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Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green expresses disagreement with Julius Randle decision in Wolves-Thunder Game 2

Beadle took aim at comments shared earlier this week by ESPN's Kendrick Perkins that Edwards is not the face of the NBA, due to not being a "family man" like predecessors Larry Bird, Michael Jordan and others. Beadle responded to a comment on the Run It Back show that Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is the face of the league currently, not Edwards.

Doris Burke has recently sparked a row of controversy after making nationality joke after Rudy Gobert dunked on Isaiah Hartenstein.

The Minnesota Timberwolves lost Game 4 against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday night to fall behind 3-1 in the Western Conference Finals, highlighted by Ant

LeBron James is still not over one particular foul call in the NBA playoffs. During Game 4 of the Timberwolves-Lakers series, James was whistled for a controversial foul on a strip of Anthony Edwards that originated from an “Eye in the Sky” camera rarely used in the postseason.

The Timberwolves are more than annoyed ... Randle wouldn’t wade into the waters of anything controversial, only saying the Thunder play with a “different kind of physicality.”

It looks like the mind games have already started between the Oklahoma Thunder and Minnesota Timberwolves ahead of Game 1 on Tuesday night, with Thunder coach Mark Daigneault fielding questions about his adversary's well-known attempts to try to curry favor with the refs.