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The Cleveland Cavaliers' Kyrie Irving, the 2011-12 Kia NBA Rookie of the Year, and the Minnesota Timberwolves' Ricky Rubio headline the 2011-12 NBA All-Rookie First Team, the NBA announced today. Irving was the lone unanimous selection. Joining Irving (58 points) and Rubio (49 points) on the NBA All-Rookie First Team are Denver's Kenneth Faried (46 points), Golden State's Klay Thompson (43 points), New York's Iman Shumpert (40 points), San Antonio's Kawhi Leonard (40 points) and Detroit's Brandon Knight (40 points). NBA.com

Cleveland Cavaliers, Minnesota Timberwolves, Ricky Rubio, Kyrie Irving 

Ricky Rubio: Good morning! Great sunny day here in Minnesota. The rehab is going very well, I don't use the crutches anymore Twitter

Minnesota Timberwolves, Ricky Rubio, Injuries 

Jose Juan Barea will join the National Team as soon as the Puerto Rican Basketball Federation pays the NBA insurance. "The only thing left to do is to transfer the money. We could do it any moment," Federation's treasurer Jaime Lamboy said . El Nuevo Dia

Minnesota Timberwolves, Puerto Rico, Jose Juan Barea 

Ricky Rubio signed with the adidas shoe company last week with contract terms that will likely make him the brand's third-highest compensated NBA player, trailing only Derrick Rose and Dwight Howard in that department. The deal apparently hasn't gone into full effect for the Spanish playmaker and future savior of the Minnesota Timberwolves, however. Or, if it has, Rubio recently violated a cardinal sin by wearing a shirt sporting the Nike logo around the Twin Cities. SB Nation

Minnesota Timberwolves, Ricky Rubio 

In an interview with Sports.ru in Moscow on Tuesday, Shved's agent Obrad Fimic said while no official NBA offers are on the table at this moment, five teams have shown interest in his client -- Atlanta, Houston, Oklahoma City, Minnesota and Memphis. As it stands, Shved remains under contract with CSKA but all signs point to him making the jump to the NBA, despite Fimic refuting a recent report that his client was asking upwards of $10 to $12 million on a three-year deal. Ridiculous Upside

Atlanta Hawks, Houston Rockets, Memphis Grizzlies, Minnesota Timberwolves, Oklahoma City Thunder, Alexey Shved 

Interest in Shved peaked in mid-winter and later in February Pete Philo, an international scout for the Minnesota Timberwolves, was on hand in Moscow to check in on Shved according to a league contact in Moscow. But the question remains how will Shved's game translate to the NBA? Ridiculous Upside

Minnesota Timberwolves, Alexey Shved 

Etan Thomas: Had Metta World Peace stepped on someone's stomach the way Kevin Love did, would he have received a harsher punishment ? HoopsHype

Los Angeles Lakers, Minnesota Timberwolves, Kevin Love, Metta World Peace 

Minnesota Timberwolves center Nikola Pekovic had surgery to remove bone spurs from his right ankle on Tuesday. Pekovic's sore ankle kept him out of eight games towards the end of the season. Dr. Martin O'Malley performed the surgery and Pekovic is expected to make a full recovery and be ready in time for training camp. NBA.com

Minnesota Timberwolves, Nikola Pekovic 

Ricky Rubio has signed a deal with adidas. TuBasket.com

Minnesota Timberwolves, Ricky Rubio, Sneakers 

Rubio's contract worth will only be topped by Derrick Rose and Dwight Howard. TuBasket.com

Chicago Bulls, Minnesota Timberwolves, Orlando Magic, Ricky Rubio, Dwight Howard, Sneakers, Derrick Rose 

Alex Kennedy: Jamal Crawford will opt-out this summer, source confirms. He'll be an unrestricted free agent. Wolves, Nets, Suns among potential suitors. Twitter

Minnesota Timberwolves, Brooklyn Nets, Phoenix Suns, Free Agency, Jamal Crawford 

Minnesota Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor is in the market for his eventual successor. Taylor told The Associated Press on Friday that he is looking to add a minority partner who could buy a part of the team that includes an option to buy Taylor out after observing the day-to-day operations of running a professional sports team. Taylor said he has yet to speak to any specific candidates, but made it clear that one of the biggest priorities for him will be a commitment to keeping the Timberwolves in Minnesota. "I could find somebody to buy the team. That's not my problem," Taylor said at his office at Taylor Corp., a privately held printing and marketing giant. "I have to find someone that's committed to here. It's always best if it would be a Minnesotan. I'm telling you I don't know that's the way it's going to work out. I haven't had a lot of Minnesotans step up." MSNBC.com

Minnesota Timberwolves, Glen Taylor 

Jerry Zgoda: FSN's Wolves' ratings up 132 percent this season, ties OKC for NBA's biggest gain. FSN ratings dropped noticeable after Rubio got hurt Twitter

Minnesota Timberwolves, Oklahoma City Thunder, Media 

Ricky Rubio: I feel the pain. So sorry for DRose and Shumpert. Wish u a speedy recovery. Twitter

Minnesota Timberwolves, New York Knicks, Ricky Rubio, Injuries, Iman Shumpert 

Kahn declined to discuss the futures of such players as Darko Milicic, Michael Beasley, Anthony Randolph and Martell Webster. Beasley and Randolph will become unrestricted free agents if the team doesn't pick up rich qualifying offers for each of them. Webster's $5.7 million option for next season can be spent more wisely, and Milicic almost certainly has played his last game for Adelman. Minneapolis Star-Tribune

Minnesota Timberwolves, Anthony Randolph, Darko Milicic, Michael Beasley, Martell Webster, David Kahn 

When asked if the Wolves will use their one-time amnesty clause to waive Milicic and take his $5 million salary off their salary cap, Kahn said: "It's not appropriate to use one name. We're coming off a season; it's Day 1. All those questions have a more appropriate time to be answered, and that's much deeper into the summer." Minneapolis Star-Tribune

Minnesota Timberwolves, Darko Milicic 

Kahn said he is in discussions to bring some of the team's drafted European prospects -- including forwards Nemanja Bjelica and Henk Norel and center Paulao Prestes, second-round picks all -- to Minnesota in June so Adelman and his staff can see them work out. He said one unnamed player might be ready for the NBA. Best guess is that it's Bjelica, a 6-10 point forward who has been compared to a poor man's Toni Kukoc but still probably is too soft for the NBA. Minneapolis Star-Tribune

Minnesota Timberwolves, Nemanja Bjelica 

When asked if he would contemplate selling the Utah pick after the Wolves used the 20th pick last summer to repeatedly trade down for a lot of cash and future picks, Kahn said, "That would be a terrible thing to do, and I can assure you that never would we consider that." Minneapolis Star-Tribune

Minnesota Timberwolves, Draft, David Kahn 

Timberwolves president David Kahn says he will be very aggressive this summer through trades and free agency to supplement a promising young core. The only two players who are considered untouchable right now are All-Star forward Kevin Love and point guard Ricky Rubio. Kahn says "no stone will be left unturned" to try to end a seven-year postseason absence. Minneapolis Star-Tribune

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