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First Hero of 09-10 Is ... Damien Wilkins?

The NBA isn't just made at Staples on Sunday afternoons under the lights, or in a Friday night showdown at the Garden. It's every night, players stepping up and making plays. It's guys that will eventually be answers to trivia questions making huge shots that endear them and their teams to the hearts of young fans who...

Kurt Rambis: The Minneapolis Laker

MINNEAPOLIS -- Al Jefferson wasn't even born when the incident happened in 1984. But he's seen the old footage. "The only thing I knew about Kurt (Rambis) from him playing is the highlight of Kevin McHale knocking him out,'' said the Minnesota forward. Jonny Flynn wasn't born when Rambis won the last his four titles...

Shockingly, Ramon Sessions and Jonny Flynn Can't Really Play Together

When new Minnesota GM David Kahn made a play for free agent point guard Ramon Sessions, there were two ways to look at it. On the surface, the Sessions deal (four years, $16 million) is a fair price for a solid young playmaker. Given how bad Minnesota's backcourt has been, Sessions can't hurt, right?But Kahn famously...

Bucks Won't Match Sessions' Offer Sheet

It's official: Ramon Sessions is heading to Minnesota. Bucks general manager John Hammond confirmed to the Journal Sentinel earlier that he will not match the Minnesota Timberwolves' four-year, $16.4 million offer sheet for Sessions. The Timberwolves signed Sessions to an offer sheet after they failed to lure point...

Sessions, Minnesota Agree to Offer Sheet

Come 2011 or 2012, the Minnesota Timberwolves are going to have a hell of a rotation at point guard.Everybody's favorite new maverick GM, David Kahn, got over Ricky Rubio's rebuff in a hurry and went out and signed restricted free agent Ramon Sessions to a four-year, $16 million offer sheet, according to the Journal...

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2012 NBA Rookie Of The Year: Kyrie Irving Wins Award, Ricky Rubio Finishes Second

Cavaliers guard Kyrie Irving is the NBA's Rookie of the Year, winning the award with the same ease as he dribbled past defenders this season.

RickyRubio News From the Web

05/30/12 Voicemail counterpoint: The Ricky Rubio airport photo... Source: RandBall - Star Tribune We blogged yesterday about that photo you see to your right, and then followed up with a (hopefully) light-hearted Page 2 piece about it in today's Newspaper of the Twin Cities.
05/29/12 NBA Playoffs 2012: What Spurs vs. Thunder Says About... Source: Bleacher Report The San Antonio Spurs don't have time on their side.
05/24/12 Thursday (Mikael Granlund and selling hope) edition:... Source: RandBall - Star Tribune The Twin Cities haven't seen a 20-year-old foreign-born athlete with potential and question marks take a contract down to the wire since ... well ... last year with Ricky Rubio.
05/22/12 PBT: Irving, Rubio lead NBA All-Rookie team Source: Open Mike The NBA is evolving into more of a point-guard league â if you can't touch a quick ball handler on the perimeter they are going to carve up any defense.
05/22/12 Rubio, Williams Named To NBA All-Rookie Teams Source: CBS - WCCO 4 - Minneapolis MN Ricky Rubio didn't quite land Rookie of the Year honors, but he did earn a spot on the NBA All-Rookie Team. The Minnesota Timberwolves guard was chosen from votes placed by the NBA's 30 head coaches, who were asked to select five players for the first team.