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http://www.canishoopus.com/ - Rock Bottom Since 2004
This is the NBA, circa 1973. There are only 17 teams in the league. The Kings play in Omaha. The Sonics still exist in Seattle. The Bullets haven't even reached Washington DC yet, much less been renamed the Wizards . And out in Philadephia, a team called the 76ers become the worst team in NBA ...
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Minnesota Timberwolves
Money Talks with shrink
First, would his qualifying offer carry over to us if we were to trade for him midseason? Second, if so, would that technically count him as a member of our team over the summer, meaning we could use our cap space to sign a free agent, THEN sign Gay ...
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Minnesota Timberwolves
Rudy Gay
Memphis Grizzlies
canishoopus.com - 40 hours ago
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The best thing about last night's game was
that FSN spent a large chunk of the half
time program talking about the Twins' awesome new alternate home uniforms . Watching the first few minutes of the 3rd quarter, all I could think about is ...
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Nearing Unwatchable
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Hardwood Paroxysm
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Oklahoma City's Sam Presti may be the new golden boy for fans of NBA General Managers, especially after the hubris and mediocre offseason Kevin Pritchard and the Blazers had (can't wait for the Blazers Edge rs to drop by tonight). Both Presti and Pritchard, ...
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Houston Rockets
Minnesota Timberwolves
Daryl Morey
Money Talks with shrink
While Minnesota fans keep an eye squarely on the 2010 Salary Cap, many teams are more concerned with the 2009 Luxury Threshold. The lux has served as an effective mechanism for maintaining competitive balance in the superstar-driven NBA without ...
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Houston Rockets
Minnesota Timberwolves
As the saying goes, when it happens, it happens all at once, and en masse. And perhaps nothing personifies a downpour better than this young 2009-2010 season.
The Timberwolves and their fans are not the only ones stuck out in the rain. Read on to get up to speed on teams around the NBA that ...
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Minnesota Timberwolves
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David Kahn wrote another letter. This time from his seat on the plane to Memphis . The shorter version goes like ...
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Minnesota Timberwolves
It's that time of year again. Love v. Mayo, although this time hold the Love.
Enjoy the tilt. Opposition blogging here: Straight Outta Vancouver
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Minnesota Timberwolves
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One of the developing media themes surrounding this club in the young season is that the Triangle Offense is mismatched to the squad's ...
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Minnesota Timberwolves
Tonight the Wolves will be without Al Jefferson as he tends to family matters. While trotting out a lineup of Flynn/Brewer/Gomes/Pecherov/Hollins may not be very attractive, tonight will give the Wolves a chance to operate the quasi-triangle without Big Al. Al's by no means on the hot ...
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Minnesota Timberwolves
Dallas Mavericks
Al Jefferson
I was going to do this this weekend, but there's been some big headlines over the last couple of days, so we'll cover this now and make this weekend's update a full league-wide flyover.
Today we cover every team's worst nightmare: injuries.
An injury to a key player can kill even a ...
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Minnesota Timberwolves
The Minnesota Timberwolves today announced that center Al Jefferson has left the team to tend to a family member's illness in Florida. Jefferson will miss the next two Wolves games - Friday, Nov. 13 vs. Dallas and Saturday, Nov. 14 at Memphis. He will re-join the team early next week.
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Minnesota Timberwolves
Al Jefferson
Dallas Mavericks
canishoopus.com - 7 days ago
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7 months ago: Dallas Mavericks' Erick Dampier, right, tries
to block a shot by Minnesota Timberwolves' Kevin Love in ...
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The Dallas DUST Chip
As The 600 Project astutely pointed out today , this is the first opportunity Rambis & Co. have to take on an opponent they've seen before. There's no excuse for the Wolves' poor effort against Golden State, but it's also no small task for a coach to teach a ...
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Portland Blazers
Minnesota Timberwolves
Hey everyone. I have talked to Stop-n-Pop and we have decided to try out a weekly "Around the NBA" FanPost feature here on Canis Hoopus, a mixture of headlining news, short analysis of various games and teams, news from other teams that might directly affect the Wolves, and random observations ...
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Minnesota Timberwolves
Right before the Bucks game we had a post with a passing reference to Brandon Jennings and his decision to head to Europe and make money for himself rather than CBS and the NCAA. Jennings had some ups and downs but on the whole the EL experience seems to have been a good one for him ...
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Minnesota Timberwolves
canishoopus.com - 10 days ago
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After last night, I figured Wolves Nation could
use a reason to smile. That's why I've decided
to resurrect an ancient Hoopus Tradition : the hilarious photo collection. If you don't like my selections, see for yourself . ...
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Oleksiy Pecherov is a Google Image Goldmine
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TWolves Blog - Minnesota Timberwolves News and Articles
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canishoopus.com - 10 days ago
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a game-wrap record for me. I'm writing this with the score 106-73 in ...
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Not in the face!
Some lucky team gets their second win tonight. Who will it be? While you're watching, head on down to shrink's Money Talks mailbag where he writes about cap holds.
Enjoy the game. For the other side of the coin, head on over to our sister site, Golden State Of ...
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Minnesota Timberwolves
Golden State Warriors
Money Talks with shrink
Hey guys, its good to be here! I wanted to thank the Canis Hoopus guys for the chance to be a part of their website, and you guys for being faithful readers.
I will be running a regular feature called "Shrink's Mailbag" where I will try ...
