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NBA Rumors – Golden State Warriors Trying to Trade for Kevin Love
Since the news of Kevin Love asking to be traded by the Minnesota Timberwolves came out, it seems like quite a few teams are interested in the All-Star forward, and no one seems in better position to try and acquire him than the Golden State Warriors, although right now they haven’t got the perfect package to make the deal go through.
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NBA Rumors – Orlando Magic Interested in Trading for David Lee
After two consecutive seasons of finishing near the bottom of the Eastern Conference, the Orlando Magic want to regain some respectability as a franchise, and will be looking for more than just young players this offseason. Aside from their hopes of landing a great player in the upcoming draft, they’ve been showing quite a lot of interest in David Lee, who the Golden State Warriors are willing to trade.
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NBA Rumors – Everyone Really Interested in Kevin Love
There’s nothing official coming from Kevin Love or the Minnesota Timberwolves, but everyone is assuming he wants out – either via trade this season or as a free agent a year from now. That puts plenty of teams on alert: The Los Angeles Lakers and the New York Knicks, joined by the Boston Celtics, Houston Rockets, Phoenix Suns and also Love’s personal favorites – the Golden State Warriors and the Chicago Bulls.
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NBA Rumors – Minnesota Timberwolves Forced Into Trading Kevin Love
Putting up impressive numbers year after year doesn’t translate into team success as the Minnesota Timberwolves have failed to make the playoffs despite Kevin Love for the past few seasons. It seems that not being able to take things to the next level has led Love and his reps to start looking for a trading partner, and threaten the franchise to come through with such a move unless they want to lose him in free agency a year from now.
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NBA Head Coaches Fired at the End of the Season
Not all head coaches who left their teams at the end or during the 2013-14 NBA regular season were fired. Tyrone Corbin didn’t get his contract picked up by the Utah Jazz. Rick Adelman retired from coaching altogether, but the Minnesota Timberwolves wouldn’t have kept him. Maurice Cheeks was fired mid-season by the Detroit Pistons, while Mike Woodson got the axe from the New York Knicks a week after he failed to make the playoffs.
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Golden State Warriors – This Style is Their Only Chance
This season was supposed to be about taking a step forward if you’re the Golden State Warriors, and for that to happen they need more games like their 130-120 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves, which makes everyone forget about defense while Stephen Curry has the space and freedom to show us his full range of abilities.
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Chicago Bulls – Joakim Noah Makes Them Championship Contenders
Usually a guy who isn’t a superstar can’t carry an OK team all the way. But Joakim Noah doesn’t have to produce huge scoring nights in order to make the Chicago Bulls a team someone you should consider as potential NBA champions, or at least the ones to come out of the Eastern conference, pulling off triple doubles left and right in order to prove so, the latest coming in a 102-87 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves.
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Miami Heat – Trouble in a Former Paradise
No matter how you try and spin, the Miami Heat look like an inferior bunch to the one from last season. Following their 122-121 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves which slightly falls on the shoulders of Mario Chalmers and his free throw misses they’re still leading the Eastern conference, but mostly because their rivals for that spot are in an even bigger slump.
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Los Angeles Clippers – Sharing the Load
Not having Blake Griffin on the floor didn’t stop the Los Angeles Clippers from running all over the Minnesota Timberwolves with a 114-104 win that wasn’t that close, with Chris Paul making everyone feel involved, and especially Darren Collison, leading both teams in scoring.
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Minnesota Timberwolves – Ricky Rubio Finds Out He Can Score
It might have been Kevin Love that scored the game winning shot for the Minnesota Timberwolves as they beat the Dallas Mavericks 123-122 in overtime, but Ricky Rubio having his best game of the season, which included more than just assists and showtime was undoubtedly the big story to take out of an entertaining encounter.