Tom Thibodeau’s willingness to expose his best players to unmerciful workloads has become a common punchline for basketball jokes. In his last five full seasons as a head coach, his teams have never finished higher than 25th in bench minutes. The bitter aftertaste of Thibodeau’s
The NBA will open its All-Star voting on Dec. 21, which basically means the league is begging Andy and Dan to build a 24-player pool for February’s showcase. Though the Association has tweaked the rules, allowing for captains who select their teammates irrespective of conference affiliation,
This one’s for the kids. Cole Zwicker (@colezwicker), a co-founder and writer for The Stepien (@TheStepien), joins Hardwood Knocks to offer updates on the NBA’s youngsters. And boy, oh boy, do him and Dan Favale cover some ground. Tunes | BlogTalkRadio | Stitcher @HardwoodKnocks | @AndrewDBailey | @DanFavale Rookie ladder? Got it. Sophomore
iTunes | BlogTalkRadio | Stitcher | Google Play (coming soon) @HardwoodKnocks | @AndrewDBailey | @DanFavale BREAKING: Hardwood Knocks is turning 100 (episodes old). You obviously care about this, so we’re celebrating the only way we can fathom how: riffing and rapping and jabbering and yapping about the 2017-18 Minnesota Timberwolves with The Ringer’s Haley O’Shaughnessy (@HaleyOSomething). Chances