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Jimmy Butler will not be available for the Minnesota Timberwolves’ final preseason game and former star Kevin Garnett is not happy with how his situation has been handled. NBA All-Star Butler reportedly yelled at his team-mates and Timberwolves officials during practice, having trained against the starting team, with the player explaining his frustrations to the media afterwards. Garnett, who was named MVP in the first of his two spells with the Timberwolves, has no issue with Butler arguing with team members but does not believe it should have reached the public domain.

, USA TODAY Published 4:10 p.m. ET Aug. 11, 2018 The Cavaliers’ Kevin Love and the Bulls’ Lauri Markkanen snapped photos with Hall of Famer Yao Ming while they were in China this week, and the shots are just amazing. Love and Markkanen are big guys – 6-foot-10 and 7-foot tall, respectively – but they look almost tiny when standing next to 7-foot-6 Yao. A post shared by @ kevinlove on Aug 10, 2018 at 5:08am PDT Yao also towers over 7-foot-1 Shaquille O’Neal. A post shared by DR. SHAQUILLE O’NEAL Ed.D. (@shaq) on Oct 10, 2014 at 6:18am PDT And here’s a photo of LeBron James going up against Yao in the 2009 All-Star Game, just for fun: Robert Hanashiro, USA TODAY staff