star-studded Sixers, plus other fun and notable moments from the NBA preseason.

Sports Illustrated · 5h ago

Has the Center Position Become Less Valuable? What History Says and How the Second Apron Intervened

With recent difficult contract negotiations around All-Star centers Jalen Duren and Karl-Anthony Towns, has the center position become less valuable across the NBA?

Sports Illustrated · Oct 12

NBA Scout Previews Knicks’ Title Defense: Why New York May Not Be a Clear-Cut Favorite

A preview of the New York Knicks’ title defense through the lens of an NBA scout.

Sports Illustrated · Oct 11

Karl-Anthony Towns shares touching motivation behind career-high 60-point performance

"Tough times don’t last, tough people do."

USA Today Sports Media Group · Mar 15, 2022

No One Wants to Play the Timberwolves This Postseason

To get The Playmaker in your inbox every Tuesday, sign up for free at si.com/newsletters. Many of us went into Monday night amped to watch a duel between the top-two MVP candidates and two best big men in the game, Joel Embiid and Nikola Jokić. But even with a couple…

Sports Illustrated · Mar 15, 2022

Karl-Anthony Towns Sets Timberwolves Franchise Record, NBA Season-High With 60 Points

The Timberwolves center previously set the franchise benchmark with a 56-point explosion in 2018.

Sports Illustrated · Mar 15, 2022

Karl-Anthony Towns sets Timberwolves franchise record with 60 points in win over Spurs

SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Denver's Nikola Jokic and Philadelphia's Joel Embiid squared off Monday night in a nationally televised game that pitted premier big man vs. premier big man and captured the attention of NBA fans on social media.

Tribune News Service · Mar 15, 2022

Timberwolves overcome double-digit deficit, rally to stop Heat

MIAMI – Those hoping for another chippy, trash-talking affair between Jimmy Butler and his former team were left disappointed Saturday when the Heat announced Butler would miss the game because of a toe injury.

Tribune News Service · Mar 13, 2022

Timberwolves romp Trailblazers by 43, win fifth straight behind Karl-Anthony Towns' double-double

MINNEAPOLIS — Two of the Timberwolves three best players, the injured Anthony Edwards and D'Angelo Russell, sat toward the end of the bench Monday night and never bothered to take off their coats.

Tribune News Service · Mar 8, 2022

Karl-Anthony Towns carries short-handed Wolves past Trail Blazers

MINNEAPOLIS — Whatever bad vibes are going around the Portland Trail Blazers' locker room, it might have transferred to the Timberwolves.

Tribune News Service · Mar 6, 2022