The NBA season has plenty of scheduling quirks that the first encounter between Karl-Anthony Towns and Anthony Edwards as members of opposing teams occurred in preseason, with the Minnesota Timberwolves visiting the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden.
Minnesota Timberwolves’ Donte DiVincenzo teases his former teammate Jalen Brunson of the New York Knicks. DiVincenzo and Brunson clashed against each other for the first time after being comrades in the past season, with the former making a daring greeting at his opponent.
Sunday’s preseason game between the New York Knicks and Minnesota Timberwolves had all of the drama. Donte DiVincenzo, the former Knicks guard who was traded to the Wolves two weeks ago in the Karl-Anthony Towns blockbuster, had a few intense moments during the game.
The New York Knicks hosted the Minnesota Timberwolves in their third of five preseason games. With opening night less than 10 days away, starters are playing more minutes, giving fans a better glimpse of this Knicks team’s potential.
The New York Knicks knew their preseason matchup against the Minnesota Timberwolves would bring some tension. Recently, the Knicks traded Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo to Minnesota in exchange for Karl-Anthony Towns.
Donte DiVincenzo went back to Madison Square Garden for the first time after being traded by the New York Knicks to the Minnesota Timberwolves in preseason action, watching his former team win 115-110 over the Wolves.
The New York Knicks have room for Miles McBride to emerge once again next season, and this time as a premier sixth man in the league. McBride’s ascent in 2023-24 suggests that he may be up to the task.
Nobody in New York knew they would enjoy a postseason game in the middle of October. The Knicks edged out the Timberwolves 115-110 in a scorching hot evening in which Jalen Brunson’s 24 points and OG Anunoby’s 19, along with Karl-Anthony Towns’ 16-16 dub-dub, powered New York to an undisputed victory.
The Wolves spat so much smack talk that we had to cook a special Knicks Bulletin. I was minding my business and cool putting together a whole lot of quotes emerging from Sunday’s preseason (yes, pre-season) matchup between the Knicks and the Wolves for today’s edition of our Knicks Bulletin when I took a quick look at the word count.
One of the most surprising developments in the 2024 NBA playoffs was the second-round ouster of the Denver Nuggets at the hands of the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Ahmad Rashad, the former sports broadcaster, was speaking at the Pro Basketball Hall of Fame when he was asked a question by legendary filmmaker and New York Knicks fan, Spike Lee.
Karl-Anthony Towns had a sensational performance against his old team, the Minnesota Timberwolves, in the New York Knicks' preseason game. Playing at the Garden against his former team, Towns put on a great performance, putting up 16 points, 16 rebounds, and 3 steals in the Knicks' 115-110 win over the Timberwolves.
Coming out of Marquette of the Big East Conference, point guard Tyler Kolek led the NCAA with 7.7 assists per game as a senior and finished as one of the top point guards in the nation.
On Sunday evening, the New York Knicks are playing the Minnesota Timberwovles for their third preseason game. They are facing off against the Timberwolves for the first time since the team's made a blockbuster trade earlier this month that sent Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo to Minnesota.
Donte DiVincenzo addressed reports that he was disgruntled with the Knicks prior to being traded to the Timberwolves.
The 2024-25 NBA regular season will begin in less than two weeks. In addition, the G League will start play in November. On Saturday, the G League affiliates of the New York Knicks and Los Angeles Lakers announced that they had made a trade.
The Knicks have had some legendary rosters. The 1969-70 and 1972-73 Knicks won titles after dominant regular seasons, winning 55+ games both years. In the first half of the ’70s, the Knicks averaged 53.2 wins a season.
New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson was arguably one of the biggest snubs for Team USA during the Paris Olympics, considering he is coming off the best NBA season of his career in 2023-24.
The New York Knicks pulled the trigger on arguably the most significant offseason blockbuster trade, sending forward Julius Randle to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Karl-Anthony Towns.
The Knicks have waived center Moses Brown after signing him to an Exhibit 10 deal for training camp, per the NBA transactions wire. Brown, who turns 25 early next week, has yet to stick with a team for a single season, though he sure has bounced around the basketball globe since entering the NBA in 2019.
Knicks center Mitchell Robinson is eyeing a January return after undergoing two ankle surgeries in the past year, per NBA insider Shams Charania of ESPN.
It's almost unfathomable that a storied franchise such as the Knicks has not produced an MVP since Willis Reed won the award in the 1969-70 season, but that's the reality. Could that change in 2024-25?
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