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Timberwolves Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

Five hours after more than 2,000 draft-party participants cheered the arrival of new Timberwolf O.J. Mayo, their NBA hometown team made a midnight deal that reshaped its roster.

The Wolves dealt Mayo's draft rights along with Marko Jaric, Antoine Walker, Greg Buckner and their contracts to Memphis for the rights to Kevin Love, swingman shooter Mike Miller, forward Brian Cardinal and Jason Collins.

The dramatic deal long after the revelers left the team's Target Center practice facility rids the Wolves of Jaric's bloated contract, Walker's problematic presence and delivers a uniquely skilled 6-9 rookie forward and a deft veteran three-point shooter.

Love, the Pac-10 Player and Freshman of the Year, was considered by Wolves basketball boss Kevin McHale to be the...

Wolves extend qualifying offers to 3 RFAs (AP)

The Minnesota Timberwolves extended qualifying offers to restricted free agents Ryan Gomes, Craig Smith and Chris Richard on Monday and chose to let Sebastian Telfair and Kirk Snyder become unrestricted free agents. The moves were a formality the team had to go through with the start of the free agent bidding period beginning on Tuesday.

Timberwolves extend offers to three forwards (PA SportsTicker)

The Minnesota Timberwolves extended qualifying offers to restricted free agent forwards Ryan Gomes, Craig Smith and Chris Richard on Monday.

Team-by-team draft grades (Yahoo! Sports)

Teams receive report cards for their performance in the 2008 draft.

After late trade, Minnesota gets its man (PA SportsTicker)

The Minnesota Timberwolves had a difficult choice to make at Thursday's NBA draft, deciding on whether they should select the best player available or fill a position of need.

Grizzlies aim to make splash with Mayo (Yahoo! Sports)

The Grizzlies should sell a few more tickets with O.J. Mayo. It's now on him to help ensure they also win more games.

Wolves trade Mayo to Memphis for Love (AP)

Minnesota Timberwolves fans went to bed wondering how O.J. Mayo would fit in with their guard-heavy team. Memphis Grizzlies backers hit the hay hoping that Kevin Love would open things up for Rudy Gay in the frontcourt. Both groups woke up Friday morning to a totally different reality, thanks to an eight-player blockbuster trade in the wee hours of the night that changed the faces of both teams.

Timberwolves, Grizzlies swap Mayo for Love (PA SportsTicker)

The Minnesota Timberwolves agreed to send No. 3 overall pick O.J. Mayo to the Memphis Grizzlies for fifth selection Kevin Love as part of an eight-player deal early Friday morning.

Timberwolves grab Mayo at No. 3 (AP)

The television cameras and newspaper reporters have been following O.J. Mayo since he was 14 years old. He's experienced the gamut of coverage -- from national adoration and Sports Illustrated dubbing him the next LeBron James to controversy when allegations surfaced that he took money and gifts from a sports agent while in high school and during his only season at USC.

The Timberwolves have a new logo (Yahoo! Sports)

I'm decrepit enough to remember the last time the Minnesota Timberwolves changed their logo on Draft Day, back...

NBA Draft Attack: No. 3 Minnesota Timberwolves (Yahoo! Sports)

Ball Don't Lie continues counting down potential NBA Draft lottery picks. Because Skeets is far from a college...

NBA Draft starts with Timberwolves at No. 3 (AP)

Barring a big surprise, everyone knows what's going to happen with the top two picks in Thursday night's NBA draft. Derrick Rose, then Michael Beasley. Or Michael Beasley, then Derrick Rose. In either order, it's as close to a sure thing as LeBron James going No. 1 to the Cavaliers in 2003. The real mystery begins at No.

Beasley shaping up as draft's wild card (Yahoo! Sports)

Miami's decision on what to do (or not do) with Michael Beasley could determine rest of lottery order for NBA draft.

Walsh dreams of the day LeBron can be a Knick (Yahoo! Sports)

Donnie Walsh's long-range plan is to make a play for LeBron James when James becomes a free agent in two years.

Draft buzz (Yahoo! Sports)

Are the Minnesota Timberwolves locking in on O.J. Mayo?

GM Stack says Wolves like what they see in Mayo (AP)

The Minnesota Timberwolves sent seven officials, including coach Randy Wittman, to watch draft prospect O.J. Mayo work out in Chicago on Saturday for the Wolves and four other teams. The 6-foot-5 Mayo, who played one season at Southern California, is one of the "four or five" players the Timberwolves are considering with the No.

NBA draft likely to finally separate Lopez twins (AP)

Brook and Robin Lopez have been playing basketball together since the first grade. From driveway 1-on-1 to high school in Fresno, Calif., and later at Stanford, the twin 7-footers have never been far apart. So you could forgive them for being sentimental about the future. The NBA draft on Thursday will likely separate the 20-year-olds for the first time in their lives.

Celtics, Lakers favorites to win 2009 NBA title (Yahoo! Sports)

In case you're curious, here are the current odds for the 2009 NBA championship, courtesty of Bodog: Boston...

Behind the box score, where we have a champion (Yahoo! Sports)

Boston Celtics 131, Los Angeles Lakers 92 There's no point in getting too crazy with this recap, clutching at...

Long wait finally over for Garnett (Yahoo! Sports)

Kevin Garnett helped bring the Celtics back to life and in turn, found a city that will forever remember him.

If Wolves pass on Mayo, they could get big man (AP)

The Minnesota Timberwolves would like to find a true center and let budding star Al Jefferson focus on the power forward position, where he should have more advantageous matchups. Next week's draft could be the place to do that. The Timberwolves hosted four post prospects for a workout Tuesday at their practice facility.

Celtics' 39-point margin sets record for clincher (AP)

The Celtics' 39-point margin in Tuesday night's championship clinching win is the largest in a decisive NBA finals game. In fact, Boston now has four of the six biggest margins in games that clinched titles. The Lakers have the other two in championships won while they were in Minneapolis. The previous biggest winning margin in such games was 33 points by Boston on April 25, 1965, when it beat the...

Basketball's Coaching Conundrum (Yahoo! Sports)

A cutthroat coaching culture wastes millions, with little result.

Bulls go with their third choice: Del Negro (Yahoo! Sports)

The Bulls are expected to introduce Vinny Del Negro as the team's 17th head coach at a Wednesday news...

C'mon down Casey, you're the next Bulls coaching candidate ... (Yahoo! Sports)

I hate to be blunt, but the Bulls front office is more undecided than a bunch of stoned slackers.