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Basketball

NPR
Published October 26, 2000 at 11:00 PM CDT

Noah talks to sportswriter Stefan Fatsis about the latest pro-basketball news, in advance of the National Basketball Association's new season, which starts next week. The Minnesota Timberwolves have been fined three-point-five million dollars and stripped of their next five first-round draft picks. The league says the Timberwolves violated the salary cap by making an under-the-table deal with player Joe Smith.

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