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New Zealands Silver Ferns arent concerned scrapping the trans-Tasman competition will compromise their prospects of regaining world netball supremacy from Australia.Both countries will run a domestic league next year, reducing the amount of times players from the sports top two nations will face each other.I think ita a bit of a shame that we are unable to get that exposure and come up against the Aussies a lot more than if we did have the competition still running, but it is what is, Silver Ferns midcourter Grace Rasmussen told AAP on Friday.Australian teams dominated the trans-Tasman competition winning it in eight of its nine years and winning a clear majority of games against their kiwi rivals.Rasmussen is adamant the reduced exposure to Australian opposition wont hurt New Zealand.I think it will work both ways, Rasmussen said on Friday in Sydney, where the first of the four-Test Constellation Cup series between the two nations will be played on Sunday.It will be harder for them obviously not coming up against our style of play and vice versa.I dont think it will be biased to any one side.Australia produced a late burst of goals to beat New Zealand by five in their most recent meeting in last months Quad Series decider in Melbourne.Rasmussen said New Zealand extracted some positives from that loss.Getting quite a few of our newbies out there on court to really experience the pressure thats required coming up against the Aussies, that was definitely a bonus, Rasmussen said.New Zealand followed up with a 3-0 home series sweep of Jamaica last month.We had a very young looking side and a new dynamic to the team, but I think everyone has taken their opportunities and were feeling really positive, Rasmussen said.Now weve got the foundations right and its just a matter of building from what we achieved throughout the Quad Series and Jamaica series.Rays Jerseys 2020 . 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The Minnesota Timberwolves are just hoping to get to the playoffs for the first time in years.Those two teams will open their 2016-17 seasons on Wednesday in Memphis. And theyll each do so with new coaches.Memphis David Fizdale is in his first year as an NBA head coach. Fizdale, 42, spent the last six seasons as an assistant with the Miami Heat. He inherits a club that finished 42-40 last season, which was good enough for the seventh seed in the Western Conference.Fizdale has said he hopes to instill a balanced system in Memphis, with Mike Conley Jr. as the focal point. The Grizzlies also have weapons in Marc Gasol, Zach Randolph and new addition Chandler Parsons.When you know that the offense isnt just predicated on one guy and that every movement you make gives you a chance to be a part of the action, to make you a weapon, its empowering, Fizdale told Sports Illustrated.Conley begins this season on the heels of the largest contract in NBA history. This past offseason, the Grizzlies signed Conley to a five-year, $153 million deal to keep the point guard in Memphis. That will put an added weight on the shoulders of the nine-year NBA veteran.As far as the pressure, its hard to really gauge that because I put pressure on myself to perform regardless, Conley told ESPN.com this offseason. The amount of money I make is not going to change how I approach the game.Like Memphis, MMinnesota enters the season with a new coach and high expectations.dddddddddddd Tom Thibodeau, former Chicago Bulls coach, takes over after the Timberwolves let interim coach Sam Mitchell go following last years 29-win season.Thibodeau begins his first year in Minnesota with a pair of Rookies of the Year at his disposal. Karl-Anthony Towns emerged for a stellar rookie campaign last season, averaging a double-double (18.3 points and 10.5 rebounds). His honor as the top rookie came one year after Wolves forward Andrew Wiggins earned the award. Wiggins led the team with 20.7 points per game last season.Minnesota has been starved for a winning team for years. The Timberwolves havent finished above .500 since the 2004-05 season and had the fifth-worst record in the league last year.Thibodeau never had a losing season in five years as the Bulls coach and was ousted after going 50-32 two years ago. A record like that in Minnesota this year would be a huge step forward for the young Timberwolves.But even Thibodeau knows Minnesota has a ways to go in order to be competitive in the West.We dont want to fool ourselves, he told the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Were a 29-win team. We want to close the gap.These same two teams faced off in the preseason, with the Timberwolves topping the Grizzlies 101-94 in Minneapolis a week ago. ' ' '