NEW YORK (AP) — Minnesota Timberwolves forward Michael Beasley says in a lawsuit that his former agent gave him and his mother improper benefits during his one season at Kansas State.

Beasley filed a countersuit in a Maryland a month ago in response to agent Joel Bell’s wrongful termination lawsuit against him. Beasley says Bell conspired with Beasley’s AAU coach to forge a relationship with the star from the time he was 14 years old in hopes of cashing in on that relationship when Beasley went to the NBA.

Beasley says Bell gave his mother living expenses and paid for her move to Manhattan, Kan., when he went to school there, which would likely violate NCAA rules.

The allegations were first reported by The Washington Post.

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Minnesota Timberwolves forward Kevin Love suggested the NBA lockout could hurt his team more than others.

“It’s going to be tough to really get our team on the same page because we have such a young group of guys, a young unit of guys, where we’re the youngest team in the NBA with a new coach,” Love said at a promotional event at Santa Monica sports bar South.

Love, an All-Star who led the league in rebounds last season, intimated that other teams could perhaps better weather the storm.

“Teams like the Lakers, teams like the Dallas Mavericks and teams like the Boston Celtics, they have veteran players who somewhat need the rest in the off-season, a team that knows each other, has the chemistry, have played with each other.

“They’ll kind of jump into the season when the season is started and the lockout is finished, and jump off where they were last year. With a team like us, we need time on the floor together.”

Love was not the only player to express concern about the lockout.

Clippers forward Blake Griffin, who missed the 2009 season after sustaining a broken left kneecap in the final preseason game, seemed peeved that he’s once again being kept off of the court.

“It’s very frustrating,” said Griffin, who was Rookie of the Year last season. “I think it’s frustrating for all the players. We all want to be out there. We want to be playing.”

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Kevin Garnett(notes):

Future Hall of Famer Kevin Garnett owns virtually every Minnesota Timberwolves franchise record. Garnett led the Timberwolves to all of their success as a franchise from his 1995-96 rookie season through his trade to the Boston Celtics in 2007. He carried the team to each of its eight playoffs as well as its two playoff series wins in 2004. The one-time MVP and Defensive Player of the Year owns seven of the top nine single-season point totals and eight of the top nine rebound totals in team history. Through 16 seasons, Garnett ranks in the NBA’s all-time top 25 in points (23,323), rebounds (12,819), steals (1,608) and blocks (1,847). His 14 All-Star appearances tie him for the third most by any player.

Kevin Love(notes):

One of the most tenacious rebounders in the NBA today, 2011 All-Star power forward Kevin Love leads the current Timberwolves roster. After earning All-Rookie honors in 2008-09, Love jumped forward with his first double-double year in 2009-10 despite coming off the bench. His 2010-11 season set a new standard when he averaged 20.2 points and a franchise record 15.2 rebounds per game to win the Most Improved Player award. On the offensive end, he bangs in the post and possesses a soft touch from three-point land and on both ends of the floor he owns every loose ball. Through just three seasons, he already ranks third in Wolves franchise history with 2,504 rebounds.

Al Jefferson(notes):

Current Utah Jazz big man Al Jefferson played three strong seasons with the Timberwolves from 2007 to 2010. Jefferson served as the centerpiece of the Garnett trade and he responded by anchoring the Wolves’ frontcourt with three All-Star-caliber years. Over 208 games, he averaged 20.1 points, 10.4 rebounds and 1.4 blocks for some otherwise weak Timberwolves teams.

Tom Gugliotta:

One-time All-Star power forward Tom Gugliotta was a big part of the Timberwolves’ rise to relevance in the mid-1990s. Gugliotta was a skilled big man who could pass, handle the ball and shoot from the perimeter. Spending the prime of his career in Minnesota, Gugliotta registered 18.2 points, 8.5 rebounds and 3.8 assists as the Wolves evolved into a playoff team. For his career as a whole, he racked up 9,895 points and 5,589 rebounds in 763 NBA games.

Christian Laettner:

Former All-Star Christian Laettner started his NBA career with the Minnesota Timberwolves in 1992. Laettner joined Minnesota as the third overall pick in the 1992 draft and proceeded to play three-plus years of his best basketball there. He maintained averages of 17.2 points, 8.1 rebounds and 3.2 assists in 276 games with the Timberwolves. In 2005, Laettner retired with 11,121 points over 13 NBA seasons.

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Minnesota Timberwolves Franchise Index, Basketball-Reference.com

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Michael Beasley had great intentions when the the Minnesota Timberwolves forward announced intentions to hold the Michael Beasley All-Star Classic in Osseo, Minn., on Friday night. Unfortunately things aren’t exactly working out well for him as Kevin Love, John Wall and Kevin Durant have all had to bow out of the charity game.

The game was originally set to feature the four aforementioned players along with DeMarcus Cousins and Timberwolves teammates Derrick Williams and Wesley Johnson. With Love, Durant and Wall now out, however, the Star Tribune’s Jerry Zgoda reports a few changes have been made.

Organizers are working to add another star name or two. Beasley’s Timberwolves teammate Wayne Ellington and Washington’s Josh Howard have been added to the game.

They’ve changed ticket prices from $60, $120 and $300 to $40 for general admission, $80 for VIP reserved and $200 for one of 35 courtside seats.

All in all, it’s for charity and therefore a worthy cause regardless of who is going to play what amounts to being a meaningless game of basketball regardless.

LINO LAKES, Minn. (AP) — A group of Minnesota Timberwolves employees is using the down time created by the NBA’s lockout for a good cause.

They have organized a collection of Wolves and Lynx employees, season ticket holders and city officials to help clean up Anoka County’s Wargo Nature Center in Lino Lakes on Wednesday.

Timberwolves President Chris Wright, director of basketball operations Rob Babcock and Lynx COO Conrad Smith will be among those participating in the cleanup.

The Wargo Nature Center is part of the 5,000-acre Rice Creek Chain of Lakes Regional Park Preserve in Anoka County. More than 400,000 people visited the park last year.

It’s all part of the volunteer efforts of the Timberwolves’ FastBreak Foundation. Senior Vice President Ryan Tanke and Vice President Jeff Munneke will also participate.

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Oct 19, 2011 – There has been little hope so far that the Minnesota Timberwolves would be able to begin the 2011-12 NBA season on time due to the now 111-day long NBA Lockout, but after a 16-hour session with a mediator on Tuesday, things appear to be progressing to a resolution. David Stern has gone on record as saying that games through Christmas are in jeopardy if a resolution cannot be reached in this session.

“WoW, 16 hours… I PROMISE we are trying!!!” New Orleans Hornets’ star Chris Paul(notes) said via Twitter shortly after the meeting ended.

Mediator George Cohen asked both sides to stay mum on the details of any progress made during the meetings.

Already two weeks of the regular season as well as all preseason games have been lost. Each side is asking for 53% of the revenue in a multi-billion dollar package. It would be a concession from the players, who received over 57% of revenue in the last collective bargaining session.

As SB Nation’s Tom Ziller points out, something had to happen in this marathon session even though there are scant details:

Officials from the league and players’ union talked for 16 hours in what became the longest NBA lockout meeting ever on Tuesday and early Wednesday. Mum was the word coming out of the meeting, as neither side spoke to media on the record.

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