Kevin Ollie News

The Timberwolves made some changes to their starting lineup Wednesday night, inserting 12-year veteran Kevin Ollie at point guard, with Randy Foye moving to shooting guard and Mike Miller to small forward.

Preview: The Bobcats' two-game winning streak -- at home over Philadelphia, at Indiana in overtime -- ended with Saturday's 89-84 home loss to the NBA champion Boston Celtics.

Kevin Ollie, after 11 seasons in the NBA, was at home in Connecticut with his wife, Stephanie, and their two children.

It's been three long weeks since the Minnesota Timberwolves last won a basketball game.

Kevin Ollie said the Timberwolves call themselves the "76ers of the Midwest." When told of this before last night's loss to Minnesota, Sixers coach Maurice Cheeks laughed and said: "The 76ers of the Midwest, ...

Shooting woes are as alien to Kevin Love as Minnesota winters, yet the Timberwolves rookie was lamenting both before Wednesday's game against Philadelphia at Target Center.

When the 76ers play the Minnesota Timberwolves tonight, they'll see Rodney Carney and Calvin Booth on the other bench.

THE WORD DIDN'T just ripple through the Philadelphia basketball community, it cascaded.

Andre Miller and Andre Iguodala will almost surely start at guard for the 2008-09 76ers.

Rather than view an arrival with his 11th team in 11 NBA seasons as perhaps his final chapter, new Timberwolves guard Kevin Ollie considers this latest stop perhaps the foreword to the next phase of his life.

Thanks to the addition of Brand, Iguodala and the Sixers are now one of the elite teams in the East.

The 76ers are heading for training camp at Penn State, where workouts begin Tuesday morning.

The newlyweds shared a laugh during the ceremony. </ Here's a sneak peek at Ray Allen's weekend wedding, courtesy of the Globe's Mark Shanahan.

With the official signing of Lou Williams yesterday, the Sixers' roster sits at 11.

Marreese Speights, F, 6-10, Florida -- Could compete for backup minutes at power forward; needs to get stronger and improve conditioning.

PHILADELPHIA The signing of Elton Brand by the Philadelphia 76ers is more comparable to the 1982 deal that brought Hall of Famer Moses Malone in than the 2005 trade that delivered Chris Webber.

Billy King has not been around the 76ers for nearly seven months, but on the groundwork he laid, Ed Stefanski will try to obtain an impact player for the Sixers as the negotiating period with NBA free agents ...

There's 1 more day to wait. One more day before the 76ers - and every other team - can officially begin pursuit of free agents.

Philadelphia 76er and former UConn standout Kevin Ollie will be the guest speaker and Role Model Award honoree when the Middlesex County Chamber of Commerce holds its monthly member breakfast meeting July 24 ...

I N THE DAYS immediately following the conclusion of the 76ers' season, I forgot to mention that .