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Minnesota's Jimmy Butler has a meniscus injury in his right knee the Timberwolves said Saturday, a day after the All-Star guard was carried off the floor in the third quarter of a loss to the Houston Rockets. Butler underwent an MRI exam on Saturday which revealed the meniscal injury, the NBA team said in a statement. The Timberwolves did not give any timetable for his return, saying only that further updates on his progress would be issued when more information becomes available. Continue to Article

February 24, 2018 5:59:pm EST

Denver coach Michael Malone thinks Nikola Jokic should in the MVP conversation. Jokic had 28 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists before fouling out, Wilson Chandler had 18 points and a season-high 16 rebounds, and the Nuggets beat the San Antonio Spurs 122-119 on Friday night. Jokic has a triple-double in three straight games and six this season, but didn't stick around for the finish. Continue to Article

February 24, 2018 1:04:am EST

Minnesota Timberwolves All-Star Jimmy Butler’s X-rays on his right knee were negative Friday night, league sources told Yahoo Sports, and he will undergo an MRI on Saturday morning in Minnesota. There was some hope around Butler about the status of his knee, but he and the Timberwolves understand the significance of his looming MRI to determine the extent of the injury. Continue to Article

February 23, 2018 11:09:pm EST

Jimmy Butler earned his spot on the All-Star team — he’s had an All-NBA, bottom of the MVP ballot level season. He deserved the trip to Los Angeles. But when he got there, Butler didn’t play in the All-Star Game itself, saying he needed to rest. That Continue to Article

February 23, 2018 10:01:pm EST

SAN ANTONIO -- Spurs coach Gregg Popovich injected realism into the optimism surrounding injured star forward Kawhi Leonard on Wednesday, saying, "I'll be surprised if he returns this season." Leonard missed the first 27 games of the regular season, and he returned to participate in nine contests before the Spurs made the decision last month to sideline the forward indefinitely. Recovering from right quadriceps tendinopathy, Leonard has told the organization at various stages of his rehabilitation process that he wasn't comfortable with his ability to play through the injury and that the Spurs should shut him down. "Well, we only have X number of games left in the season, and he's still not ready Continue to Article

February 21, 2018 8:25:pm EST

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