The Timberwolves have picked up the third-year options for guards Rob Dillingham and Terrence Shannon Jr., the team announced in a press release. The decisions guarantee Dillingham’s $6,889,320 and Shannon’s $2,801,640 salaries for the 2026/27 season. They will both be eligible for rookie scale extensions after that season ends. Selected out of Kentucky with the eighth pick in … [Read more...] about Wolves Exercise 2026/27 Options On Rob Dillingham, Terrence Shannon Jr.
And-Ones: Team USA, Role Players, M. Jones, Balcetis
Speaking to reporters at a Thursday press conference to formally introduce Erik Spoelstra as Team USA’s new men’s basketball head coach, managing director Grant Hill said that winning a World Cup for the first time since 2014 is the “first order of business” for the national team, per Joe Vardon of The Athletic. The U.S. finished seventh at the 2019 World Cup and fourth in … [Read more...] about And-Ones: Team USA, Role Players, M. Jones, Balcetis
Injury Notes: Sochan, George, Demin, Suggs, K. Jones, Ingles
The Spurs will be without forward Jeremy Sochan when they open their regular season in Dallas next Wednesday night, according to the team (Twitter link via Jared Weiss of The Athletic). Ramping up this fall from a calf injury he sustained during the summer, Sochan had progressed to 5-on-5 scrimmages this week and was trending toward potentially being available for opening … [Read more...] about Injury Notes: Sochan, George, Demin, Suggs, K. Jones, Ingles
And-Ones: Core Trios, MVP, Hayward, NBA App
Tim Bontemps of ESPN ranks the core trios of every NBA team based on their current and future value. Unsurprisingly, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Jalen Williams and Chet Holmgren of the defending champion Thunder sit atop Bontemps’ tiered list, followed by the Nuggets trio of Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray and Aaron Gordon. Bontemps’ final tier (“rebuilding”) is comprised of the Nets … [Read more...] about And-Ones: Core Trios, MVP, Hayward, NBA App
Northwest Notes: SGA, Bailey, Dillingham, Miller, Cooke
Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander doesn’t see himself playing until he’s 40 like current stars LeBron James and Chris Paul, he said within a GQ Sports cover story, per Yang-Yi Goh (subscription required). “I definitely think I can,” Gilgeous-Alexander said. “I won’t, though. A hundred percent.” The reigning MVP just turned 27 in July, so he certainly has time to change his … [Read more...] about Northwest Notes: SGA, Bailey, Dillingham, Miller, Cooke