Everything Wolves and Lynx worth your time today, in one place. The short version: Kevin Garnett’s number finally has a date on it, and the Lynx get the Aces again tomorrow night.
The Links
- ESPN: Wolves set Garnett’s retirement for Feb. 28 vs. Boston — the date is real. No. 21 goes up on a Sunday, on NBC, against the Celtics.
- Timberwolves (official): retiring Kevin Garnett’s No. 21 — the franchise’s own announcement.
- CBS Sports: why this took more than a decade — the Glen Taylor fallout, the “snake” line, and the new-ownership thaw that unlocked it.
- Canis Hoopus: the reaction from the people who waited — our old stomping grounds on what this means.
- CBS Sports: Lakers sold for a record $12.5 billion — Kushner and Iger buy L.A. fourteen months after Mark Walter did, and every NBA valuation just moved.
- Field Level Media: Olivia Miles drops 26 on the Aces — the first meeting, one week before the rematch in Vegas.
Listen & Watch
- CBS News Minnesota: Garnett returns to the franchise, No. 21 headed to the rafters — the local TV version, with KG in his own words.
Tweet of the Day
https://x.com/Ballislife/status/2001686888629846402
The Slate
- Lynx at Las Vegas Aces: Saturday, Aug. 15, 7:00 PM CT, CBS.
- Lynx at Golden State Valkyries: Wednesday, Aug. 19, 9:00 PM CT, USA Network.
- Lynx at Washington Mystics: Friday, Aug. 21, 6:30 PM CT, ION.
